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艺人
新乐府 / Daniel Ho
语种
纯音乐
厂牌
十三月文化
发行时间
2020年11月06日
专辑类别
录音室专辑

专辑介绍

制作人的话

远远看,苏绣就像一幅好看的画,画里可能出现人物、史事、塑像和静物。靠近细看,你会发现这些刺绣的层次多变,有着不同的厚度与颜色,娓娓道出令人赞叹的故事。

近年来我走踏中国各地,这些游历有如欣赏一幅苏绣,让我的眼界和内心都变得更宽广。我贴近观察、用心熟悉所有一切后,发现看似陌生而难懂的一切,竟变得容易理解,而且优美。

江苏省的苏州城遍布缓缓流动的水道、充满巧思的园林、热闹却闲适的茶馆,而艺术当然也不缺席。评弹盛行的说书曲艺传统以及古典昆曲精致的歌与戏,一直都是苏州悠久文化的一部分。

这张专辑有几首曲目以苏州话演唱。中文本来就很有音乐性,有丰富的音调与抑扬顿挫变化,这些传统曲目所需的伴奏乐器甚少,只需一把三弦、一支笛,或一面鼓便已足够。我和苏州之间,被音乐这条共同的丝线串在一起,我发现自己的创作紧紧围绕着苏州的说唱艺术,我只是重配和声或呼应主题,让音乐自然流泄呼吸。这样的创作角度让我得以深入角色灵魂,道出这些诗歌、传说与史事;也让我能后退一步,以更深的理解,一遍一遍欣赏这些杰出的中国戏曲艺术。

本专辑有多位世界级艺师、音乐家与戏曲演员献声,他们对艺术的全心奉献与高度成就实在令人赞叹,让我对他们充满感激与敬意。他们坚持培养、传承这些广受喜爱的中国传统曲艺,透过戏曲广为传播快乐、勤勉、忠诚与爱。

Producer's Words

From a distance, Su Xiu, or Suzhou embroidery looks like a beautiful painting with subjects that include people, historic moments, sculptures, and still life. As you move in and have a closer view, you’ll find that the details of the stitches are discernible in layers—thicknesses, color selection, and breath-taking attention to telling a story.

My traverses through China in recent years have been eye-opening and mind-expanding in a similar way—what seems foreign or hard to understand at face value has become accessible and refined through closer observation and familiarization.

Suzhou in Jiangsu Province is flowing with slow-moving waterways, thoughtfully designed gardens, calm but bustling teahouses, and of course, art. It is a culture long-steeped in a tradition of storytelling popularized in the Pingtan style, and refined stage and aria performances of Kunqu opera in one of its original forms.

Some of the songs on this album are performed in Suzhou dialect. Chinese is a language that is inherently musical. It is filled with tones, inflections, and accents that lend to minimal instrumental accompaniment in traditional repertoire—a three-stringed lute, a lone flute, or one drum. With music as the common thread, I found myself mostly reharmonizing or adding thematic counterpoints to build around their art and allow the deliveries to breathe. The result: a true effort to enter the souls of the characters through whom these poems, lore, and historical highlights are told. Then taking a step back to appreciate these masterpieces all over again with a deeper understanding.

I am overwhelmed with heartfelt gratitude and respect for the amazing artistry and dedication shared by the world-class masters, musicians, and vocalists on this album. It is their commitment to nurturing and passing on beloved traditions that makes concepts in their songs and stories like happiness, hard work, loyalty, and love prevail.

Aloha,

Daniel


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