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


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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.

It iis available from Hong Kong HMV.

Once at the HK HMV website, search on Xue Fei Yang
(note the space between Xue and Fei)

. Critical reviews :

Music Web - 2006

CD review

Classic FM- Nov 2006

CD review

New York Times- April 2007

CD review

 

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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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