Three Wishes From A Rose - 16 Selected Chinese Art Songs

Poetry from a thousand years – First time in Urtext The legacy of Chinese poetry includes thousands of songs and poems spanning over more than three millennia. Gustav Mahler himself was inspired by seven of these poems for his Lied von der Erde. The 16 Selected Chinese Art Songs presented here are shaped in structure and musical grammar by the famous European Lied compositions and yet the Chinese idiom is unmistakable. The songs represent poetry from a thousand years, set into music by composers of the 20th century. Table of Contents:  01. Qing Zhu The Great River | 大江东去 (Su Shi) 02. Qing Zhu The End of Yangtze River | 我住长江头 (Li Zhiyi) 03. Huang Tzu Three Wishes From a Rose | 玫瑰三愿 (Long Yusheng) 04. Huang Tzu Spring Nostalgia | 春思曲 (Wei Hanzhang) 05. Huang Tzu Winter Plum Blossom | 踏雪寻梅 (Liu Xue’an) 06. Huang Tzu Ascending the Tower | 点绛唇·赋登楼 (Wang Zhuo) 07. Liu Xue’an Red Love Beans | 红豆词 (Cao Xueqin) 08. Chen Tianhe Whither Spring | 春归何处 (Huang Tingjian) 09. Wang