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CD No: CP023922 by Xu Chaoming called Chine - Sheng. Released: 1998

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The Review: This CD is part of the Cinq Planètes series - an out of standards collection dedicated to exceptional musicians. The sheng (mouth organ) is among the oldest Chinese instruments, earliest evidence of its existence dating back over three thousand years. Bamboo tubes are arranged in a circle and mounted through holes in the top of the bowl-shaped wind chamber, with a blowpipe extending from the side. At the base of each pipe is a free-beating metal reed, which vibrates by either exhaling or inhaling. Each pipe sounds only when its finger-hole is covered. Originally diatonic, the instrument is now tuned chromatically. Key words:

The Band: Xu Chaoming China

Band members:
221 Xu Chaoming (Sheng) 39


CD Tracks: 1. Le phénix déloie ses ailes
2. Le faisan se pavane
3. Air du Shanxi
4. Le lac attire le phénix doré
5. Scènes d'un parc de loisirs
6. Chant de la cour
7. La Bonne Recolte
8./9. La chanson de Nuodezhong/L'arrivée du printemps
10. Hymne au phénix
11. Poèm lyrique de la steppe
12. Plaisanterie
13. La chanson de la rivière Xiang