| It's very emotional and powerful playing - a pipa solo style par excellence, by the internationally acclaimed pipa virtuoso Liu Fang - www.liufangmusic.com la beauté, la puissance et la grâce de la musique traditionnelle chinoise, et le charme de la musique classique oriental! The title of this classical master piece is "King Chu doffs his armour" (Ba Wang Xie Jia), from traditional repertoire for pipa solo. It describes a tragic event around 202 BC (see http for more information and a video of higher resolution. About the music: according to Liu Fang, there are different versions for this piece according the schools and and styles of individual performers. This is the version of Wei Zhongle (1909--1998), one of the great pipa masters from the last century; it is very different from the version of Master Lin Chicheng(1922--2006). These differences are very natural for Chinese music from the classical literati tradition (In fact, the differences are expected, not the "sameness" as far as the soul of the music plays a role, see www.philmultic.com ) The pipa has four strings and 30 frets, and is often referred to as Chinese lute or the Flamenco guitar of China, though the playing techniques are quite different. Le pipa chinois est un luth à quatre cordes dont 30 frettes, et est également connue sous le nom de luth chinois ou de la guitare flamenco de la Chine. Die chinesische Pipa ist ein Vier-saitige Laute mit 30 Bünden, und ist auch bekannt als chinesische Laute oder die ... |
