Tasting Loneliness for the First Time

Huang Hong-Ying | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 4, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Hugo
• ASIN: B000086B95
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,553 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Tasting Loneliness for the First Time

2. Barcarole

3. Forget Him

4. Those Old Memories Are Still Fresh

5. Camellia Flower

6. Love for the Sea

7. Wishing Him to Live (As Long as He Can)

8. Stories of a Small Town

9. Alone to the West Tower

10. The Moon Embodies My Heart

11. Not Far Away

12. The Charm of the Sea

13. Lotus in the Snow

14. Stories of a Small Town [Version 2]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tasting Love-liness!, May 22, 2003

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P. Massardo (Newton, NJ USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tasting Loneliness for the First Time (Audio CD)

I bought this CD in Hong Kong and I love it. Huang Hong-ying has a hauntingly beautiful voice and the songs are wonderful. This is an album of popular Chinese songs, but they could as easily be American standards. The tonality is western, and Hong-Ying's style is not at all like the wailing of traditional Chinese opera. My favorite cut, Barcarole, has a lovely translation (English lyrics included in the CD)and a gorgeous melody. I highly recommend this album. Often I take out Eva Cassidy and put in Huang.They both know how to evoke emotion.

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure beauty, October 30, 2011

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Lost Johnny (China) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tasting Loneliness for the First Time (Audio CD)

This is a beautiful album. Huang Hong Ying has crystal clear voice and sings flawlessly. This was her debut. The producer has taken great pains to get the sound exactly right, even insisting on finding the best piano in Shanghai, not to mention Liu Xing on zhongruan. This is a classic in Southern China and rightly so.