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China / Peking opera

Capturing and Releasing Cao Cao: At the Inn

Chen Gong, having freed Cao Cao and then watched him murder the household of their host Lü Boshe, lies awake at the inn regretting it. Tan Xinpei (1847–1917) was the leading laosheng of the late Qing; 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
6:44
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 3.0Same item and licence as the six Tan Xinpei sides already in the catalogue. The underlying discs date from c. 1907–1912 (published 1925 or earlier, so the recordings themselves are public domain in the US); the CC licence covers the restorer's transfer.
Source
Internet Archive

In the collection

  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. 四郎探母Sì láng tàn mǔ — The Fourth Son Visits His MotherTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú6:33
  6. 烏盆記Wū pén jì — The Black BasinTan Xinpei (譚鑫培) · Voice, Jīnghú6:51