It's definitely a master piece. I enjoyed it in quite a few different forms: 越剧，民乐合奏，小提琴协奏曲，and 芭蕾舞剧。
-sailor(Ocean & Mountain);
2017-9-9(#11035263@0)
Agree. I got a friend who plays violin. He once had such comment: the butterfly lovers concerto (化蝶) is beautiful not so much because the composers got extraordinary talent. They derived the melody from the traditional Shaoxing opera (越剧）,
-coolients(苦丁山);
2017-9-9{159}(#11035296@0)
which was so beautiful to begin with. His comment may not be entirely fair (from the composers' point of view), but in a way he expressed what you mean here :)
Somehow making sense. BTW, Traditionally Chinese music only had 5 notes, i.e. 12356. But Butterfly Lover already went beyond such tradition. It used the "7" as well.
-sailor(Ocean & Mountain);
2017-9-9(#11035346@0)
Sure thing. That's violin concerto, which already goes beyond the scope of "traditional Chinese music", so there is no reason for the composers to limit themselves within the 5-note system :-)
-coolients(苦丁山);
2017-9-9(#11035380@0)