LO KA PING / LOST SOUNDS OF THE TAO

★Chinese Masters of the Guqin
LO KA PING (盧家炳 1896-1980) 〜道教の道士で古琴の名手、ルー・チャビンの1970年と71年に残された、たった2つの放送用録音の復刻だそう(ご本人はほぼ自分の楽しみのためにしか古琴を弾かなかったそうなので、現存する録音はこのCDの音源のみだそう、まさに “LOST SOUNDS OF THE TAO” !!)。+ Zheng Vingsun と Xu Yuan Bay による1946年と48年の音源2曲ボーナス収録。

Track 4 recorded February to May 1970 on a Ming dynasty qin. Track 6 recorded in 1970. Track 8 recorded in 1971. Track 10 recorded live in Hong Kong on October 7, 1971. Tracks 11 & 12 recorded c.1946-1948.
Restoration at Studio FS Roma. Comes with a 20 page booklet of liner notes.

1. Teals Descending On The Level Sand
2. Returning Home
3. Composing Poems Beneath The Moonlight
4. The Lonely Teal
5. The Water Spirit
6. Murmuring In The Boudoir
7. The Water Spirit
8. Buddhist (Shih-t’an) Stanza
9. Teals Descending On The Level Sand
10. Meditation In The Dead Of The Night
11. The Empress’ Lament
12. Conversation Between A Fisherman & A Woodcutter