Customer Rating: 
Summary: Awesome classical guitar
Comment: Xuefei Yang is awesome. I discovered her talents when I bought Si Ji after listening to snippets through Amazon. She has a total command of the instrument, you will not be disappointed. Romance de Amor has selections that aren't classical per se, but very good nonetheless. Example: Lennon/McCartney's Michelle. If you like guitar, this is a must for your collection.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Excellent Classical Guitarist
Comment: She is an excellent classical guitarist, no doubt about it. Her technique is flawless and with precision. This CD is excellent, every song on it is just superb.
Customer Rating: 
Summary: Style arguable, but still quite good
Comment: Xue Fei Yang's playing is technically flawless and her program should please any guitar lover. Indeed, the 16 pieces she's chosen include guitar "musts" such as Albéniz's Asturias, a few less digestible but valuable pieces like Villa-Lobos Étude n.7 and Sagreras' El Colibri, and, among them, a cherished popular jewel like Lennon's and McCartney's Michelle . On interpretation, however, I think she could use some advice. The CD's title piece, Romance de Amor, is a case in point. Banalized as it has been over the last three or four decades, I must say I still love it ; I just don't understand why some guitarrists try to make it more "romantic" than it already is. Yang goes rather far in this direction. With Villa-Lobos' Étude number 7 she does the opposite , playing it a lot faster than usual. And then, La Cumparsita - a tango classic . My quarrel is simply that she should have meant her arrangement and playing as a "variation" on Mattos Rodriguez's original, not as the "real thing" . As it is, it really fails to evoke what I for one understand to be the tango "soul".
Customer Rating:
Summary: Various music styles played with guitar
Comment: This is one of the best recordings I've ever had. Selection of songs, some classical and some popular pieces, is very interesting. This CD must be listened from the beginning till the end and you will enjoy every single moment in it. The young artist with all her talents has a great potential for successful career.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Music with Heart
Comment: I've listened to a lot of excellent classical guitarists. Having recently purchased this CD, I find it to be a refreshing new collection. Putting her own interpretation into the Romance de Amor, this is my favorite rendition of that traditional song.
Every once in a while, a classical musician comes along who just has "it", that something that conveys to the listener the very heart and soul of the performer. Someone like Jacqueline du Pre on the cello or Emil Gilels on piano. Xue Fei Jang is such a performer. If you love classical guitar, you can't go wrong with this CD.
|
