Xuefei Yang plays Butterfly Lovers

Supremely talented guitarist Xuefei Yangs second disc for EMI Classics, 40 Degrees North, comprises guitar music from Spain and China. The disc is so titled because the capital cities of both countries lie near latitude 40 degrees north. As Yang herself says, "To me, this parallel has come to symbolize the connection I feel to the music of both countries." The Spanish repertoire includes original solo guitar compositions (such as Tárregas Carnival of Venice) as well as arrangements of pieces written for piano or two guitars (Albénizs Seguidillas). Many of these works appear in new arrangements by Yang herself. Since China has no established guitar repertoire of its own, the Chinese pieces on this recording originate either from arrangements of traditional Chinese pieces (including two traditional Chinese folk songs arranged for guitar by Gerald Garcia), or new compositions based on Chinese themes (such as Welsh composer Stephen Gosss Chinese Garden, written especially for Yang). Also included on this recording is Butterfly Lovers, originally written as a violin concerto using Western orchestral instruments and arguably the best known piece of Chinese music.
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More information:
http://www.yang40degreesnorth.com
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Buy from Amazon (USA):
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• Xuefei
• Yang
• butterfly
• lovers
• 40
• degrees
• north
• spain
• china

[vandatamiss]

Really a pleasure listening to her play. Thanks.

[charlieff2]

@alanhill2008 Check her website, you will see that she is heavily booked and well traveled. Truly, one of world's top classical guitarists today.

[rawrgDX]

Beautiful! The purity of the sound makes it sound like a zheng! XD

[guitarpicka1]

Absolutely Stunning...Beautiful...Mesmori­sing...and the Music wasn`t too bad either

[CCTV9]

You know how everyone has a guitar in their room? They usually buy it to try to play one song or a few songs they like but never really practice and the guitar sits in the room collecting dust. This song and guitarist made me do just that.

[ToneDeafecation]

If she would just learn a few vibrato techniques ,it would elavate her playing to another level.

[melomane49]

@Andystonemusic

It is true that classical guitar technique "forbids" the type of bends that other guitarists (blues, jazz, etc) do, especially on an electric guitar.

However, nothing prevents one from attempting it. It is just a little bit more demanding (if one wants to respect the other aspects of the piece).

[Andystonemusic]

Truly lovely :) but I think I prefer to hear a Guzheng, for one a classical guitar can't do the string bends so well. Or wouldn't that fit in with EMI?

[02lthomam]

This is so beautiful, I had a crappy day at work today and this just washed it all away, I am also lucky enough to have tickets to see this talented young lady on the 21st of May in Truro, Cornwall. I really cant wait

[kmlnghua]

good performance!