Works:
1 My Sentiment to the Yangtze River
2 Homeland Nostalgia
3 How Can I Not Miss Her
4 The Moon Reflection
5 Emei Mountain Air
6 Tristesse at the Yangguan Pass (Tunes of Guqin)
7 In the Silvery Moonlight (Tatar folk song)
8 The Sorrowful Shepherdess
9 Mama in the Candlelight
10 Gaolitai (Xinjiang folk song)
11 A Lovely Rose (Kazak folk song)
12 Swallow (Kazak folk song)
13 Mayeela (Kazak folk song)
14 The Running Stream (Yunnan folk song)
15 Mongolian Madrigal
16 Grassland Serenade
17 Mama in the Candlelight
18 Mayeela (Kazak folk song)
19 Homeland Nostalgia
20 Gaolitai (Xinjiang folk song)
The songs on this album include some of the most beloved classical poems from the Tang and
Song dynasties (618 A.D.-1279 A.D.) as well as the most popular folk songs, which, because of their
beauty and popularity in China, are today considered to be of highly artistic quality.
“As an opera singer born in China, I have enjoyed a 15-year-long career singing abroad. During this
long period, I have experienced the highs and lows of traveling, singing, and simply surviving. Much
of time I was on my own and was sometimes very lonely. Often I was overcome with acute
nostalgia for the beautiful Chinese melodies that I remember from my childhood. I thought many
times how much I would love to present them to the West. As a full-time singer performing in
Western operas in Europe and North America, I had little opportunity to work on sharing my native
music with the world. But now that, between concerts, I am often back in China, I have had time to
properly prepare this great music, to sift through songs and make good selections. For the benefit of non-Chinese speakers, I have personally translated the lyrics of these songs into the English that can be sung. Additionally, there are four more songs sung in English included as bonus tracks; I believe it is the first time these songs have ever been recorded.” Jingma Fan
