Classical? Chinese Music

Hey @skyscraper, I found this on the internet. Looks like a pretty good overview of various chinese instruments.

My personal favorite is the erhu, which is a bowed instrument with only 2 strings. It only covers about 2 1/2 octaves, and it kind of resembles the human voice. When it’s played in the hands of experts, it can really induce all kinds of emotions.

I highly recommend this erhu concerto that I found on youtube. This is by far the best rendition of this classic chinese song called the "Butterly Lovers". The leading lady is simply amazing! Butterfly Lovers is a very famous chinese folklore. Think of it as the chinese "Romeo and Juliet".

Do you use Spotify or any music streaming services? There are plenty of chinese instrumental music you can find. There are quite a bit of varieties. It really depends on what you’re looking for. Some are older traditional chinese music, while there are also plenty of contemporary ones played with chinese instruments. I would start with the more traditional ones first. I like both, depending on what I’m in the mood for, especially after listening to too much classic rock like Led Zeppelin. It can be very soothing to me. 😀

Hope this helps.

Mahjister, thank you very much for all the links. I will start listening to all of them today. Appreciate all the time and effort you put in to post so many of them and I’m looking forward to listening to each.

Elliott and xcool, thank you for your links and suggestions as well. I will be checking them out. (I don’t do any streaming xcool since you asked, so I’ll have to rely on youtube)

Once I have listened to all your suggestions I’ll get back to you all again. I clicked on the last link above to "Butterfly Lovers" while typing this reply and the intro to that piece on the erhu is cetainly lovely as you say xcool.

Thank you all.

I recommend particularly the 2 albums of Kimio Eto above on the koto...

A blind master supremum poet...

And the japan healing court  music  with 6 hours just above  is astounding too...

Give Kitaro a listen. A blend of traditional Japanese intstruments along with World/New Age influences.

I have been a Kitaro fan since the 90’s.

Excellent as part of "decompression therapy’ for a challenging day.

@mahgister  Obviously a fan... ;)

I'll take the opportunity to sample the feast.....*S*

Thanks as well...