CD

A live recording tells a flute student what a studio edit hides: where the player breathes, how phrases are joined, and how the hall answers. 《長安笛韻》 is a two-disc live set from Ma Di and Zhang Yanwu, issued as volume eight of a series devoted to noted Chinese bamboo flute players, while Cadenza 21' is here in its lightweight edition. When you are choosing a recording to study from, checking whether it was captured live often matters more than the track list.