The Red Detachment of Women is a six-act ballet adapted by the China Central Ballet Troupe from the screen-play of the same title by Liang Xin. Choreography was by Li Chengxiang, Jiang Zuhui and Wang Xixian and the music by Wu Zuqiang, Du Mingxin, Wang Yanqiao, Shi Wangchun and Dai Hongwei. The ballet was first staged in Beijing in 1964.
Since its first performance The Red Detachment of Women has proved popular with Chinese musicians and dancers, as well as with the public. It was hailed in China as the first Revolutionary Ballet and danced by other companies throughout the whole country. The work received still wider currency with a film version in the early 1970s featuring the China Central Ballet Troupe.
The music of The Red Detachment of Women, which includes some of the best known melodies in China, characterizes the hero Hong Changqing and the heroine Wu Qinghua in clear terms and makes good use of folk-melodies from Hainan Island. These last elements are heard, for example, in the Dance of the Li Tribe in Act 3. The orchestra includes a number of traditional Chinese instruments, the lusheng, sheng (Chinese reed-pipe instrument), zhudi, haidi (Chinese flutes), suona (Chinese oboe), pipa (Chinese lute), liuqin, zhongruan, dasanxian (plucked instruments) and bangu, xiaotanggu, jingluo and xiaoluo (Chinese percussion instruments), all of which enrich the score and add local colour.

Tracklist
[1] Overture , Act 1:(6:53)
[2] Act 2:(10:18)
[3] Act 3:(8:14)
[4] Act 4:(14:17)
[5] Act 5:(7:43)
[6] Act 6:(11 :14)

Liu Yousheng,Shanghai Ballet Orchestra

FLAC

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Thanks. Highlights of this ballet were released by Everest about 40 years ago. This recording is much better.

Thanks.