Gan, Guo / Erhu Solo
A-File Activity
Add Date: | 2019-04-02 | Pull Date: | 2019-06-04 | Charts: | Reggae/World |
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Week Ending: | Jun 2 | May 12 | Apr 7 |
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Airplays: | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
1. | Aug 29, 2019: | Global Ginga with Kim
Recitation Of Leisure, Shadows Of Candles, Flickering Red |
4. | May 09, 2019: | Cafe Nakhil
Recitation Of Leisure |
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2. | Jun 01, 2019: | Music Casserole
Bird Song In A Desolate Mountain |
5. | Apr 06, 2019: | Audio Ambrosia
Shadows Of Candles, Flickering Red |
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3. | May 11, 2019: | The Acupuncture Hour
Etude On A Single String, Bird Song In A Desolate Mountain |
Album Review
Margy Kahn
Reviewed 2019-04-02
Reviewed 2019-04-02
NO FCC's (all instrumenta1) Favorite tracks: 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10,
Guo Gan plays Liu Ttian Hua's compositions for the erhu – a two-stringed violin of Central Asian origins – with a confidence and mastery that makes these simple-sounding but quite intricate melodies a delight to listen to; hard to believe all this music comes from two strings
No FCC's (all instrumental) ; Favorite tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
*1 –Recitation of Leisure – exquisitely limpid and lovely -- 6:21
2-– Song of Lament – 2:50 – like a tear falling in slow motion
*3 –Towards Brightness – 4:23 – skips around with a delightful lightness that segues to tremolo
4—Moon Night –5:06 – played with great delicacy and expression
*5 – Bird Song in a Desolate Mountain –4:04— halting and then liltingly fast; amazingly bird-like
6-- Beautiful Evening –3:18—limpid and sweet
7 --Recitation of ill-being – 5:34-- slow and a little melancholy
*8—Etude on a single string –7:13-- meltingly legato
*9—song of melancholy –6:38-- pacing varies as tune climbs up and down in a series of intervals
*10—shadows of candles, flickering red –4:14—very skippy, and flickery, and dancey in an ethereal sort of way
Guo Gan plays Liu Ttian Hua's compositions for the erhu – a two-stringed violin of Central Asian origins – with a confidence and mastery that makes these simple-sounding but quite intricate melodies a delight to listen to; hard to believe all this music comes from two strings
No FCC's (all instrumental) ; Favorite tracks 1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
*1 –Recitation of Leisure – exquisitely limpid and lovely -- 6:21
2-– Song of Lament – 2:50 – like a tear falling in slow motion
*3 –Towards Brightness – 4:23 – skips around with a delightful lightness that segues to tremolo
4—Moon Night –5:06 – played with great delicacy and expression
*5 – Bird Song in a Desolate Mountain –4:04— halting and then liltingly fast; amazingly bird-like
6-- Beautiful Evening –3:18—limpid and sweet
7 --Recitation of ill-being – 5:34-- slow and a little melancholy
*8—Etude on a single string –7:13-- meltingly legato
*9—song of melancholy –6:38-- pacing varies as tune climbs up and down in a series of intervals
*10—shadows of candles, flickering red –4:14—very skippy, and flickery, and dancey in an ethereal sort of way
Track Listing