Chinese Violin Music

I dont see the point of reviwing albums becuase if someone likes a band they will like all of their music and if they dont like a band why lisitin to them to give them a bad reviw surley this is pointless. Becuase personaly i really dont like this album so this is quite a rubish reviw and a waste of your time if you are reading it. Music is all a matter of opoinon so some people will love some albums and others will hate ablums, why are you commenting on them if you hate them? you have just wasted about 10 mins of your life talking about something you really hate wouldnt pay money for and your trying to pursuade people to do the same as you. Did it ever cross your mind ...  Read the complete review

My first experience with Chinese music was a rather accidental encounter whereupon a colleague of mine passed me a CD he bought at a concert. Having only listened to a handful of tracks I was frustrated by the fact the music was mostly interpretations of English music such as Greensleeves, a piece that irritates beyond reason. Regardless of the skill of the musicians, it was watered-down music for an English audience. A few years later, having seen Wu Man perform Philip Glass' Orion, I began to listen to a few small selections of Chinese music. Not really knowing where to start it was never easy and yet lo and behold yesterday in the local Oxfam music shop ...  Read the complete review