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SONOTON SONOTON AUTHENTIC SERIES - SAS AUTHENTIC CHINA VOL.3Authentic Imperial court music, music and dances from Tang dynasty and various national instrumentals, based on traditional tunes, played on original instruments. |
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1. PRELUDE 00:01:52 ENSEMBLE, OPENING AND ENDING
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2. SONG OF THE CHRYSANTHEMUM 00:03:13 ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL
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3. WAVES 00:02:59 PERCUSSION INTRO TO ROMANTIC TUNE
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4. CROSSING THE WUJIANG RIVER 00:02:21 PERCUSSION INTRO TO PASTORAL XIAO (FLUTE) SOLO WITH SMALL ENSEMBLE
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5. AT THE PALACE GATE 00:01:08 ORCHESTRAL OPENING SUGGESTING A WALK THROUGH THE MAIN GATE INTO THE IMPERIAL PALACE
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6. SONG OF THE IMPERIAL THRONE 00:01:59 DRAMATIC, POMPOUS OPENING TO FESTIVE STATELY SLOW CEREMONIAL MUSIC
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7. JOYOUS SONGS AND DANCES 00:03:54 INSTRUMENTAL RECORDING OF SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE TRADITIONAL CHINESE OPERA, DEPICTING THE LUXURIOUS LIFE OF THE EMPEROR
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8. SONG OF THE DRAGON AND PHOENIX 00:02:34 FLOWING CHEERFUL TUNE DESCRIBING THE IMPERIAL WEDDING
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9. UNDER THE CANDLELIGHT 00:02:23 SLOW, ROMANTIC, DESCRIPTIVE
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10. PASSING YOUTH 00:02:32 MELODIOUS LAMENT - PALACE MAIDENS WEEPING FOR THEIR PASSING YOUTH
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11. SONGJIANG RIVER 00:02:57 ROMANTIC GUQIN & XIAO TUNE, ORIGINATING FROM THE TANG DYNASTY (618-907)
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12. LOVE MEMORIES 00:02:37 TENDER ROMANTIC LOVE SONG
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13. SPRING WATER 00:03:12 ROMANTIC, SENTIMENTAL MOOD, ORIGINATING 770 B. C
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14. GLORIOUS NIGHT PRELUDE 00:02:30 ROMANTIC ORCHESTRAL, DESCRIBING A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT SCENE
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15. WANG JI 00:02:14 LYRICAL MOOD BASED ON A TRADITIONAL TUNE FROM SONG DYNASTY
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16. MAN JIANG HONG 00:00:44 DRAMATIC HEROIC OPENING
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17. PEARL CURTAIN IN THE MOON 00:02:07 CHIME BELLS AND ORCHESTRA, FOLK MUSIC FROM SOUTHERN JIANGSU PROVINCE
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18. AZALEA 00:02:38 ZHENG SOLO DEPICTING PEOPLE'S LIFE IN NORTHERN SHAANXI
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19. PEASANT FAMILIES 00:02:20 JOYFUL, LIVELY, BRIGHT CHINESE FLUTE SOLO
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20. TRAVEL NOTES ON RUILI 00:06:24 SCENIC GAO-HU SOLO
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21. CHINESE PAST 1 00:02:48 DESCRIPTIVE MOOD WITH VARIOUS GONGS. PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE INCLUDING PENG-LING, XIAO-LUO, GAO-YIN, BANG-ZI, FENG-LUO, PAI-GU, QUING
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23. CRACK OF DAWN 00:02:09 SCENIC IMPRESSION. FLUTE SOLO WITH SHENG & PI-PA
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24. MOONLIGHT NIGHT 00:02:20 ROMANTIC MOOD. ER-HU SOLO ACCOMPANIED BY ZHENG & FLUTE
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25. CHINESE PUZZLE 00:02:12 NEUTRAL, LIGHTHEARTED CHINESE MOOD. LIU-QIN, PI-PA, YANG-QUIN, ZHONG-RUAN, ZHENG
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27. GONG YUAN CHUN SI 00:02:50 ROMANTIC EXPRESSIVE XIAO-TUNE WITH PI-PA ACC. - DESCRIBES THE HOMESICKNESS OF A HAN DYNASTY PRINCESS
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28. SWORD DANCE 00:01:39 A VIVID DANCE DEVELOPING TO CLIMAX - BASED ON A TANG DYNASTY SWORD DANCE
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29. HUAN SHA 00:02:59 PASTORAL ROMANTIC MOOD, BASED ON A POEM OF THE TANG DYNASTY DESCRIBING COUNTRY GIRLS WASHING SILK ON A RIVER BANK