Recordings

 

Forty Degrees North - EMI Classics - April 2008

     

 

1

Sevilla (Isaac Albeniz) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

2.

Cordoba (Isaac Albeniz) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

3.

Seguidillas (Castilla) (Isaac Albeniz) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

 

The Chinese Garden (Steve Goss)

 

4.

____Jasmine Flower (Mo Li Hua)

 

5.

____Red Flowers Blooming all over the Mountain

 

6.

____Blue Orchid (Lan Hua Hua)

 

7

Variations on the Carnival of Venice (Francisco Tarrega)

 

8.

Butterfly Lovers (He Zhanhao & Chen Gang) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

 

Vals Poeticos (Enrique Granados) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

9.

____Introduccion

 

10.

____Vals melodico

 

11.

____Vals apasionado

 

12.

____Vals lento

 

13.

____Vals humoristico

 

14.

____Vals brilliante

 

15.

____Vals sentimental

 

16.

____Vals mariposa

 

17.

____Vals ideal

 

18.

Yi Dance (Hurian Wang) [arr. Xuefei Yang]

 

 

Chinese Folk Songs [arr. Gerald Garcia]

 

19.

____A La Mu Han

 

20.

____Plum Blossoms in the Snow

 

 

Recording details :

Recorded in Holy Trinity Church, Hertfordshire, UK,
on Jan 19-22, 2008.Recording engineer & editor : John Taylor.

Instrument details :

Xuefei’s guitars: Jose Ramirez Elite guitar (1–3, 18);
Greg Smallman guitar (4–6, 8, 20);
Ignacio Fleta e Hijos guitar (7, 9–17);
Michael Gee guitar (19).

D’Addario EJ45LP guitar strings were used on all instruments.

Promotional materials :

See the promotional video to find out more about the album,
and see videos of parts of several tracks at 40 Degrees North.

Highest chart positions :

UK Amazon Chamber Music charts : # 2
UK HMV Chamber Music and Instrumental charts: #4
HK HMV Classical Music charts : #4
UK HMV Classical Music charts: # 15
UK Amazon Classical Instrumental charts : # 16

Critical reviews :

Gramophone Magazine - July 2008

"40 Degrees North" selected as Editors Choice
CD review

New York Sun- June 2008

CD review

International Record Review- June 2008

CD review

Audiophile Audition- June 2008

CD review


Awards :

"Best Instrumental CD of 2008", and one of the Top 10 CD's of 2008, awarded by Canton Radio, China (Jan 2009)
see article (Chinese)

see award

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Romance de Amor - EMI Classics - April 2006

 

CD

1.

Asturias (Isaac Albeniz)

2.

Romance De Amor (Traditional)

3.

Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Francisco Tarrega)

4.

Zapateado (Joaquin Rodrigo)

5.

Michelle (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) arr by Takemitsu

6.

Cavatina (Stanley Myers) arranged by John Williams

7*.

Schindler's List (John Williams) arranged by John Williams

8.

El Colibri (Julios Salvador Sagreras)

9.

El Condo Pasa (J. Michberg/D.A. Robles) arr J. Morel

10.

Seis por de recho (Antonio Lauro)

11.

Sueno un la Floresta (Agustin Barrios Mangor)

12.

Etude No. 7 (Heitor Villa Lobos)

13.

La Cumparsita (G.H.M Rodriguez) arr. by X. Yang

14.

I Believe (Kim Hyung-suk) arranged by Chris Wong

15.

Sakura (Traditional) arranged by Yuquijiro Yocoh

16.

Spring Breeze (Deng Yu-xian/Li Lin-qiu) arr. by G. Garcia

17.

Anak (F. Aguilar) arranged by K. Kwan/X. Yang

*This track is not available on European version CD

 

*Bonus DVD

1.

Romance De Amor (Traditional)

2.

Asturias

3.

Cavatina

4.

Interview Footage

*Only available with the special edition version.
See details below for obtaining copies of the special edition.

 

Recording Details :

Recorded in Hong Kong 2005.

 

Instrument Details :

Recorded with a Greg Smallman 2003/D'Addario

EJ46LP on all tracks except track 5, 9, 11 & 15. These were

recorded with a Matthias Dammann 2001/D'Addario EJ46LP.

How to obtain the special edition :

The special edition contains, CD, DVD and music score.

 

. Critical reviews :

Music Web - 2006

CD review

Classic FM- Nov 2006

CD review

New York Times- April 2007

CD review

 

Awards :

Gold Disc, Hong Kong

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"Si Ji" released in 2005 by GSP.

 

Recording Details :

Recorded in San Francisco 2004,

 

Instrument Details :

Smallman 2003/D'Addario EJ46LP.

 

Where to obtain a copy :

 

For more info, please contact: GSP

Tel: 866 788 2255 (toll free in the US)

Tel: 415 896 1144 (all other countries)

email: gsp@gspguitar.com

www.gspguitar.com

In UK, please contact Frets only. Tel: +44 (0) 191 414 9000

In Hong Kong, please contact Pro Guitar. Tel: (+852) 2740 9022

In China, please contact Guitar Island or Cguitar.

In Japan, please contact HMV or Cadenza

In Korea, please contact CDWOW

 

CD Reviews :

CD review from "Musicweb" by Zane Turner. (original link)

CD review from "Minor 7th" by James Scott.

CD review from "Guitart" magazine by John Martin of 2005

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Night of Proms DVD

CD Details :

 

Released by BMG/December, 2003.

Instrument Details :

Takamine EAN60C FXC/D'Addario EJ46LP string.

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First CD by Xuefei, issued in 1999, by Shine Horn

1

Giulio Regondi : Nocturne Op.19

2.

Nicolo Paganini : Caprice No.24 Sound clip

3.

Jose Luis Merlin : Suite del Recuerdo

4.

Toru Takemitsu arr. : Here, There and Everywhere by
Beatles

5.

Xuefei Yang arr. : Yi Dance by Huiran Wang

6.

Roland dyens : Saudade No.3

7.

J. S. Bach : Chaconne from Violin Partita No.2

8

Carlos Domeniconi : Koyunbaba Op.19

   

Instrument Details :

- for Chaconne: 1977 Romanillos
(with D'Addario J46 strings)

- for other tracks : 1997 Smallman
(with D'Addario J44 trebles and GHS Smooth bass)

 

Where to obtain the CD :

 

For people outside of China, this CD is available from Master Import.

Please contact mail@ashleymark.co.uk or visit www.ashleymark.co.uk

Or visit www.fretsonly.com and search with my name "xuefei".

For people in USA, you can contact GSP.

 

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