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| SACD or CD? | SACD (plays on all cd players) |
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| Year of release | 2008 |
| Recording Location | Eindhoven Holland |
| Main artist | Jingma Fan - tenor |
| Performers | Jingma Fan - tenor Reinild Mees - piano 1. My Sentiments to the Yangtze River Lyrics by Li Zhiyi (Song Dynasty) Music by Qingzhu 2. Homeland Nostalgia
Lyrics by Qu Zong
Music by Zheng Qiufeng |
| Introduction by artist | As an opera singer born in China, I have enjoyed a 15-years career singing abroad. During this long period, I have experienced the highs and lows of traveling, singing, and simply surviving. Much of time I was on my own and was sometimes very lonely. Often I was overcome with acute nostalgia for the beautiful Chinese melodies that I remember from my childhood. I thought many times how much I would love to present them to the West. As a full time singer performing in Western operas in Europe and North America, I had little opportunity to work on sharing my native music with the world. But now that, between concerts, I am often back in China, I have had time to properly prepare this great music, to sift through songs and make good selections. |
| Producer | Jared Sacks |
| Recording Engineer / Mastering | Jared Sacks |
| Technical Specifications | Microphones: Bruel & Kjaer 4006, Schoeps Digital Converters: DSD Super Audio/Meitner Design AD/DA Speakers: Audiolab, Holland Software: Pyramix Editing, Merging Technologies Mixing Board: Rens Heijnis, custom design Mastering Room: B+W 803d series speakers, Classe 5200 Amplifier Cables: Van den Hul |
| Inlay | 1. My Sentiments to the Yangtze River Lyrics by Li Zhiyi (Song Dynasty) Music by Qingzhu 2. Homeland Nostalgia* 3. How Can I Not Miss Her 5. Emei Mountain Air 8. The Sorrowing Shepherdess 11. A Lovely Rose (Kazak folk song) 14. The Running Stream (Yunnan folk song) 15. Mongolian Madrigal
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| Quotes | (…) Jingma Fan won the third Cardiff Singer of the World competition, and has since performed all over the world in numerous operatic roles. His is a secure and expressive tone, with a fairly tight and rapid; what the Dutch would call 'strak' vibrato. He has plenty of colour contrast in his voice to be able to conjure impressions of tenderness and passion, even when one can't understand the words. As can be seen from the titles, the songs are mostly about nostalgia and romantic longings set in beautiful landscapes and countryside. Reinild Mees is a skilful and sensitive accompanist. (…) (…) The SACD recording has plenty of extra acoustic information from Eindhoven's substantial Frits Philips concert hall. This is a location which proves as good for chamber music as for symphony orchestra however, and the sound and balance are well up to Challenge's usual top quality. With full text and listings in Chinese characters, and Channel Classics' "Channel of China" label variant it is clear that the company is targeting a growing market overseas. With this fine product as a calling card I'm sure they will do very well indeed Musicweb (…) Immerhin widmen Jingma und seine niederländischen Klavierbegleiterin Reinild Mees sich dem Dargeboten mit sympathischer Hingabe. (…) more than just a novelty; it_s an effort to bridge the musical expressions of east and west. If you want to expand your cultural horizon, this is a good chance to do so "... there is pleasure to be had here. Fan states his intent to slenderize his operatic voice to make it more appropriate to the demands of the music. He does so to a degree but retains the lovely spinning legato inherent in his instrument. " Jingma Fan has plenty of colour contrasts in his voice to be able to conjure impressions of tenderness and passion, even when one can understand the words. |
| Running time | 58.36 |
| Number of cd's | 1 |
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Digital Converters: DSD Super Audio/Meitner Design AD/DA
Speakers: Audiolab, Holland
Software: Pyramix Editing, Merging Technologies
Mixing Board: Rens Heijnis, custom design
Mastering Room: B+W 803d series speakers, Classe 5200 Amplifier
Cables: Van den Hul
Reinild Mees - piano
1. My Sentiments to the Yangtze River
Lyrics by Li Zhiyi (Song Dynasty)
Music by Qingzhu
2. Homeland Nostalgia
Lyrics by Qu Zong
Music by Zheng Qiufeng
3. How Can I Not Miss Her
Lyrics by Liu Bannong
Music by Zhao Yuanreng
4. The Moon Reflection
Lyrics by Peng Bangzhen
Music by Liu Zhuang and Yan Shen
5. Emei Mountain Air
Lyrics by Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)
Music by Luo Zhongrong
6. Tristesse at the Yangguan Pass (Tunes of Guqin)
Arranged by Xia Yifeng and Wang Zhenya
7. In the Silvery Moonlight (Tatar folk song)
Arranged by Wang Luobin and Li Yinghai
8. The Sorrowing Shepherdess
Lyrics by Huo Fan
Music by Jin Sha
9. Mama in the Candlelight*
Lyrics by Wang Jian and Li Chunli
Music by Gu Jianfen
10. Gaolitai* (Xinjiang folk song)
Arranged by Li Yinghai
11. A Lovely Rose (Kazak folk song)
Arranged by Lao Zhicheng
12. Swallow (Kazak folk song)
Lyrics translated by Aitowarff
Arranged by Wu Zuqiang
13. Mayeela* (Kazak folk song)
Lyrics and music by Mayeela Shamstodinowa
Arranged by Wang Luobin and Ding Shande
14. The Running Stream (Yunnan folk song)
15. Mongolian Madrigal
Arranged by An Bo
16. Grassland Serenade
Lyrics by Zhang Jiayi
Music by Tian Ge
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(…) The SACD recording has plenty of extra acoustic information from Eindhoven's substantial Frits Philips concert hall. This is a location which proves as good for chamber music as for symphony orchestra however, and the sound and balance are well up to Challenge's usual top quality. With full text and listings in Chinese characters, and Channel Classics' "Channel of China" label variant it is clear that the company is targeting a growing market overseas. With this fine product as a calling card I'm sure they will do very well indeed
Musicweb
(…) Immerhin widmen Jingma und seine niederländischen Klavierbegleiterin Reinild Mees sich dem Dargeboten mit sympathischer Hingabe.
Opernwelt
(…) more than just a novelty; it_s an effort to bridge the musical expressions of east and west. If you want to expand your cultural horizon, this is a good chance to do so
American Record Guide
"... there is pleasure to be had here. Fan states his intent to slenderize his operatic voice to make it more appropriate to the demands of the music. He does so to a degree but retains the lovely spinning legato inherent in his instrument. "
Opera News
Jingma Fan has plenty of colour contrasts in his voice to be able to conjure impressions of tenderness and passion, even when one can understand the words.
The SACD recording has plenty of extra acoustic information of Eindhoven's concerthall. This is a location which proves as good for chamber music as for symphony orchestra however and the sound and balace are well up to Channel's usual top quality.
Dominy Clements
(...) mit seiner weichen, gut durch alle Lagen geführten Stimme präsentiert Lingma Fan die eingängigen Melodische Lieder auf angenehme Weise.
Orpheus
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