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HUGO HRP 712-2
Grabado en Shanghai en octubre de 1988



01 - Eighteen Tragic Parts of Barbarian Pipes      [18:38]
A story created by a woman-talent CAI Wenji of late Han Dynasty. A tragic suite-like piece which is well received as one of the great parting songs.

02 - Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbank      [5:01]
The work was first published in the Gu Yin Zheng Cong Qin Pu (Orthodox Qin Handbook ), 1634 A.D., of the Ming Dynasty. The source and composer of the work is attributed to one of the following Qin masters: CHEN Ziang of Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.), MAO Minzhong of Song Dynasty (960-1280 A.D.) and ZHU Quan of Ming Dynasty. The serene work of poetic atmosphere transmits the ideology of staying aloof from worldly success through the depiction of the elegant and free soaring wild geese.

03 - Fishermen Song      [14:12]
Composed by great writer LIU Zhongyuan of the Tang Dynasty. The tune recalls image of boating through mountains and lake. Musical tubes of fishermen are employed to imitate the fishing lives.

04 - Autumn Grievances beyond the Great Wall      [9:28]
Back ground of the music is based on the story of WANG Zhaojun who had to marry to Xiongnu in 33 B.C. as part of the peace treaty between the Western Han Dynasty (206 B.C. - 24 A.D.) and the Xiongnu. The sentiment of ill-fated WANG Zhaojun is shared by those upright personalities who also face with turbulent living environment.

05 - Spring Sound      [12:06]
The sound of this work depicts the tranquility of Spring time with scenery of abundant flowers, plentiful sunshine and green mountains.

06 - Innocent Seagulls      [5:47]
Seagulls fly over the sea, not bearing any burden of trivial things. It has a soothing effect when playing this work at late night.


07 - Memory of an Old Friend      [7:51]
First published in the Jin Yin Qin Handbook of 1937 A.D., the work is attributed to PENG Zhiqing (alias Qingshou) who learned it from his father. The music tells of the lonely and solitary states of a person who missed his friend deeply.






En las pistas 2 y 5 se emplea el qin "Yu Ling Long" (arriba), construido durante la dinastía Song (1127-1279); en el resto, un qin anónimo de la misma dinastía.