Dragon songs [sound recording]
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MusicPublisher number: B0008233-00 | Deutsche GrammophonLanguage: English, Chinese, English Summary language: Chinese Original language: English, Chinese Publication details: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, p2006.Description: 1 sound disc (64 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 videodisc ((130 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.)Subject(s): | Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Dr. James Carlson Library | CD | CLASSICAL Lang, Lang | Available | 33111004534927 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
After several albums of Western classical music, Chinese pianist Lang Lang returns to the music of his native country on Dragon Songs. The main piece is "Yellow River Piano Concerto," a four-part work running nearly 21 minutes on which he is accompanied by the China Philharmonic Orchestra. It is based on "Great Song of the Yellow River," a choral cantata composed by Xian Xinghai during the Japanese occupation of China in 1939, and is a stirring, patriotic piece. The rest of the music is more sedate, with Lang adapting various folk tunes and short pieces written for Chinese instruments to the piano. He also introduces some Chinese instruments into the pieces, duetting with Fan Wei on pipa (a guitar- or lute-like instrument) on "Spring Flowers in the Moonlit Night on the River," Zang Jiali on the guanzi (a sort of Chinese piccolo) on "Dance from Quici," and Ji Wei on guzheng (reminiscent of a string dulcimer) on "At Night on the Lake Beneath the Maple Bridge." The 63-minute CD is accompanied by a lengthy DVD that includes a 45-minute documentary of Lang's return visit to China for master classes, concerts, and even a little time with his family at "home" (an apartment he says he has slept in twice). There are also video performances of the all of the album's tracks, each one prefaced by introductory remarks by the pianist. Just as "Yellow River Piano Concerto" began the CD, it ends the DVD in a mammoth performance in Guangzhou with four orchestras combined and 100 female piano players, all spread out in a space that looks larger than a football field. ~ William Ruhlmann
Program notes in English in container.
CD: Yellow River piano concerto -- Autumn moon on a calm lake / Lü Wencheng -- The cowherd's flute / He Luting -- Dialogue in song / trad. -- Dance of spring / Sun Yiqiang -- Straw hat dance / Du Mingxin -- Spring wind / Zhu Jianer -- Happy times / trad. -- Spring flowers in the moonlit night on the river / trad. (with Fan Wei, pipa) -- Dance from Quici / Zhao Jiping (with Zhang Jiali, guanzi) -- At night on the lake beneath the maple bridge / Wang Jianmin (with Ji Wei, guzheng).
DVD: Documentary (Lang Lang in China a film by Benedict Mirow), music & interviews -- Yellow River piano concerto (100 female pianists ; Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra ; Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra ; Guanzhou Zhu Ying Orchestra ; Xinghai Conservatory of Music Symphony Orchestra ; Long Yu, conductor).
Lang Lang, piano ; China Philharmonic Orchestra ; Long Yu, conductor.
Recorded Jan. 2006, Forbidden City Concert Hall, (concerto) and Central Conservatory of Music (remainder), Beijing.
Compact disc (disc 1); DVD (disc 2); soundtracks in DTS 5.1, Dolby digital 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9 (documentary), 4:3 (concerto).
The documentary in English and Chinese, with Chinese, German, French, Spanish and English subtitles.