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Heart Strings - Yang

Universal (Hong Kong)  4811902

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Instrumental

Xuefei Yang, guitar


For this recording, Xuefei chose repertoire that was close to her own heart, hence the title.

The recording features some of Xuefei's own transcriptions, including "Fisherman's Song at Eventide" a traditional guzheng (Chinese 13-string zither) piece; Manuel de Falla's "Spanish Dance" from La Vide Breve, often played on two guitars; and Elgar's beautiful "Salut d'Amour."

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Works (18)

• Isaac Albéniz: Piezas características (12), Op. 92 No. 12
• Agustin Barrios: Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios
• Leo Brouwer: Temas populares cubanos (2)
• Claude Debussy: Préludes I (12), L 117 No. 8 Le fille aux cheveux de lin
• Roland Dyens: Tango en Skaï
• Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour, Op. 12
• Manuel de Falla: La vida breve (1913) Interludio y danza No. 1
• Miquel Llobet: Scherzo Vals
• Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1874)
• Niccolò Paganini: Capricci (24), Op. 1 No. 24 in A minor
• Astor Piazzolla: Milonga del ángel
• Emilio Pujol: Guajira
• Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang (13), D 957 No. 4 Ständchen
• Toru Takemitsu: Songs (1974-77)
• Traditional: Fisherman's Song at Eventide
• Traditional: The Bonnie, Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond
• John Williams: From A Bird
• Andrew York: Sunburst