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The Hugo Masters: An Anthology of Chinese Classical Music, Vol. 2 - Plucked Strings ()

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  1. Ambush from Ten Sides, traditional melody (a.k.a. "Ambush on All Sides"
  2. Great waves sweeping away sand, for pipa
  3. Sword Dance, for liuqin
  4. Moonlit Night of Stone Forest
  5. Petrel
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  1. Ambush from Ten Sides, traditional melody (a.k.a. "Ambush on All Sides"
  2. Great waves sweeping away sand, for pipa
  3. Sword Dance, for liuqin
  4. Moonlit Night of Stone Forest
  5. Petrel
  6. Beyond the Great Wall, for san-hsien & ti-tzu]
  7. The Chu Song
  8. Waters and Mountains (Zhejiang)
  9. Homeward Bound I go! (Guiqulai ci), for qin
  10. Parting at Yangguan
  11. The Broken String Effect of Zheng
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Western classical music, for all its richness, covers just several hundred years. China's classical music, by comparison, covers several thousand. To condense that vast treasury of music into a few volumes was a challenging undertaking for engineer/producer Aik Yew-Goh. In order to capture the classic tradition, Mr. Aik went to the masters in each Chinese province recording their music with unparalleled high standards. These Hugo recordings are the glorious result. They are considered the definitive record of China's ...

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