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Harry Partch
Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po
Genres: Jazz, Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Long Departed Lover
2. On the City Street
3. An Encounter in the Field
4. The Intruder
5. On Ascending the Sin-Ping Tower
6. In the Springtime on the South Side of the Yangtze Kiang
7. The Night of Sorrow
8. On Hearing the Flute in the Yellow Crane House
9. On Hearing the Flute at Lo-Cheng One Spring Night
10. A Dream
11. On Seeing off Meng Hao-Jan
12. On the Ship of Spice-Wood
13. With a Man of Leisure
14. A Midnight Farewell
15. Before the Casks of Wine
16. By the Great Wall
17. I Am a Peach Tree

CD Details

All Artists: Harry Partch
Title: Seventeen Lyrics of Li Po
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: Tzadik
Original Release Date: 1/1/1995
Re-Release Date: 11/21/1995
Genres: Jazz, Classical
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 702397701224

CD Reviews

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boeanthropist | Cambridge, MA | 05/26/2000

(3 out of 5 stars)

"A noble undertaking, and historically commendable, but entirely too operatic and self-serious, I think, to really convey what Partch was trying get at. Buy the CRI Harry Partch discs instead."

Wine inspired verses set to Partch.

Rayv | Noho, Ma | 12/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ever read Li Po, one of the greatest Taoist poet ever. Li Po spent much of his life as a hermit wandering around the mountains and writing poetry: sounds like a pre-Jahpy Ryder. Anyway, Harry Partch has put his writings to music, utilizing original instruments such as the cloudchamber bowl and the prepared viola and guitar. I first heard these recordings on a scratchy Partch/John Cage LP sampler and constantly listened to the Partch side (I'm not a big Cage fan). Now that these recordings are finally available in digital format, they sound even better. Go out and buy the Cd, then read Li Po."