+賴理察 Sadly but it is true. I don't know how was this performance arranged, Sheng should drop off after a rehearsal (unless there was no such thing, sounds like it). although I like some version could do duet in the end, but not two violins (sounds so odd), should be violin and cello.
Butterfly Lovers is a tragic love story of epic proportion, just like Julie and Romeo. I learnt this story when I was very little. Then we have seen movies, dramas, and listened to this great piece of music. Decades later, when I still enjoy this, I am still mesmerized by it.
A big thumbs up from me, Butterfly lovers always makes me cry as I recall the tragic love story, then I can relate it to my own life and loves lost !! With admiration and best wishes to all fine musicians all over the world, you all bring so much joy to us all.
The name of this piece is: "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", which describes a love story. In ancient China, women were not allowed to go to school for education. And a beautiful girl, her name is Zhu Yingtai. She wanted to go to school very much, so she persuaded her parents to allow her to pretend to be a man. She looked like a boy, and began to go to a distant school to receive education. In school, she met a young classmate named Liang Shanbo. The two were very friendly and became brothers. But the boy didn't know that she was a girl. The study task was over, and each had to return to their hometown. Liang Shanbo sent her home and walked eighteen miles with her home, reluctant to separate. After the separation, the boy’s teacher’s wife told him that Zhu Yingtai was a girl and asked her to be a matchmaker before leaving school so that the two of them could become husband and wife. After Liang Shanbo learned from his teacher's wife that Zhu Yingtai was a girl, he was overjoyed and immediately arranged for a matchmaker to propose to Zhu Yingtai's house. However, Zhu Yingtai has been betrothed by her parents to the child of a wealthy family. That is a bad boy. Zhu Yingtai disagrees very much, but her parents keep her at home and prevent her from going out. She has no choice. Because of this incident, Liang Shanbo returned home and became seriously ill once, and then died. After Zhu Yingtai found out, she was extremely sad and asked her parents to pass by Liang Shanbo's tomb and worship Liang Shanbo on the day she was sent to marry. Her parents agreed to her request. When Zhu Yingtai paid homage to Liang Shanbo, she planned to bump her head on the tombstone. At this time, there was a thunder and lightning in the sky, and it rained heavily. Liang Shanbo’s tomb blasted a hole, and Zhu Yingtai entered In the tomb, the hole is closed. After the rain passed and the sky cleared, their souls became a pair of butterflies flying out of the grave, dancing on the grassland full of flowers, and finally became permanent lovers.
believe Nishizaki has been playing butterfly lovers from when she was young lady to now a snr citizen.. For I had her cassete tape in 1980 and yrs later in cd . Think also she was the lst non-Chinese to perform and record this concerto when china was closed to the world.. Now of course many orchestra and violinist have recorded.
Thank you for sharing this wonderful rendition of the piece. I really like her playing with beautiful phrasing. I don't understand why people are questioning why this is played by a non-Chinese artist as music is a universal language.
+Chuong Tran of course when its an excellent composition, the whole world will love to play it or listen to it. Music is universal. As for Nishi , she was amongst the lst non Chinese to play n record this masterpiece decades ago. This music has become her trademark as she has been performing it from young to old.
Exactly. Plus, plenty of eastern musicians have mastered western pieces of music to the same or higher level as any western artist. Why can't the opposite also happen?