Le Dan Tranh
Musiques d'hier et d'aujourd'hui

		Luu Thuy Truong Xang Xu Liu Suite Xuan, Ai, Dao Ngu Doi Ha Tu Dai Oan Vong Co Tinh Ca Dat Bac Tinh Ca Xu Hue Tinh Ca Mien Nam
Hai Phuong and Prof. Tran Van Khe This CD incorporates new techniques such as tremolo playing, muted pizzicato, and the use of string harmonics. The album includes a variety of love songs and the music conveys a formal eloquence.

Lưu Thủy Trường: This is a good example of traditional music's evolution in both time and space.
(đàn tranh: Hải Phượng, đàn nguyệt: Prof. Trần)

Vọng Cổ: Composed in 1917 by Cao Van Lau, also entitled "Dạ Cổ Hoài Lang" (The night-drums recalled the belove
(đàn tranh: Hải Phượng, đàn nguyệt: Prof. Trần)

Tình Ca Miền Nam: composed by Pham Thuy Hoan this piece is inspired by work-songs in the rice-fields and by the songs of the boatmen on many waterways.
(solo đàn tranh: Hải Phượng)

Thomas Ager: "The last four songs on this CD are absolutely exquisite ("Nostalgie du passe' and the three Chants d'amour). It is some of the most beautiful music I have ever heard in 35 years of collecting music from all over the world!
I got a copy from the library here in Seattle, Washington and I have played the last four songs literally hundreds of times !!!" (Sep.9, 2003)

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