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 Dong, Gelao and Yao peoples of Guizhou Province. This album features the grand songs of the Dong, love songs of the Gelao, and two-voice songs of the Yao peoples. All played on traditional instruments such as the wooden-bowed lute and mouth organs (made of Paulownia). This is volume sixteen of a twenty album series, exploring China's rich and diverse musical heritage.

Tracklist:

Song of Cicadas in May
World Is Full of Love
Settlement of Ancestors
Think of My Beau
I Miss You Song
Cleverer Mind and Nimble Hands
In Praise of New Life
Song of Cicadas in March
Vine and Tree
Duet at the Drum-Tower Excerpts
Duo
Good Days
Frog Song
Yellow Withered Leaf
Play Folk Song
Love Song 1
Love Song 2
Red Plum Blossom (Work Song)
Song of Offering Tea
Love Song About Rice Fields
Song of Time
Weeding First
Chinese Hwamei Tweeting Happily on the Mountain
Boy Walks Into a Garden
Visit My Girl
Shuo Fu Si
Cowboy Song
Mountain-Climbing Tiger
Multipart Folk Song 1
Multipart Folk Song 2
Multipart Folk Song 3
Multipart Folk Song 4
Multipart Folk Song 5
Folk Tune 1
Folk Tune 2
Folk Tune 3
Folk Tune 4

UPC: 636943710326
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 8.27.21
Format: CD

Folk Music Of China 16 / Various - Folk Music Of China 16 / Various (CD)