Xian Xinghai Essentials

Xian Xinghai Essentials

Apple Music Classical

Educated at conservatories in Shanghai and Paris, Xian Xinghai blended Western polyphonic composition with traditional Chinese modes. In wartime China he composed patriotic symphonic and choral works, including the defiant Yellow River Cantata, which he wrote for minimal orchestration at the revolutionary base in Yan’an in 1939. In both its fully orchestrated form and a later piano concerto adaptation by Chengzong Yin, the piece remains enormously influential.

X. Lament to the Yellow River

Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Li Delun

5:45

I. Song of the Yellow River Boatman

Chengzong Yin, Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Li Delun

3:44

II. Ode to the Yellow River

Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Chengzong Yin, Li Delun

4:11

III. the Yellow River In Anger

Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Li Delun, Chengzong Yin, China Central Ensemble of National Music

7:10

IV. Defend the Yellow River

Li Delun, Central Philharmonic Orchestra, Chengzong Yin

6:49

I. Prelude. The Song of the Yellow River Boatmen

Wu Yuxia, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Lang Lang, Chen Shasha, Long Yu

3:30

II. Ode to the Yellow River

Wu Yuxia, Lang Lang, Chen Shasha, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Long Yu

3:43

III. The Yellow River in wrath

Lang Lang, Wu Yuxia, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Chen Shasha, Long Yu

7:20

IV. Defend the Yellow River

Wu Yuxia, Lang Lang, China Philharmonic Orchestra, Chen Shasha, Long Yu

6:11

第六樂章:黃河怨

China Philharmonic Orchestra

5:27

第七樂章:保衛黃河

China Philharmonic Orchestra

2:43

第八樂章:怒吼吧,黃河

China Philharmonic Orchestra

5:15

保卫黄河

蘭州交響樂團

2:47

I. Song Of The Yellow River Boatmen

Shanghai Philharmonic Chorus, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, Ding Cao

4:20