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Ge Gan-ru's Twelve Preludes is heard here in the world premiere recording of it's revised version. The also features Ancient Music, in which he employs the prepared piano to evoke the intimate sounds of Chinese instruments, as well as Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! And the world premiere recording of Hard, Hard, Hard! #written for toy piano. Yiming Zhang has a wide spectrum of musical interests ranging from the Baroque period to the present day. In recent years, he has pursued a particular interest in contemporary Chinese piano music, and has comprehensively researched and performed the piano music of the composer Wang Lisan. Besides this recording project of the complete piano works of Wang Lisan for Naxos, he has also written a substantial biography of the composer, for publication by the People's Music Publishing House. In addition, he is a frequent collaborator with other contemporary Chinese composers such as Ge Gan-ru (b.1954) and Wang Xilin (b.1937). Album Tracks 1. 12 Preludes~No. 1. Largo 2. 12 Preludes~No. 2. Allegretto 3. 12 Preludes~No. 3. Largo 4. 12 Preludes~No. 4. Presto 5. 12 Preludes~No. 5. Lento tranquillamente 6. 12 Preludes~No. 6. Moderato 7. 12 Preludes~No. 7. Grave 8. 12 Preludes~No. 8. Allegro vivace 9. 12 Preludes~No. 9. Allegretto 10. 12 Preludes~No. 10. Adagio 11. 12 Preludes~No. 11. Allegro 12. 12 Preludes~No. 12. Lento 13. Ancient Music~I. Gong 14. Ancient Music~II. Qin (Chinese zither) 15. Ancient Music~III. Pipa (Chinese lute) 16. Ancient Music~IV. Drum 17. Wrong, Wrong, Wrong! for voice, self-accompanied by toy piano and toy instruments 18. Hard, Hard, Hard! for voice, self-accompanied by toy piano and toy instruments
