Be in love with Bayan.

It is a flickering fairy.

It performs the sound of nature in the wind, gliding joyfully, like the edelweiss in early summer. The white and black keys wonderfully blends the harmony of falling and rising, the contrast of lightness and heaviness as well as the balance of passion and calmness .

It has a life.

The rhythm of the bellow just like the lip’s moving , the music flowed gracefully that represents the susurrus of the instrument. When you close your eyes, you can even feel the reed’s lightly sliding in the melodious music, exactly accompanying your pulse.

It has an improvisational spirit.

Whatever the light accompaniment or the pearlescent main instrument，the special timbre of bayan always keeps its unique character. A bayan can work as a band, with its loudness, harmony, rhythm and speed combined perfectly. Its beautiful voice is lightsome and unvarnished, while also with a changeful expression and flickering movement.

So we invite the bayan to be our traveling companion, for a journey full of love and fantasy around the world. Only through the bayan can the various sceneries，every culture and every scenario be demonstrated well.

In fact, the bayan has begun its journey around the world since the early 17^th century. Dhristian Friedrich Buschmann, an instrument maker, installed the portable keyboard with the bellows and reeds，which were like its wings and heart. Just like a singing bird, the hand aeoline left Berlin and gained compliments and love from people all over the world.

The history of the bayan’s development almost exists in every country and district, namely there is always a time of change recorded through the bayan. The Europeans left their hometown to find the new land with their favorite instruments. When the west wind with sand blowing fiercely in the vast American land, in one moment the Italians who were playing the bayan probably brought to mind the sunny orangery in Naples.

    The mode of bayan has been modified and ornamented endlessly in the recent two hundred years. There are bandoneon, accordion, bayan with whole-tone scale, chromatic scale and now even MIDI. Not only can the bayan play some music specially written for it but express the pieces for other instruments also. It is unique for it can perform the single note and the harmony at the same time.

    This recording is a peculiar HiFi album which is characterized by bayan as the main instrument. The unusual timbre of bayan is like a fantastic material which could become delicious food if being cooked properly, or would be lost in blankness and weakness. Many people think it is an intractable task to produce a bayan album, but we are ready for this challenge.

Twelve beautiful songs are selected from Italy, Spain, France, Russia, Ireland and China which are imbued with these countries’ charming spirits, and exhibited the beauteous sceneries as well. The fervency and charm of “Kalinka” and “Mayila”, the amorousness of “La Paloma” and “Amor”, the sorrow of “The Last Rose of Summer” as well as the elegance and fragrance of “La Vie En Rose”, every song is pleasing and joyful.

Every arrangement is written for bayan while every one is distinctive. In this album, bayan is a singer, a relater, a traveler and a fantast. The bayan presents us twelve lively and delicate shows through cooperating with other distinctive instruments of different countries and each performance is a great wonder.

In “Torna A Surriento”, the tranquil bayan and tender cello show the unique scenery of the little port town completely.

“Happy Time” makes use of seven instruments and exhibits the sunny and happy life of Ireland.

The bayan and baritone saxophone in “La Vie En Rose” sound like sighs of different people, being so beautiful and touching.

The clear tweedle of “Under The Silvery Moonlight” exhibits a sweet and fragile dreamland.

“Crab Tree” shows us classic music and the clean sound of bayan would softly touch your heart.

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The excellent performances of top musicians endow the music nimbus and life. The young bayan player, Zhang Weiyi, has ever won the best place for Chinese in accordion concert-soloists of CITTA DI CASTELFIDARDO in Italy. The recording used the PIGINI bayan from Italy, which is called the Stradivari in bayan and has been famous for its unique penetrability and resonance for nearly sixty years.

    The panflute prince Du Cong, the top trumpet player Ou Cuifeng and the saxophonist Du Yinjiao cooperated to create a splendid recording. For the pure Caribbean atmosphere, the recording also invited a Venezuela musician, then the Chinese and western music combines to show us a fantastic musical world. 

For keeping the high quality of Rhymoi Music, this album featured well-known recording engineer of Asia, Li Xiaopei, who oversaw this recording made in 480 square meters professional studio of CCTV. Furthermore, this recording was shipped to the professional group of JVC in Japan for post-production, which is a guarantee of the authenticity and integrity of the music.

     Listening to this album, the warm sound of the bayan really awakens the infinite yearnings for the elapsing time of our life.