“Our countries have moved further apart. Most people are so immersed in their own life experience that they don’t even try to understand the culture of other societies … but by comparing these two works people can see the double picture – how Europeans feel about love, pleasure, and death, and how the Chinese feel about the same things.” Long Yu. Centuries-old Chinese poetry is brought vividly to life in a new recording from Long Yu and the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. Their second album for Deutsche Grammophon, The Song of the Earth, is set for international release on 13 August 2021. The world premiere recording of the contemporary The Song of the Earth by Ye Xiaogang is presented alongside Gustav Mahler’s classic symphony. Ye’s ambitious new work expresses the grandeur and beauty of the original Tang Dynasty poems that Mahler set in German translation, fusing a contemporary style with centuries’ worth of traditions from both east and west. Long Yu, who commissioned Ye’s work, conducts the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in this fascinating meeting of histories and cultures.

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著名古琴演奏家李凤云女士所用的乐器为宋代名琴“南风”。这张“南风”古琴造型端庄浑厚，龙池上方刻琴名“南风”二字，由宋高宗题写。池下有宋皇家收藏九迭文“御书之宝”朱红宽边大方印。张丝弦，音色松透古朴，是当今不可多得的宋代重器，被琴界珍若拱璧。
为与此器洽合，《南风》专辑在 选曲安排上也是匠心独运，特别选择了中国最古老的琴歌《南风歌》为主打曲，琴、曲结合，古趣盎然。与若干年前雨果为李老师录制的另一张唱片《梅梢月》LPCD45-7270，有异曲同工之妙。
琴歌演唱部分，特邀蜚声国际乐坛的男中音歌唱家沈洋，他先后毕业于上海音乐学院和美国茱莉亚音乐学院，现活跃于欧美歌剧舞臺。古乐专家王建欣博士更以陶塤相配合。
因缘际会，数千年古曲，近千年古琴，今人的绝佳演绎。人若有情，焉能不发思古之幽哉！