| Track | Country/Region | Title | Instrumentation | Notes | Performance recorded | Timing | |
| 1 | China | Examples of Guqin Playing Techniques | Guqin | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 294, fig. 14.2 | Tsar Teh-yun | 3:13 | |
| 2 | China | Kao shan liu shui [High Mountains and Flowing Water] | Zheng | Associated with the Zhijiang school. It has become a
favorite piece for all zheng players since the 1920s. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 289, 290 top |
Wang Wei | 5:38 | |
| 3 | China | Shi mian mai fu [Ambush from Ten Sides] | Pipa | A programmatic piece depicting a historical battle between
the King of Chu and the founder of the Han Dynasty that occurred sometime
in the period 206-203 BCE. The first section depicts the military of Chu
and the second the ambush of his army by the Han army. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 289, 290 second from top |
Lui Pui-yuen | 7:10 | |
| 4 | China | Excerpt from Yang-kuan san tieh [Three repetitions at Yang-kuan] | Xun (ancient globular clay ocarina) | A folksong from the Shensi region of North China, a setting
of a famous ch'i-chueh, a poetic form of 28 characters, by Wang
Wei (699-759):
Here in Wei-ch'eng the morning rain wets down the light dust and turns afresh the green, green willows in the inn. Bottoms up, once again, please. Westward beyond Yang-kuan there will be no more old friends. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 291 second from top |
Liang-Ming Yueh | 1:13 | |
| 5 | China | Excerpt from Lao sen saqo tien [Old Monk Sweeping the Buddhist Temple] | Sheng | A fourteenth-century folksong from the Shantung region
of northern China. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 292 top, 293 |
Liang-Ming Yueh | 0:31 | |
| 6 | China | Excerpt from Beyond the Great Wall | Sanxian, dizi | An arrangement by Li Yi of an ancient folksong. It tells
of the lament of the concubine of a Han Dynasty emperor and her longing
for her homeland. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 291 second from top |
Xu Feng Xia and Du Chong | 0:51 | |
| 7 | China | Ping sha lo yen [Wild Geese Descending onto the Sandbank] | Guqin | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 294-296 | Li Xianting, guqin (Ode Record Company) | 6:22 | |
| 8 | China | Fan Instead of Gong | Sizhu chamber music. |
See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 297-298 | Shanghai Traditional Music Society: Zhou Hui, yangqin; Zhou Hao, erhu; Tu Bing-rong, pipa; Shen Ji-sun, ruan; Shen yi-xin, xiao; Dai Shu-hong, xiao | 6:57 | |
| 9 | China | "An Island in the Sea" from Gui Fei Zui Jiu [The Drunken Concubine] | Jingxi orchestra | See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 182-187 | Mei Lanfang with Xiao Changhua and Jiang Miaoxiang. | 4:59 | |
| 10 | China | A Stroll in New Town | Chinese orchestra and zhuihu | A work for modern orchestra of mostly traditional instruments
featuring a solo on zhuihu (similar to the erhu). This is an adaptation
of a Tibetan folksong about a father and daughter conversing as they ride
through Lhasa. See Music of the Peoples of the World, p. 302-305 |
Zeng He-Yun and the Chinese Orchestra of the Shanghai Music Conservatory | 2:32 |