Composer: Edward Han Jiang, Cui Shi-Guang, Sun Yiqiang, Tan Dun, Wang Jian Zhong
Performer: Edward Han Jiang
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Grand Piano
Catalogue: GP929
Release: 2023
Size: 386 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Jian Zhong: Liuyang River
Yiqiang: Dance of Spring (chunwu)
02. Spring Dance
Han Jiang: Children’s Corner
03. I. Panda Blues
04. II. Peking Opera on Black Keys
05. III. Etude on a Pentatonic Scale
06. IV. Flowing Stream Beneath a Little Bridge
07. Han Jiang: Jasmine Flower (Arr. E.H. Jiang for Piano)
08. Han Jiang: A Moonlight Night on the Spring River (Arr. E.H. Jiang for Piano)
09. Han Jiang: Velvet Flowers (Arr. E.H. Jiang for Piano)
Jian Zhong: Shanbei Folk Songs No. 3 Embroidering A Portrait in Gold
10. No. 3, Embroidering Golden Silk Banner
11. Shi-Guang: By the Songhua River
Dun: Eight Memories in Watercolor, Op. 1
12. No. 1, Missing Moon
13. No. 2, Staccato Beans
14. No. 3, Herdboy’s Song
15. No. 4, Blue Nun
16. No. 5, Red Wilderness
17. No. 6, Ancient Burial
18. No. 7, Floating Clouds
19. No. 8, Sunrain
20. Han Jiang: Improvisation of the Theme of Yu Guang Qu
The ten pieces in this collection have been carefully selected as being most representative of Chinese culture, combining compositions from the 1960s and 70s with contemporary piano works and arrangements of ancient folk songs by pianist and composer Edward Han Jiang. Jiang compares the coalescence of the black and white keys of the piano to the layers and spirit in Chinese ink paintings as they portray rivers in the north and south, a bold Spring Dance from the west and the graceful Jasmine Flower from the east – all are lit by the moon, as described in music that dates back to the Tang Dynasty.