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| Phases Of The Moon: Traditional Chinese Music | 
| List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 18 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3136
Category: Music
Artist: Various Artists
Publisher: Sony
Studio: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Label: Sony
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 36705
UPC: 074643670524
EAN: 5099703670523
ASIN: B0000025JB
Release Date: October 25, 1990
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | The Moon Mirrored in the Pool - Hua Yanjun | | • | The Moon on High - Traditional | | • | Days of Emancipation - Zhu Jianer | | • | Dance of the Yao People - Tieshan, Liu | | • | Peking Opera Melody: Flowing Water - Gu Guanren | | • | Tashwayi | | • | Spring on the Pamir Plateau - Li Tatong | | • | Purple Bamboo Music | | • | Dancing in the Moonlight | | • | Song of the Herdsmen | | • | Spring on a Moonlit River - Traditional |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 Excellent album January 5, 2009
This is an excellent collection of traditional Chinese music. Unlike many collections of "international music" this album has depth. It will be enjoyed, not just because of the novelty of the instruments, but because it is a collection of interesting music. You should get it.
Great Starter CD for Traditional Chinese Music September 4, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was invited by my son's school to give a presentation on Chinese culture this past Chinese New Year (Feb 08). For music, I chose this CD and "Classical Chinese Folk Music".
This is a great starter CD if you want to learn traditional Chinese music. The pieces are performed in the 60s & 70s by a Chinese Orchestra using traditional instruments. The modernized music structures made it much more enjoyable (ambient) than the traditional way of playing - using fewer instruments, heavily ladden with emotional edge, due to Chinese music's moral or historical contents. That would have been much harder to swallow.
Check out "Classical Chinese Folk Music" next, which follows closer to traditions, but still very enjoyable.
Tradition Chinese Music September 4, 2008
Another great album of Chinese themed music. Relaxing and reminicent of the oldest civilization on earth.
very very good January 10, 2008
My first Chinese music cd, I think this is excellant and I'm very glad I bought it, no disappontment at all.
 Modern Scores of Traditional Themes October 30, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
I've been searching for a CD of uncompromising traditional/classical Chinese music. This is not it. Most of the tracks are 1950s and 1960s performances by The Chinese Broadcasting Traditional Instruments Orchestra, with up to 70 members indeed playing traditional instruments but not in traditional ensembles. Instead these are "orchestral" compositions of early Communist China, with obviously westernized musical structures. Still they are not all bad. In fact, a couple of tracks are quite enjoyable, equal to and rather comparable to the ballet suites of Aaron Copeland. On the other hand, a couple of tracks are pure Hollywood epic music, and for those misbegotten moons I'm deducted a star. But notice the price! If you have any taste for muiscal travel, go ahead, buy it! It's surely worth the chance.
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