The soul of pipa Vol. 3

Chinese Folk music selections

(Pipa Music from Chinese folk roots)

Title: The Soul of Pipa Vol. 3 - pipa music from Chinese folk roots Cat. No.: PMPCD001-3 Interpreter: Liu Fang pipa solo Genre: folk tradition Feature: diversity of styles and cultures Label: Philmultic Year of release: 2006

The pieces performed by Liu Fang [01] Zeng Qingrong: Night scene of Red River, dance music of Yi national minority from Yunnan Province (South of China). [02] Traditional: Autumn moon in the Palace of Han, an ancient melody from traditional repertoire of Yinzhou pipa music (South-East of China) (listen to the whole piece) [03] Liu Dehai: Friends from afar, anchor your stay, a folk song of Sani national minority from Yunnan. [04] Wu Junsheng: The night of bonfire fest, music and dance of Yi national minority from Yunnan. [05] Zeng Qingrong: Bamboo house, music and dance of Dai national minority from Yunnan. [06] Liu Dehai: Dao Chui Lian, traditional Guangdong music (South China). [07] Ren Hongxiang: The love for the Wei River, folk music style of Shanxi Province (West China). [08] Wang Fandi : Give you a rose, folk music and dance from Xinjiang province (North-West China) [09] Liu Tianhua: Fantasia on reform, composed in the early 30s on classical style. [10] Wang Huiran: The dance of Yi people, folk melodies of Yi national minority from Yunnan.

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This Album features 10 pipa solo pieces performed by Liu Fang as part of the series of 3 CDs: “Soul of pipa (1)” (2001) representing the most ancient classical repertoire for which composers remains anonyms, “Soul of pipa (2)” (2003) reflecting the time evolution of classical repertoire from the ancient traditions to the recent compositions, and the present volume stressing on the various folk roots from different parts of China.

• "une sensibilité à fleur de peau et un sens dramaturgique sans égal” – Mondomix (France, 2006)
• “Met Liu Fang is opnieuw een groot ambassadrice van de Chinese muziek opgestaan.” - De Volkrant (Holland, 2005)
• “Véritable ambassadrice de l'art du pipa” - La Liberté de L'Est (France, 2003)
• “Masterful, graceful and riveting” – BBC (London, 2003)
  
• "Liu Fang is one of the rare spiritual musicians like Wynton Marsalis or Nigel Kennedy. But nobody looks so neat as she does. Great soul, great artist."
  

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