流水

China / Music for the guqin

Flowing Water

Flowing Water in the Sichuan-school version printed in the Tianwen Ge Qinpu (1876), whose long central passage of rolling glissandi imitates rushing water. One of the most celebrated pieces in the qin repertoire. Recorded by Charlie Huang in Birmingham, April 2006.

Performer
Charlie Huang
Instrument
Gǔqín 古琴
Recorded
2006
Length
8:13
Licence
CC BY · Charlie Huang, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.5
Source
Wikimedia Commons

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