Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch

October 18, 2004

Mei Han & Randy Raine-Reusch | Distant Wind |Za Discs | China

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I'm definitely a latecomer to this disc by composers/zheng players Mei Han and Randy Raine-Reusch, but this is definitely a case of better late than never. One dubious advantage to my tardiness is that I get to read all the reviews that came out at the time of its release. My favorite comes from no less a critic than The Wire's Clive Bell, who says, "Their mission is to rescue the zheng from the highly hysterical sentimentality that pervades much Chinese music..." I couldn't agree more.