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Poems of Thunder

Yim Hok-Man Format: Audio CD
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Track Listings

1 Poem of Chinese Drum
2 Duck's Quarrel (Xi'an Drum Music)
3 The Garden of Hundreds of Flowers (Drum Music of Southern Jiangsu Province)
4 The Golden Peasant Flying Out of the Mountain (Folk Music of the Tujia Tribe)
5 Deep Night (Beijing Opera)
6 A Lion That Has Just Woken (Cantonese Music)
7 Big Gun Shooting Towards the Sky (Folk Gong and Drum Music in Sichuan Province)
8 Triumphal Return of Fishing Boats (Gong and Drum Music of Zhoushan Islands)

Product details

  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Chinese
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.86 x 0.37 x 5 inches; 3.2 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Naxos World
  • Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 2000
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 13, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Naxos World
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00004U0GA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 out of 5 stars 22

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monkuboy
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb for showing off a stereo system
Reviewed in the United States on March 24, 2010
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The music on this disc, mostly percussion, isn't for everyone since it is traditional Chinese music and many of the melodies are quite different from Western music. Frankly, if the sonic qualities of this disc weren't so incredibly good, I wouldn't buy it.

Each track has been very well recorded and will sound impressive on a good sound system, giving all your speakers including the subwoofer an excellent workout.

Note that the tracks on this disc are exactly the same as Master of Chinese Percussion, which sells for quite a bit more money than this one. This disc is also an HDCD. The liner notes emphasize what care was taken when doing the recording, and also list the equipment that was used. That care is evident in the superb quality of the audio on this CD.

If you are thinking of purchasing Master of Chinese Percussion, I am pretty sure this is exactly the same disc in exactly the same recording format. Save your money and buy this one instead!
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Peter Lehmann
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent and exciting music.
Reviewed in the United States on October 5, 2008
This is a wonderful album of world music, best enjoyed through a premium audiophile sound system. Warning! If you buy this album, put aside a few thousand dollars for stereo equipment upgrades and a powerful and durable subwoofer, you will be glad you did!
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Thomas D Hinkle
4.0 out of 5 stars Poems of Blunder.
Reviewed in the United States on May 7, 2012
I eat a lot of wicker furniture and unprocessed wheat so mainly I use this albumn to stimulate my colon. Traditionally I hug my boombox and let the thumping beats of Duck's Quarrel loosen things up for me. I use the bathtub for this because I caught my wife cheating on me and as near as I can see this is the best way to get back at her (I blame the dog).

Furthermore, having engaged this album with the sense of touch rather than sound I feel I have a more intimate relationship with it and following that, with Yim Hok-Man. I can't explain with words how I feel about it but if I may...

bum bum bum BUMBUM BUBUM Shugga dugga dugga dugga dugga dugga.

For those of you who haven't enjoyed the album I'll translate: "The fragrance of a lily flows until the lily's end, it does its duty until the lily passes. So must we pass the fragrance, the kindness and generosity, until we pass. Curses on the white man who spreads yellow fever, may he be kept in a prison of ice as pallid as his face."
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Remixer Richu
5.0 out of 5 stars Poems of Thunder: One of Its Own
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2002
This album is a very unique item, perhaps I should say it is one of its own kind. Unlike any another music CDs, the soul in all the compositions contained in this album have one thing and one thing in common. That is, the drum beats. Yim Hok-Man is a well known Chinese drum master. His album has the ability to give a great presentation of traditional Chinese music to the world audience, because nothing else is more outspoken than the "Poems of Thunder" which features different styles of drum play from different regions in China.
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Woofers74
1.0 out of 5 stars HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2012
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The drummer was described as being a 'Master Drummer." I was expecting him to be at the same skill levels of Ron Tutt and Jim Keltner in  The Sheffield Track Record Drum Record  . They play drums like musical instruments. I wanted to hear a skilled drummer on different types of drums. The drummer in Poems Of Thunder had the different drums but played them to where it sounded like a bunch of obnoxious noise. Being Chinese, it may be a cultural thing, but not the type of thing I would wish to buy again.
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Cliente Amazon
5.0 out of 5 stars Una obra indispensable
Reviewed in Spain on October 27, 2023
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Música extraña de entrada pero llena de matices a los que hay que prestar atención Exige un buen equipo para disfrutar de esta obra maestra de la percusión. Los graves más poderosos y bien articulados que he escuchado nunca.
Me costó tres intentos conseguir este CD pero gracias a Amazon sólo pagué el ejemplar que tengo.
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claudiomarchetti
5.0 out of 5 stars Percussioni
Reviewed in Italy on February 5, 2022
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Ottimo album per chi piace musica orientale con percussioni.
Ottimo
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J. H. Hugo
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2017
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Stunning recording - sounds like a SACD.
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Abascal
5.0 out of 5 stars Les tambours chinois comme si on y était
Reviewed in France on February 4, 2013
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J'avais la version K2 HD Mastering de ce CD et j'ai eu l'occasion de réécouter récemment la version de chez Naxos World. Le mixage est très différent et apparemment plus conforme à la prise sonore d'origine : j'y ai retrouvé le son que j'avais entendu la toute première fois en 2000 quand j'avais découvert le disque. A faire trembler les murs si vous avez un très bon système avec des gros HP de grave. Redoutable. Le CD pour tester une installation HiFi de haut niveau. On sent la peau des tambours chinois, fabuleux.
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Zivko
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 27, 2015
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Great meditation music!
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