China's rich and diverse musical heritage has been recorded and documented in a stunning, original collection. With twenty albums in the pipeline, this is a highly specialized series with the appeal of perhaps being the closest thing to the 'complete works' of traditional Chinese music. Each album features a different region of the vast territory; an historical snapshot of China's heritage. Due to the cultural privacy China mandates, these are in fact rare, musical gems. Folk songs from the Tujia and Sui peoples of Hubei and Guizhou Province. This album features 'inserting chant' songs and south songs of Changyang by the Tujia peoples, and various ancient songs of the Sui. All played on traditional instruments such as mouth organs, bronze drums, gongs and suona, as well as the popular dongdong kui (bamboo clarinet), that dates back thousands of years. This is volume seventeen of a twenty album series, exploring China's rich and diverse musical heritage.

Tracklist:

Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition~I. Gnomus
Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition~II. Old Castle
Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition~III. Tuilleries
Pictures at an Exhibition~IV. Bydlo
Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition~V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Cells
Pictures at an Exhibition~VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle
Pictures at an Exhibition~Promenade
Pictures at an Exhibition~VII. The Market Place at Limoges
Pictures at an Exhibition~VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum Romanunm)
Pictures at an Exhibition~IX. Con mortuis in lingua mortua
Pictures at an Exhibition~X. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)
Pictures at an Exhibition~XI. The Great Gate at Kiev
Piano Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 75~Moderato
Piano Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 75~Scherzo - Allegretto
Piano Sonata No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 75~Finale - Allegro moderato
Islamey "Oriental Fantasy"

UPC: 747313134076
Label: Idil Biret Archive
Release Date: 9.24.21
Format: CD

Balakirev / Idel Biret - Idel Biret Solo Edition 12 (CD)