Chinese traditional music - 霸王卸甲, Liu Fang pipa solo 劉芳

Liu Fang's unique style of interpretation of this ancient classical piece has been highly acclaimed internationally.

This current video clip is an extract of 6 minutes. The complete version is about 11 minutes and can be found in http://www.myspace.com/liufang. This is one of the most famous master pieces from the traditional pipa repertoire, know as "wu qu" (martial style) as constrast to "wen qu" (civil style or lyrical style). A typical example of the latter is 飛花點翠, see http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XySO6IRq2nU

The following text is from the concert program note:

The King Chu doffs his Armour (Chinese classical tradition): This masterpiece of pipa is a musical description of a tragic historical event: the defeat of King Xiang Yu who thought himself invincible. During the war which followed the foundation of the Han Empire (202 BC - 220 AD), Xiang Yu suffered a fatal defeat. The pipa depicts the scene of the battle, noises of the soldiers' flight, and the indescribable feeling of being defeated. The performance of this piece demands a whole range of complex techniques and virtuosity, with speed, precision and restraint.

( source: http://www.philmultic.com/liufang/video/ )

劉芳琵琶獨奏錄象之一: "霸王卸甲"，傳統保留曲目。2002年3月27日音樂會現場錄音， 由蒙特利爾電視台多元文化台中文部錄制并播放。全曲約11分鐘 (見 http://www.myspace.com/liufang )

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[xingfenzhen]

they should make pipa hero, and put this piece in there.

[arakumashiza]

Excelente performance!

i'm brazilian. dont speak english.

muito interessante a dinamização. os fraseados e tudo mais. é uma artista muito segura e confiante no que faz. Parabéns.

[nerko96D]

i love china but i dont like the food but i love china and japan:D

[TheAlmerick]

@Pat123123123 HEY u SUCKER!!!! i suppossed that u nvr tried it n i'm here to tell u that tis piece of music is from HIGH GRADE! She would be the best "FINGER PICKERS" u ever seen in ur LIFE! If u see any others can play better than her TELL ME!!! ( Stuff in guitar at grade 1-2 is NOTHING compared to tis!)

[drewcox010101]

through the bamboo and the and the flames by pipaforce

[srofficial06]

a pipa hero ? like a guitar hero ? you want to computerize liu fang wang ?no soup for you

[470666470]

Master of Pipa...

[jabrown45100]

BEAUTIFUL--I WISH PERFORMERS OF THESE AWESOME INSTRUMENTS GOT THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE. BEST OF THE BEST!!!

[jeanaro]

watch high quality song of Liu Fang here v=KLmXOEUXsCw

[2010Astarte]

she realy loves her pipa! i love it too!

[44esma]

Podoba mi się !

[bdansby]

very powerful music