Tan Dun & Yo-Yo Ma – Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (24bit-96kHz Vinyl Transfer)

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the Original Soundtrack album composed by Tan Dun of the 2000 Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning film starring Yun-Fat Chow, Michelle Yeoh, Ziyi Zhang and Chen Chang. The soundtrack was awarded at the Academy Awards, Grammy’s and BAFTA Awards. The score was also nominated for a Golden Globe.

The score was composed by Tan Dun, originally performed by Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai National Orchestra, and Shanghai Percussion Ensemble. It also features many solo passages for cello played by Yo-Yo Ma. The "last track" ("A Love Before Time") features Coco Lee. The orchestra’s string section was accompanied by traditional Chinese instruments such as the bamboo flute and hand drum, and an ethnic Miao group.

Dun is now a winner of today’s most prestigious musical honors including the Grawemeyer Award for classical composition, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award and Musical America’s "Composer of The Year".

180 gram audiophile vinyl
4 -page insert
Featuring Yo-Yo Ma
PVC protective sleeve

SIDE A

1. A LOVE BEFORE TIME* (MANDARIN)
2. CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON
3. THE ETERNAL VOW
4. A WEDDING INTERRUPTED
5. NIGHT FIGHT
6. SILK ROAD
7. TO THE SOUTH
8. THROUGH THE BAMBOO FOREST

SIDE B

1. THE ENCOUNTER
2. DESERT CAPRICCIO
3. IN THE OLD TEMPLE
4. YEARNING OF THE SWORD
5. SORROW
6. FAREWELL
7. A LOVE BEFORE TIME* (ENGLISH)

Technical:

Vertere Acoustics MG-1 Turntable / Standard Tonearm (Hand-Built Internal Wiring & Tonearm Cable) / Benz Micro Wood Cartridge / Vertere Phono-1 Phono Stage / PS Audio Nu-Wave Phono to USB Converter (24bit-96kHz) / Vertere Pulse-R Analogue & USB Interconnects/ Audacity 32bit Float Audio Capture / Exported to 24/96 FLAC

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