Sou Si-tai's new album

In Hong Kong, Mrs Tsar Teh-yun, master of the Fanchuan school, disciple of Shen Caonong, trained several generations of qin amateurs and musicians, including Sou Si-tai and Georges Goormaghtigh.

This album, entitled The Fisherman and the Woodcutter, features eight qin solos and two qin-xiao duets. The qin played was crafted by Sou Si-tai himself, named Xiaoyao (Free from all constraint), and it was fitted out with silk strings. The sounds, pure and serene; the timbre, so refined. The xiao flute was also made by Mr Sou.

Track list (Played by/Tablature)

1. Gyuqulai ci (Sou Si-tai/Tsar Teh-yun)
2. Kaigu yin (Xiao:Sou Si-tai & Qin:Georges Goormaghtigh/Tsar Teh-yun)
3. Yi guren (Sou Si-tai/Jinyu qinkan, 1937)
4. Xiangjiang yuan (Sou Si-tai/Tsar Teh-yun)
5. Pu'an zhou (Sou Si-tai/Zhuang Jiancheng)
6. Shui xiancao (Sou Si-tai/Pei Jieqing)
7. Meihua Sannong (Sou Si-tai/Chuncaotang qinpu, 1744)
8. Yuqiao wenda (Sou Si-tai/Qinxue congshu, 1910)
9. Yangguan sandie (Xiao:Georges Goormaghtigh & Qin:Sou Si-tai/Qinxue rumen, 1864)
10. Zuiweng yin (Sou Si-tai/Qishu daquan, 1590)

This is one of the very few modern qin recordings using silk strings. You can order it at Musée d'ethnographie, Genève.