Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra: Popular Chinese Classics CD Track Listing

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Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra Popular Chinese Classics (1982)
Marco Polo 8.223911
This classical cd contains 12 tracks and runs 44min 9sec.
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: Music

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1. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Colourful Clouds Chasing the Moon (04:09)
   Traditional, Orchestrated by Y. Suzuki\nBased on a Cantonese folk-tune which enjoys wide popularity, not least because it has been used on more than one occasion as the theme of recent commercial songs.
2. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - The Four Seasons (02:17)
   Quing Hai folk-song, orchestrated by A. Nishimura\nWe see a girl's emotions in the different seasons of the year, as she continues to hope that her lover will bring her some flowers.
3. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - How Can I Forget Him! (04:19)
   Zhao Yuan Ren, orchestrated by Y. Suzuki\nThe Chinese composer Zhao Yuan Ren is probably best known for this song, a simple piece in folk style, in which a girl reflects on her beloved, who has gone away.
4. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Bamboo Pole (02:16)
   Henan folk-song, orchestrated by A. Nishimura\nThe carrying-pole is a common enough sight in China, where a single bamboo pole makes a convenient oblique yoke for carrying even the simplest burden. The song of this title tells of the pole, and how the sin
5. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - River of No Return (03:35)
   Traditional, orchestrated by K. Noda\nThe implications of the song suggest the impossibility of stepping into the same river twice: what is past can never return.
6. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Jasmine Flower (03:17)
   Traditional, orchestrated by A. Nishimura\nThe jasmine flower symbolizes purity and beauty.
7. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Red Bean Song (01:50)
   Traditional, orchestrated by K. Ogikubo\nTells of a girl thinking of her lover, and hoping that, in absence, he may be reminded of her by the red beans that grow everywhere.
8. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Fishing Boats at Night (05:15)
   Traditional, orchestrated by K. Ogikubo\nProbably the most popular version of "Singing the Night among Fishing Boats", the idiosyncratic but familiar title, is that for guzheng, the horizontal plucked instrument of the Chinese instrumentarium. Other arran
9. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - The Embroidered Purse (03:25)
   Traditional, orchestrated by A. Nishimura\nTells the story of a girl who is embroidering a purse for her lover, who is away working. She hopes that when he sees the embroidered bag - in fact a kind of satchel for books and letters - he will be reminded of
10. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Reflections of the Moon (06:17)
    Hua Jan Jun, orchestrated by A. Yasuraoka\nA Bing, the name under which Hua Jan Jun is generally known, was a master of the erhu, the traditional Chinese two-string fiddle. Born in 1890, he spent his life in poverty as a street-musician in Canton, but hal
11. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Little Stream (03:28)
    Yunnan folk-song, orchestrated by A. Nishimura\nIn a country as vast as China and as centrally controlled, lovers and friends must often part. Officials travel to govern distant provinces, bidding farewell to their contemporaries in melancholy poems, whil
12. Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra - Catching Butterflies (03:52)
    Traditional, orchestrated by A. Yasuraoka\nBased on the Fukienese folk-song "Collecting Tea and Catching Butterflies".