The Legend of Guqin [Hybrid SACD - DSD]

Shan Kiu | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Hybrid SACD - DSD
• Label: Fim [1st Impression]
• ASIN: B0001XAM2M
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #410,976 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Legend of Guqin featuring 9 tracks of traditional Chinese music performed on the guqin by Shan Kiu. She is accompanied on the album by the Daya Academy conducted by Nai-Chung Kuan. As is the case with the recent releases from the FIM label, The Legend of Guqin features a hard cover album package and liner notes that comes with a plastic slip cover. It's a very elegant packaging of the album. FIM owner Winston Ma says that this new Multichannel Super Audio CD is in a league with his company's SACD of "River of Sorrow" which is well known for its sonics among audiophiles. According to Ma "The immediate reception of this new album is just phenomenal. Audiophiles who have bought it have unanimously used it as the yeardstick for testing dynamics, harmonics and soundstage." Track Listing 1. Taichi 2. Hairpin Phoenix 3. Guangling Episode 4. The First Passage of the Hu Jia 5. Flowing Water 6. Moon Over Mountain Pass 7. Triple Thematic Statement of 'Plum Blossoms' 8. The Ninth Passage of the Hu Jia 9. Singing Plum

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb CC that you shouldn't miss!, September 18, 2006

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Guqin Fan "Sushi Dim Sum Chick" (WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Legend of Guqin (Audio CD)

I am a fan of Guqin and have been learning to play this ancient 7 string muscial instructment. The first piece is a very interesting concerto - It is a mixture of different Chinese musical instrutments and paino - a strong contrasting piece for east meets east. My favorite are the songs that the Kiao Shan sings. These are not the modern Chinese pop music but rather the very ancicent music piece - you have to listen with your heart to feel the songs. Close your eyes imagine there is a sad Chinese young girl, sitting inside a pavillion in her private back garden, groomed with differeng colos of peach blossom, playing on her guqin, trying to sing you the story that she hardly tells anyone.

This is a really excellent CD that a guqin fan should not miss!