Ma Lianliang

 

中国戏曲艺术家唱腔选(二): 京剧――马连良

            Chinese Opera Artists Singing Selections (II): Beijing Opera - Ma Lianliang 

 China Record Co., 1983, DM 6229

Ma Lianliang was famous for his roles as ''old men with a beard''; I already posted a double cassette about him in November 2021. Most of the actors used to specialize in certain characters; ''laosheng'' is the name of that character of the old man with a black or white beard in Beijing opera. It is said that Ma based his style of singing on Tan Xinpei's (1847-1917).
This is a compilation of recordings made in the 50s and 60s with extracts from 6 operas.

On side A :

track 1 : 借东风 (taking advantage of the East wind recorded in 1959)

tracks 2 and 3 : 四进士 (the four masters in 1963)

track 4 : 赵氏孤儿 (the orphan of the Zhao in 1961)

Side B : 

track 1 : 甘露寺 (Ganlu Temple in 1961)

tracks 2 and 3 : 打登州 (Playing Dengzhou in  1955)

tracks 4 and 5 : 空城计 (The  Empty City ruse in 1962)

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