A Collection of Music Played on the Guqin (2): 4CD

Title: A Collection of Music Played on the Guqin (2): 4CD

Artist: Guan Pinghu, Wu Jinglue, Zhang Ziqian

Medium:  4 CD

ISRC: CNE010637300

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Condition: Brand New

Introduction:

Guan Pinghu (1897-1967), was a leading player of the guqin (古琴), a Chinese 7-string bridgeless zither. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu, Guan came from an artistic family, and started to learn the guqin from his father, Guan Nianci. After the death of his father when he was thirteen, Guan continued with his father’s friend Ye Shimeng and Zhang Xiangtao. He also studied with the leading players of three different schools; Yang Zongji (1865–1933), the leading player in Beijing, the Daoist Qin Heming, and the Buddhist monk Wucheng.

Wu Jinglüe (1907-1987) is considered one of the most important guqin players of the 20th century and was also an active researcher and teacher. He was born in the town of Xitangshi, Changshu County, near Suzhou in Jiangsu province, China, on February 5, 1907, and died in Beijing on August 16, 1987. Wu served as a professor at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and played a prominent role in raising the guqin to professional standards as a concert instrument. His boldly passionate but also lyrically refined style was widely syncretic and incorporated influences from various qin schools as well as folk and Western music. The two most distinguished players to transmit his style and repertoire are Li Xiangting and Wu Wenguang, currently the leading guqin figures in Beijing's conservatories; Wu's broader influence extends much more widely.

Zhang Ziqian, a famous seven-string zither qin players, was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, The People's Republic of China. He studied the guqin with a guqin master Suo Shaotao at the age of thirteenth. In the 1930s, Zhang moved to Shanghai and worked as an accountant at a salt factory. [1] In Shanghai, he met Zha Fuxi and Peng Zhiqing who were active qin players then. They frequently played the guqin together and Zhang’s playing skills were greatly influenced by them. In 1936, Zhang, Zha, Peng and other masters founded Jin Yu Qin She (Qin Society of Contemporary Yu Region), a qin society. In 1956, Zhang became a guqin performer by being appointed as a member of the state-run Shanghai Minzu Yuetuan (Shanghai National Music Ensemble); and a guqin teacher at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music in 1960.

Content:

DISC 1
01 高山
02 华胥引
03 酒狂
04 大胡笳
05 楚歌
06 良宵引
07 鸥鹭忘机
08 梅花三弄
09 普庵咒

DISC 2
01 韦编三绝
02 沧海龙吟
03 岳阳三醉
04 列子御风
05 鹿鸣
06 伐檀
07 归去来辞
08 平沙落雁
09 静观吟
10 秋江夜泊

DISC 3
01 搔首问天
02 渔歌
03 石上流泉
04 忆故人
05 流水
06 捣衣

DISC 4
01 乌夜啼
02 平沙落雁
03 捣衣
04 高山流水
05 佩兰
06 渔樵问答
07 醉渔唱晚
08 流水