Music by the Chinese minority ethnic groups along the silk road; Korean, Mongolian, Uighur, Tibetan and Yunnan people.
The erhu is the most beloved of Chinese instruments. This album is a collection of performances made by the erhu player Zhu Changyao, known as the 'singing erhu'. Featuring masterpieces written by the blind genius Abing and Liu Tianhua. Price: £15.99
He Shu Feng is a young virtuoso who brings this instrument to the extreme level of expression fully demonstrating her technique.
A collection of a small Chinese ensemble featuring dongxiao, a bamboo flute, accompanied by pipa, yangqin and erhu. Price: £15.99
Introducing the music of the Yi people in Yunnan, a people famous for their rich musical culture. Featuring performances made on various instruments such as shuye, bilu and tili.
The kings and nobles of China loved the guqin harp. This album features the rich tones derived from two types of this ancient instrument, guangling san and jinkuang. Price: £15.99
Introduced by husband and wife, He Baoquan and expert on guzheng and Sun Wenyan, an inheritor of the elegant southern style.
Jiangnan sizhu is from the Jiangnan region, with elegant melodies filled with improvisation. Price: £15.99
Together with Volume 1 includes all great eight tunes of Jiangnan Sizhu. Musicians include Lu Chunling on the dizi, and Zhou Hao on the erhu.
Yunnan, in the soutern part of China, has a great variety of ethnic groups from it's bordering countries. This album captures the rich musicial traditions of the Naxi, Bai, Jingbo and Thai people. Price: £15.99
Dongjiang was preserved only in the mountainous region of Yunnan. The scale is one of the largest, sometimes having 40 kinds of instruments played at once, revived now after 500 years of silence.
This is a collection of the vocal and instrumental music of Uighur. Featuring varieties of Uigur songs sang by diva Pash Isha alongside diverse instrumental music performed by Muhernmetjan Shakir and virtuosos of Uigur. Price: £15.99
The chabbiat is the second of the twelve mukam scales of the Uighur. Excerpts of the suites are performed by the Xinjiang Mukam Art Ensemble, which was formed to revive the mukam, together with solo performances.
