Chine - Sheng Xu Chaoming Label: Cinq Planètes CD No. CP023922 1998 £9.99 Band from: China Genre: Chinese
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.
Tracks and Artists
1. Le phénix déloie ses ailes 2. Le faisan se pavane (MP3 937Kb) 3. Air du Shanxi 4. Le lac attire le phénix doré 5. Scènes d'un parc de loisirs (MP3 953Kb) 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 (MP3 939Kb)
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