Introduction to Music Recorded Idyllic Tune Idyllic Tune was composed in 1928 by Liu Tian Hua and the music was intended to portray a vivid picture of leisurely life. For the first time, the composer, who was familiar with idiomatic violin technique, made use of both unusual harmonies and numerous violinistic techniques. The music begins with an adagio melody, succeeded by a series of variations; the second section returns to an adagio gently tinged by sadness. Born in Jiang Ying of the Jiang Su province of China, Liu Tianhua (b 1895-d 1932) was one of the few pioneers of contemporary Chinese composers as well as one of the founders of Chinese instrumental music notation. He was also an Erhu performing artist and music teacher. After learning to play the violin and becoming acquainted with western musical theory, Liu Tian Hua employed his knowledge of western music for the continued evolution of traditional Chinese instrumental music. Weeping River of Sorrow Weeping River of Sorrow was written for the Guanzi, a type of woodwind instrument similar to the western recorder and oboe. The melancholy sound of the Guanzi is similar to that of the human voice. This composition was later arranged as a very popular Erhu solo piece. The music begins in the Erhu’s low register, and then moves through a series of fourths, introducing a mournful theme suggestive of weeping and ultimately leading to an explosion of grief. The last section of the piece is extremely emotional.
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Yu Hong Mei
Yu Hong Mei has won many awards during her brilliant career. Most recently, she won the China Golden Record Award for Best Solo Recording. She is the recipient of the Pro Musicis International Award in New York City (2001). She is the first Chinese musician to win the coveted Indie Award (1999) in the category of Best Traditional World Music for the CD String Glamour. Another solo CD, Red Plum Blossom Capriccio, won the Best Chinese Musical Art Production in 1998. Her other awards include the 1989 Chinese Traditional Music Competition for Erhu and the 1997 Taipei Concerto Competition
Yu Hong Mei was a soloist with the Chinese National Traditional Orchestra on their 2000 American Tour. Later that year, the same orchestra went to Paris for the China Cultural Arts Concert. She has given several solo and concerto concerts with other prestigious groups such as the China Philharmonic Orchestra, the China National Symphony Orchestra and the Chinese Traditional Orchestra of Hong Kong. She has participated in numerous national and international festivals, such as the International Computer Music Conference in Hong Kong (1996) and in Beijing (1999), the Art Festival of Macao, the Kurashiki International Music Festival in Japan, Beijing Modern Music Week, and many more.
She has introduced Chinese music to audiences in such prestigious concert halls as Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Eisenhower Theatre at the Kennedy Arts Centre in Washington DC, Chicago Symphony Orchestra Centre, Davis Symphony Hall in San Francisco, Symphony Hall, Boston, and the Theatre des Champs-Elysees in Paris She has always been highly praised for her wonderful performances.
专辑简介：
很荣幸地推出中国音乐录音系列Channel of China。我们在这里使用了当今全世界最新和最先进的录音技术，将中国最优秀的音乐家和音乐作品呈献给全世界的音乐爱好者。这个系列里有用中国传统乐器演奏的中国传统经典曲目，也有用西洋乐器演奏的中国当代著名作曲家的音乐作品和中国新一代杰出演奏家的录音。中国5000年的文明史孕育出了一个富有多彩、精致和高品位文化的国家。
首先感谢世界顶级音箱厂家B＆W公司亚洲代理——香港宝华公司为这次录音提供了B＆W 公司旗舰系列的805监听音箱，感谢发烧线材之王荷兰万登豪音响信号线制作公司提供了最顶级的录音用线材。
这批录音是中国本土首次使用最新的DSD录音制作的SACD唱片。这种新的录音技术让追求最佳录音音效和想通过听唱片感受现场演奏的中国音乐爱好者和发烧友在聆听双声道立体声和多声道立体声录音重播时更上一层楼，去领略前所未有的聆听体验。
——荷兰奇诺唱片公司录音师及制作人：加雷德·萨克斯
曲目列表 (Tracklist)：
01.閑居吟 (Idyllic tune) [0:08:00.73]
02.江河水 (Weeping river of sorrow) [0:08:08.68]
03.葡萄熟了 (Celebrating the harvest of grapes) [0:05:11.00]
04.三門峽 (Ode to Shanmenxia Gorge) [0:09:16.38]
05.空山鳥語 (Birdsong echoing in a quiet valley) [0:03:53.09]
06.一枝花 (A bunch of flowers) [0:08:59.10]
07.二泉映月 (Moon reflected in the Twin-spring Lake) [0:07:27.68]
08.豫北敘事曲 (Ballad of North Henan Province) [0:10:03.57]
SACD ISO:
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..SACD-R.part1.rar
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..SACD-R.part2.rar
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..SACD-R.part3.rar
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..SACD-R.part4.rar
DSD DFF:
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..DSDDFF.part1.rar
mqs.link..-..Erhu.Chant..DSDDFF.part2.rar
mqs.link_..-..Erhu.Chant..DSDDFF.part3.rar