Marco Polo Sampler (2 Cds)

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The Yellow River Piano Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Beijing Central Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Li Hong Sheng Fei-sheng Xu Shucheng Shi Wanghua Chu Zhuang Liu Chengzong Yin
Conducted by: Yong-yan Hu Adrian Leaper Delun Li
Xiangdong Kong, piano


1. The Yellow River Piano Concerto: I. Prelude: The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen - 00:03:37


The Moon Reflecting My Heart (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Qingxi Yong
Conducted by: Yong-yan Hu
Takako Nishizaki, violin


2. The Moon Reflecting My Heart - 00:04:43


Farewell, My Love (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Fuling Wang
Conducted by: Henry Shek
Takako Nishizaki, violin


3. Farewell, My Love - 00:02:46


Enthusiastic Hearts (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous


4. Enthusiastic Hearts - 00:01:59


All Red the River (more info)
Composed by: Traditional


5. All Red the River - 00:02:03


Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon (arr. J. Wang and C. Yin) (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Adrian Leaper


6. Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon - 00:02:45


Singing the Night among Fishing Boats (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Guang Ren
Conducted by: Peng Cao
Vera Tsu, violin


7. Singing the Night Among Fishing Boats - 00:06:53


Sunshine on Tashkurgan (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Xie-yang Chen
Si-Qing Lu, violin


8. Sunshine on Tashkurgan - 00:07:18


Dance of the Golden Snake (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Henry Shek


9. Dance of the Golden Snake - 00:02:28


The Sound of Music (more info)
Composed by: Richard Rodgers
Conducted by: Henry Shek


10. The Sound of Music - 00:05:45


The Yellow River Cantata (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Xinghai Xian
Conducted by: Ding Cao


11. Yellow River Cantata (excerpt) - 00:03:17


Song of the Volga Boatmen (more info)
Composed by: Boris Alexandrov Traditional
Conducted by: Victor Fedorov Anatoly Maltsev Igor Agafonnikov
Peter Gluboky, bass


12. Song of the Volga Boatmen - 00:03:50


Fantasy-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 (more info)
Composed by: Xaver Scharwenka Fryderyk Chopin Chengzong Yin
Alfred Cortot, piano
Irene Scharrer, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Janina Fialkowska, piano
Eva Sukova, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Halina Czerny-Stefanska,
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Idil Biret, piano
Istvan Szekely, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Eugene Mursky, piano
Pavlos Hatzopoulos, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Recording date: 6 March 1918


13. Fantasy-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66 - 00:04:29


Paraphrase on the Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (more info)
Composed by: Percy Grainger
Xiangdong Kong, piano
Penelope Thwaites, piano


14. Paraphrase on the Waltz of the Flowers from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker - 00:07:03


Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (more info)
Composed by: Pablo de Sarasate
Rachel Barton, baroque violin
Ning Du, piano
Samuel Sanders, piano
Zhou Qian, violin


15. Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 (Moderato) - 00:02:09


Spanish Dances, Op. 21 (more info)
Composed by: Pablo de Sarasate
Rachel Barton, baroque violin
Tianwa Yang, violin
Markus Hadulla, piano
Yulian Sitkovetsky, violin
Bella Davidovich, piano
Beatrice Long, piano
James Ehnes, violin
Eduard Laurel, piano
Samuel Sanders, piano
Zhou Qian, violin
Recording date: 27-31 May 2004


16. Habanera - 00:04:02


Csardas (more info)
Composed by: Vittorio Monti
Si-Qing Lu, violin
Robert Koenig, piano


17. Csardas - 00:04:42

The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra Shanghai Symphony Orchestra Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Singapore Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Beijing Central Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Gang Chen Zhanhao He
Conducted by: James Judd Xie-yang Chen Cheng-wu Fan Cheng-wu Fen Yao-Ling Wang Lan Shui Kenneth Jean Peng Cao
Si-Qing Lu, violin
Jun Chen, erhu
Li-na Yu, violin
Gil Shaham, violin
Takako Nishizaki, violin
Vera Tsu, violin


1. The Butterfly Lovers Erhu Concerto (excerpt) - 00:06:20


Men With Loyal, Red Hearts (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Chengzong Yin
Wei-Kang Li, vocals


2. Men With Loyal, Red Hearts - 00:00:55


The poor man's child shares the household burden (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous Chengzong Yin
Qi Chang Geng, vocals


3. The poor man's child shares the household burden - 00:01:04


Hunting (more info)
Conducted by: Yao-xing Chen
Jun Chen, erhu


4. Hunting - 00:02:49


Galloping War-Horses (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Jun Chen, erhu


5. Galloping War-Horses - 00:03:12


Flying Partridges (more info)
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Fei-yun Xia
Chunling Lu, dizi


6. Flying Partridges - 00:05:24


Morning In The Miao Mountains (more info)
Composed by: Xun-fa Yu Zheng-yuan Peng
Conducted by: Fei-yun Xia
Xun-fa Yu, dizi


7. Morning in the Miao Mountains - 00:02:52


Celebration of a Bumper Harvest (more info)
Composed by: Jiu Chen Tong-xiang Ren
Ying Liu, suona


8. Celebration of a Bumper Harvest - 00:04:55


Happy Spring Evening (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Fei-yun Xia
See-Wah Hon, zheng


9. Happy Spring Evening - 00:09:52


Lotus Perfume (more info)
Composed by: Anonymous
Qi-wei Yu, gaohu


10. Lotus Perfume - 00:03:16


Deep Night (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Guo Tai Gong Traditional
Conducted by: Henry Shek


11. Deep Night - 00:04:49


Ambush on All Sides (orch. G. Guo-tai) (more info)
Performed by: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Traditional
Conducted by: Henry Shek
Fung Lam, pipa
Produced by: Gong, Guo-Tai


12. Ambush on All Sides (orch. Guo-tai Gong) - 00:09:23


Poem of Chinese Drum (more info)
Composed by: Dun Tan Zhen-gui Li
Hok-man Yim, percussion


13. Poem of Chinese Drum (Master of Chinese Percussion) - 00:10:05


Flying Dragons and Leaping Tigers (more info)
Performed by: China Broadcasting Chinese Orchestra
Composed by: Min-xiong Li
Conducted by: Fei-yun Xia
Hok-man Yim, percussion


14. Flying Dragons and Leaping Tigers ( Master of Chinese Percussion,Vol. 2) - 00:07:24

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