Wergo
Thundering Dragon: Percussion Music
$17.99
Details
- Composer
- THUNDERING DRAGON
- Artist
- Zhengui, Jianhua, Yue, Shuo, Xin, Gongs And Drums Of The Peking Opera
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Wergo
- Released
- Jun 01, 1994
- Catalog #
- SM15192
- UPC
- 4010228151923
About
Bells, drums, and stones are found among the earliest archeological founds of musical instruments. Since second millennium B.C.E. percussion instruments have been used in China in religious, court, and popular music. Pure percussion music soon followed. The percussion music of Thundering Dragon (with five hundred instruments in all, including bamboo, wood, bronze, iron, and elephant-foot drums, gongs with voices of winds, tigers, and dogs, and bells and rattles), which builds primarily on the traditional popular music of China, combines depiction of nature with humor and virtuosity.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Drum Poem 07:19
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Drum Poem
- Duration
- 07:19
- Composer
- Zhen-gui Li, Tan Dun
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2 Heavenly Fireworks (Chong Tian Pao) 04:40
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Heavenly Fireworks (Chong Tian Pao)
- Duration
- 04:40
- Composer
- Traditional
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3 Gongs and Drums of the Peking Opera 03:47
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Gongs and Drums of the Peking Opera
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Traditional
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4 Small Drums for Measuring Time 07:29
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Small Drums for Measuring Time
- Duration
- 07:29
- Composer
- Traditional
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5 Squabbling Ducks 04:00
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Squabbling Ducks
- Duration
- 04:00
- Composer
- Traditional
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6 A Tiger sharpens its Teeth 03:34
- Track
- 6
- Title
- A Tiger sharpens its Teeth
- Duration
- 03:34
- Composer
- Traditional
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7 Joy 03:15
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Joy
- Duration
- 03:15
- Composer
- Traditional
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8 Ox fights Tiger 05:32
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Ox fights Tiger
- Duration
- 05:32
- Composer
- Traditional
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9 Falling Walnuts 04:12
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Falling Walnuts
- Duration
- 04:12
- Composer
- Traditional
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10 Golden Pheasants fly down from the Mountains 03:24
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Golden Pheasants fly down from the Mountains
- Duration
- 03:24
- Composer
- Traditional
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11 Incessantly growing Dragon and leaping Tiger 05:12
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Incessantly growing Dragon and leaping Tiger
- Duration
- 05:12
- Composer
- Min-xiong Li