Gao Ping' s music ofent draws its inspiration from his native home of Sichuan in China, and The Mountain recalls the expessive and humorous melodic inflection of local dialect. Slow and processional, Questioning the Mountain is a meditaton written after the devastating earthquake which struck Sichuan province in 2008. Twelve-Hour Bridge refers to the vast distance between America and China, the structure of the piec symbolizing contrasting cultures,while the symbols'Mei,Lan,Zhu,Ju' are plants which stand for the beauty of different traditional Chinese character attributes .Further chamber music by Gao Ping can be found on Naxos 8.557678; his Bright Light and Cloud Shadows on the 'very enjoyable' (ClassicsToday.com) Asian Music fo String Quartet(8.572488) 高平的音乐灵感经常来自于他的故乡，中国四川。《山》让人回想到富有表现力和诙谐幽默的四川方言。《问山》的音乐缓慢而有行进感，是对2008年发生在四川那场巨大的地震灾难的一次沉想和祭奠。《十二时之桥》，美国与中国那相隔十二个时辰的遥远距离，作品的结构也象征了巨大的文化差异。而《梅兰竹菊》是中国文化有着别样之美的四君子。更多高平的室内音乐可以在Naxos公司搜索编码8.557678；他的作品《天光云影》收录在专辑《为弦乐四重奏而作的亚洲音乐》，同时收录的还有武满彻、谭盾以及奇纳瑞.昂（编码8.572488）