HUQIN BLOG

Artist: Liu Mingyuan 刘明源 Liú Míngyuán,
Album: húqín dúzòu zhuānjí 胡琴独奏专集 (huqin solo collection),
Company: Tàipíngyáng yǐngyīn gōngsī 太平洋影音公司 Pacific Audio & Video Co, Guangzhou, China.
Year: 1984
Format: cassette P-3056

A1. huānlè de rìzǐ 欢乐的日子 (joyful days)
A2. cǎoyuán shàng 草原上 (on grassland)
A3. huār de gùxiāng 花儿的故乡 (flowers' hometown)
B1. qínqiāng páiziqǔ 秦腔牌子曲 (paizi tune of Shaanxi opera)
B2. kàn dēng 看灯 (watching lanterns)
B3. gēgē huí lái le 哥哥回来了 (brother has returned)
B4. yīng huā 婴花 (cherry blossom, aka sakura)
B5. mùmín guīlái le 牧民归来了 (herdsman has returned)
B6. dà gūniang měi 大姑娘美 (beautiful girl)

Cassette-Walkman Pro>Edirol R09>wav>FLAC>LAME 130vbr mp3

Cassette is in Chinese only.


Download link: http://sharebee.com/1e338cb0
Filename: Liu Mingyuan - huqin solo collection (1984 cassette).zip
Size: 61.01 MB
130vbr mp3 in zip folder inc covers

Liu Mingyuan - huqin collection (1988 Linfair cassette)


Artist/Performers: Liú Míngyuán 刘明源, and
zhōngguó yīnyuè xuéyuàn shīshēng yuèduì 中国音乐学院师生乐队 (China Conservatoire students and teachers ensemble)
Album: Liú Míngyuán húqín zhuānjí 刘明源胡琴专辑 (Liu Mingyuan huqin collection)
Year: 1988
Company: Linfair Magnetic Sound Ltd, Taiwan
Fúmào Chàngpiàn 福茂唱片
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Cassette tape track list:
A1. xìngfú nián 幸福年 (happy year, banhu)
A2. qínqiāng páiziqǔ 秦腔牌子曲 (tunes of Shaanxi opera, banhu)
A3. yuè yá wǔ gēng 月芽五更 (cresent moon at dawn, banhu)
A4. nán guó fēngguāng hǎo 南国风光好 (beautiful southern scenery, gaohu)
A5. méi hù lián zòu 郿鄠联奏 (Meihu medley, banhu)
B1. hénán xiǎoqǔ 河南小曲 (Henan tune, erhu)
B2. cǎo yuán shàng 草原上 (on grassland, zhonghu)
B3. shāndōng xiǎoqǔ 山东小曲 (Shandong melody, banhu)
B4. dà gūniang měi 大姑娘美 (beautiful girl, banhu)
B5. yáng cuì xǐ 杨翠喜 (yang cui xi, gaohu)

Recorded in Beijing, May 1988.

Cassette in Chinese only.

Download link: http://sharebee.com/fe1af236
Filename: Liu Mingyuan - huqin collection (1988 Linfair cass).zip
Size: 60.8 MB

This cassette contains recordings of four types of Chinese bowed string instruments: banhu, erhu, gaohu and zhonghu. The instrument on the cover is the banhu, which has a wooden board as its face while the erhu, gaohu and zhonghu have a snake skin.

Another off-topic post.

Link, 261MB, avi video, 80 min

Alternative links:
92MB
92MB
83MB
All parts are needed, use WinRar to extract.

Unfortunately the first 2 minutes are missing. Also, quite a lot of the programme is in Shanghai dialect and there are only sub-titles in English, so Chinese people who are not from Shanghai and the surrounding region will probably not understand most of the film.

More info:
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/yoursay/chinese-circus.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007m47h

This is going to be an off-topic post.

This is a radio programme first broadcast on Radio 4 in the UK by the BBC in 2007, consisting of ten 15min parts broadcast in the afternoon on each weekday over two weeks. This is a ground-breaking and important programme about the history of the largely unnoticed and little documented ethnic Chinese in the UK, who make up the third largest "visible" minority in the UK, after the Afro-Carribeans and (south) Asians.

This is the omnibus edition broadcast in 2008. The 10 parts have been edited into two 1 hour programmes, broadcast over two fridays.

More details and episode guide: http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/chinese_in_britain.shtml

One mp3 file and one Real Audio file:
Dead link, 66MB
Alternative link, 66MB

Or:

Two mp3 files:
Download link: parts 1 to 5 (omnibus edition part 1), 40MB mp3 file
Download link: parts 6 to 10 (omnibus edition part 2), 30MB mp3 file
Dead link, 69MB

Treasury of Chinese Musical Instruments
Vol.2 Bowed String Instruments

This is a recording released by the China Record Company in 1989. Each track features a huqin soloist with backing from a traditional Chinese ensemble.

Track list:
1. Moon Reflects in the Er Quan (Er Quan Ying Yue, Erhu: Zhu Changyao)
2. Regret (Shuang Sheng Hen, Gaohu: Yu Qiwei)
3. The Setting Moon of Early Dawn (Yue Ya Wu Geng, Banhu: Shen Cheng)
4. Birds Sing in the Empty Hills (Kong Shan Niao Yu, Erhu: Zhu Changyao)
5. Deep Night (Ye Shen Chen, Jinghu: Zhang Suying)
6. A Paizi Tune of Shaanxi (Qinqiang) Opera (Qinqiang Paizi Qu, Banhu: Shen Cheng)
7. Waves (Liu Bo Qu, Erhu: Zhu Changyao)
8. Autumn Moon on A Placid Lake (Ping Hu Qiu Yue, Gaohu: Yu Qiwei)
9. On Grassland (Cao Yuan Shang, Zhonghu: Zhu Changyao)

Track list, Titles and performers in Chinese and English:

01. èr quán yìng yuè 二泉映月 Moon Reflects in the Er Quan (erhu 二胡) - Zhū Chāngyào 朱昌耀, Shanghai trad ensemble
02. shuāng shēng hèn 双声恨 Regret (gaohu 高胡) - Yú Qíwěi 余其伟, with Guangdong song and dance ensemble quartet
03. yuè yá wǔ gēng 月芽五更 The Setting Moon of Early Dawn (banhu 板胡) - Shěn Chéng 沈诚 (banhu), Shanghai trad ensemble
04. kōng shān niǎo yǔ 空山鸟语 Birds Sing in the Empty Hills (erhu 二胡) - Zhū Chāngyào 朱昌耀
05. yè shēn chén 夜深沉 Deep Night (jinghu) - Zhāng Sùyīng 张素英, Shanghai trad ensemble
06. qínqiāng páiziqǔ 秦腔牌子曲 Paizi tune of Shaanxi opera (banhu 板胡) - Shěn Chéng 沈诚 (banhu), Shanghai trad ensemble
07. liú bō qǔ 流波曲 Waves (erhu 二胡) - Zhū Chāngyào 朱昌耀, Shanghai trad ensemble
08. píng hú qiū yuè 平湖秋月 Autumn Moon on a Placid Lake (gaohu 高胡) - Yú Qíwěi 余其伟, with Guangdong song and dance ensemble quartet
09. cǎo yuán shàng 草原上 On Grassland (zhonghu 中胡) - Zhū Chāngyào 朱昌耀, Shanghai trad ensemble

Part 1 link
Part 2 link
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