Phases Of The Moon: Traditional Chinese Music

A long time ago I bought it as a LP record. I found Imissed it so much.I bought it again as a CD.It's lovely, It's lyrical. I love it!

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.

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.

This is the first CD of Chinese Traditional music I purchased. I thoroughly enjoy the music on this CD and am very pleased I purchased it. It is my favorite Chinese Traditional Music CD by far. I just wish I could find other CDs comparable to this one, but so far I haven't had much luck. I highly recommend it to anyone looking for excellent Traditional Chinese Music.

What a great CD! Includes fine performances of such classics as "Dance of the Yao People," "Purple Bamboo Melody" and "The Moon On High"!! Truly a wonderful compilation of traditional Chinese orchestral favorites. Highly recommended!

I originally purchased the LP back in the '80's. I was in a State Street book store with a young woman and this was playing overhead. I liked it so much I bought it on the spot. I used to play it over and over, for years, until somebody "borrowed" it and didn't return it. I've talked about it to people for years. When I saw this, I had to have it. Now, I listen to it over and over once again.

This is a lovely CD, very easy to listen to Chinese music with a timeless feel to it.

I’ve always liked traditional Asian musicAnd this was perfectThe price was reasonable, and I got the cd pretty quick