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Composer:
Isaac Albeniz

Artist(s):
Xue Fei Yang

Background: Supremely talented guitarist Xuefei Yang’s second disc for EMI Classics, 40 Degrees North, comprises guitar music from Spain and China. Xuefei Yang was not only the first guitarist in China to enter music school and graduate from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, but she was also the first Chinese guitarist to study classical guitar in the West.

The Spanish repertoire includes original solo guitar compositions (such as Tárrega’s Carnival of Venice) as well as arrangements of pieces written for piano or two guitars (Albéniz’s Seguidillas). Many of these works appear in new arrangements by Yang herself.

Since China has no established guitar repertoire of its own, the Chinese pieces on this recording originate either from arrangements of traditional Chinese pieces (including two traditional Chinese folk songs arranged for guitar by Gerald Garcia), or new compositions based on Chinese themes (such as Welsh composer Stephen Goss’s Chinese Garden, written especially for Yang).

CATALOGUE NR: 2063222
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: £ 12.50 including VAT, or £ 10.64 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Isaac Albeniz  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: 40 Degrees North
TRACKS: Seguidillas - Castilla from Chants d'Espagne op.232 (Isaac Albeniz). Cordoba from Chants d'Espagne op.232 (Isaac Albeniz). Sevilla from Suite Espanola op.47 (Isaac Albeniz arr. Xuefei Yang). Valses poeticos (Enrique Granados arr. Xuefei Yang). Carnival of Venice (Francisco Tarrega). Chinese Garden (Stephen Goss). Lan Hua Hua - Blue Orchid (Stephen Goss). Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain (Stephen Goss). Jasmine Flower - Waterfall Music (Stephen Goss). Butterfly Lovers (He Zhanhao / Chen Gang arr. Xuefei Yang). Traditional Chinese Folk Songs - A La Mu Han / Plum Blossoms in the Snow (arr. Gerald Garcia).
ARTISTS: Xue Fei Yang      

- Jul-2008 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'With her profile rapidly rising, Xuefei Yang shows with this hugely enjoyable recital that, surely, she is here to stay. The guitar world has a new star.'

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