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The Legend of Guqin [HYBRID SACD]

Shan Kiu
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (May 18, 2004)
  • Original Release Date: May 18, 2004
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Hybrid SACD
  • Label: Fim [1st Impression]
  • ASIN: B0001XAM2M
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #435,015 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
listen  1. Taichi Concerto For Guqin & Piano 9:52$0.99 Buy Track
listen  2. Phoenix Hairpin 3:47$0.99 Buy Track
listen  3. Guangling Episode13:36Album Only
listen  4. Eighteen Passages Of The Hu Jia - The First Passage 3:43$0.99 Buy Track
listen  5. Flowing Water 9:00$0.99 Buy Track
listen  6. Moon Over Mountain Pass 5:37$0.99 Buy Track
listen  7. Triple Thematic Statement Of "Plum Blossoms" 3:55$0.99 Buy Track
listen  8. Eighteen Passages Of The Hu Jia - The Ninth Passage 8:05$0.99 Buy Track
listen  9. Singing Plum 6:28$0.99 Buy Track


On this CD:
  1. Taichi Concerto for guqin, piano & ensemble
    Composed by Nai-chung Kuan
    with Lucas Wong, Shan Kiu
    Conducted by Nai-chung Kuan

  2. Phoenix Hairpin
    Composed by Di Wang
    with Shan Kiu, Zhenghau Zheng, Wei Li

  3. Guangling Episode, arr. for guqin
    Composed by Pinghu Guan
    with Shan Kiu

  4. Eighteen Passages of the Hu Jia, for voice, guqin & xiao The First Passage
    Composed by Nai-chung Kuan
    with Shan Kiu, Xiaohui Zhang

  5. Flowing Water, arr. for guqin
    Composed by Pinghu Guan
    with Shan Kiu

  6. Moon Over Mountain Pass, arr. for voice & guqin
    Composed by Nai-chung Kuan
    with Shan Kiu
    Conducted by Nai-chung Kuan

  7. Triple Thematic Statement of "Plum Blossoms", for dizi (attrib.)
    Composed by Huanyi
    with Shan Kiu

  8. Eighteen Passages of the Hu Jia, for voice, guqin & xiao The Ninth Passage
    Composed by Nai-chung Kuan
    with Shan Kiu, Xiaohui Zhang

  9. The Legend of the Singing Qin, symphonic poem Singing Plum
    Composed by Nai-chung Kuan
    with Shan Kiu
    Conducted by Nai-chung Kuan


Editorial Reviews

Product Description
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

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