Yao Bingyan

About the artist

Yao Bingyan (Chinese: 姚丙炎;1921-1983), school/base Zhe, was an eminent guqin master from Shanghai. His sons are guqin players Yao Gongbai (Chinese: 姚公白; born 1948) and Yao Gongjing (Chinese: 姚公敬; born 1955). The classic guqin piece "Jiu Kuang" (literally "Alcohol Mad", or Drunk Madman) had disappeared from the orally transmitted repertory until Yao Bingyan reconstituted it from a 15th-century handbook. His interpretation features a 3/4 beat rhythm, which is almost absent in guqin music.

Top songs

  1. A Drunken Man
  2. A Feigned Drunkard (Jiu Kuang)
  3. High Mountains
  4. Huaxu - An Opening Tune
  5. A Long Air On the Tartar Pipe
  6. Man Crazy For Wine
  7. A Feigned Drunkard
  8. Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad)
  9. Song of Chu
  10. Wine Frolic
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  1. Jiu Kuang (The Feigned Drunkard)
  2. Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad) (Chinese)
  3. Jiu Kuang
  4. Magic Mysteries
  5. Wine frolic [Qin solo]
  6. "Jiu Kuang" ("The Feigned Drunkard")
  7. Jui Kuang ("Wine Mad") (Chinese)
  8. Jiu Kuang ("Wine Mad") (Chinese)
  9. Jiu Kuang ("Wine Mad")
  10. The Song of the Kingdom of Chu
  11. High Mountains - Yao Bingyan
  12. A Feigned Drunkard (Jiu Kuang) - Yao Bingyan
  13. Jiu Kuang "Wine Mad" (Chinese)
  14. Huaxu (an opening tune)
  15. Drunken Man
  16. High Mountain
  17. Jiukuang (Wine Madness)
  18. Huaxuyin (Song of Huaxu)
  19. 酒狂 Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad)
  20. Wine Frolic (Qin Solo)
  21. Song of Hua Xu
  22. Wine Madness
  23. Long Nomad Reed Pipe
  24. Liushui (Flowering Waters)
  25. Jui kuang
  26. 酒狂 (Wine Frolic)
  27. A Feigned Drunkard (Remastered)
  28. 12. Jiu Kuang (The Feigned Drunkard)
  29. Gao Shan (high mountains)
  30. 酒狂- Wine frolic [Qin]
  31. The Drunkard
  32. Jui Kuang (Chinese)
  33. Jiu Kuang || The Feigned Drunkard
  34. Song of Hua Xu - 华胥引
  35. Wine Madness - 酒狂
  36. Long Nomad Reed Pipe - 大胡笳
  37. Song of Chu - 楚歌
  38. Chu ge 楚歌 «Песня царства Чу»
  39. "jiu Kuang" (The Feigned Drunkard"
  40. High Mountains - 高山
  41. Jiu Kuang/The Feigned Drunkard
  42. High Mountain 高山
  43. Jiu Kuang (酒狂. "Wine Mad")
  44. Винное безумие Jiǔ kuáng 酒狂
  45. 酒狂(古琴獨奏)
  46. "Jiu Kuang" (The Feigned Drunkard)
  47. Jiu Kuang 'Wine Mad'
  48. Song of Chu (Guqin)
  49. Liushui
  50. Guanglingsan
  51. 酒狂
  52. Jiu Kuang (Wine Mad) [Chinese]
  53. Jiu Kuang "Wine Mad"
  54. Jiu Kuang ('Wine Mad') (Chinese)
  55. Man Crazy For Wine (short ver.)
  56. Wine Frolic(Qin solo)
  57. 'Jiu Kuang' ('The Feigned Drunkard')
  58. Talimu River Uyghur Folk Song Kelimu
  59. High Mountains (Guqin)
  60. Feigned Drunkard (Guqin)
  61. Jui Kuang ( Wine Mad ) (Chinese)
  62. Jiukuang
  63. Huaxuyin
  64. Xiaohujia
  65. Jiu Kuang ("The Feigned Drunkard")
  66. Huaxuryin
  67. Yangchun (Sunny Spring)
  68. Xiaohujia (Little Barbarian Horn, or the Story of Cai Wenji)
  69. Guanglingsan (Niezheng Assassinates the King of Han)
  70. Traditional - Jiu Kuang "Wine Mad" (Chinese)
  71. Jiu Kuang, "The Feigned Drunkard"
  72. Yangchun (Sunny Suprise)
  73. Jiu Kuaang ('Wine Mad') (Chinese)
  74. 戮脝驴帽[鹿脜脟脵] - Wine frolic [Qin solo]
  75. Jiu Kuang (''Wine Mad'') (Chinese)
  76. Jiu Kuang 'Wine Mad' (Chinese)

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