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四郎探母

China / Peking opera

The Fourth Son Visits His Mother

One of the most popular plays in the repertoire, still performed constantly. Tan Xinpei (1847–1917) was the leading laosheng of the late Qing; these are among the very few recordings of his voice, made c. 1907–1912. Speed-corrected from a cassette copy of the original discs.

Performer
Tan Xinpei (譚鑫培)
Instruments
Voice 聲, Jīnghú 京胡
Era
Late Qing
Length
6:33
Licence
CC BY-NC-ND · Tan Xinpei, 78 rpm recordings remastered via cassette by Li Chengxuan, Chen Hongliang and Liu Runen (archive.org: disquel_hotmail_1.), CC BY-NC-ND 3.0
Source
Internet Archive

In these collections

  1. 賣馬Mài mǎ — Selling the HorseTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú4:32
  2. 洪羊洞Hóng yáng dòng — Hongyang CaveTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú3:17
  3. 戰太平Zhàn tài píng — Battle at TaipingTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú3:26
  4. 託兆碰碑Tuō zhào pèng bēi — The Dream Message and the SteleTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú6:50
  5. 烏盆記Wū pén jì — The Black BasinTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú6:51
  6. 借東風Jiè dōng fēng — Borrowing the East WindMa Lianliang (馬連良) · Voice, Jīnghú · 19223:08