Zeng Ming - Mu Dan Ting

Zeng Ming is a recognised master of the Kunqu style of flute playing. The music of Kunqu, the olderst form of Opera, is a virtual treasure chest of classical Chinese music but much neglected by contemporary scholars and musicians. Zeng Ming's contemporary concert bamboo flute techniques with the early music style of the Ming dynasty, brings the beauty of Kunqu music into sharp relief. To record an anthology of unaccompanied Kunqu flute music, however, has never been attempted before and the results are revelatory.