CHINA – CHINE
The Music of China Vol. 1 – Chinese Instruments – Anthology AST 4000, published 1969 (LP)
The Music of China Vol. 1 – Chinese Instruments – Anthology AST 4000, published 1969 (LP)
This marvelous anthology of Chinese classical music recorded in mainland China showcases plucked and struck chordophones (string instruments), including the four-foot long, seven-string unfretted Ch’in (or Qin) zither played by Kuan P'ing-hu (A1) and P'u Hsüeh-chai (B4); the shorter 16-string Cheng (or Zheng) zither played by Liu T'ien-i (A2) and Ts'ao Cheng (A3); Wang I-fu’sYang-ch’in (or Yangqin) dulcimer (A4); Yü Liang-mo’s four-string P’i-p’a (or Pipa) lute (B2); Li Yung-nien’s Yüeh-ch'in (or Yueqin) lute (also called a "moon guitar") (B3); and Li I on the fretless San-hsien (Sanxian) three-string lute (B1).
Reflective and delicate music performed by great masters steeped in the magnificent time-honored Chinese tradition.
Cette superbe anthologie de musique classique chinoise enregistrée en Chine continentale présente des instruments à cordes pincés et frappés, y compris la cithare Ch'in (ou Qin) fretless à 7 cordes jouée par Kuan P'ing-hu (A1) et P'u Hsüeh-chai (B4); la cithare Cheng (ou Zheng) à 16 cordes jouée par Liu T'ien-i (A2) et Ts'ao Cheng (A3); le dulcimer Yang-ch’in (ou Yangqin) de Wang I-fu (A4); le luth P’i-p’a (ou pipa) à quatre cordes de Yü Liang-mo (B2); le luth Yüeh-ch'in (ou Yueqin) (également appelé "citare de lune") de Li Yung-nien (B3); et Li I sur le luth San-hsien (Sanxian) fretless à trois cordes (B1).
Des musiques intimistes et délicates interprétées par de grands maîtres imprégnés de l’esprit de l'authentique tradition chinoise d'antan.
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Our other Chinese classical music post:
A Musical Anthology of the Orient – BM 30 SL 2032 here
Photographs below are from Les Instruments de Musique Populaires by Alexandre Buchner, Gründ, 1969, and Chinese Art Under the Mongols - The Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) by Sherman E. Lee, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1968:
Musician playing the Qin:
Detail of Ch'ih-kuo-t'ien, Guardian of the East, from the relief of the Chü-yung-kuan gate, north of Beijing, c. 1345:
