Release Date: 27 November 2011
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318590017395
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Across The Sea
Description
Flautist Sharon Bezaly with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Lan Shui here play the music of three composers who are all resident in the USA, but have their roots across the Pacific Ocean, in China. Philosophical, musical and literary aspects of this Chinese heritage are in evidence in the works recorded here. Zhou Long has composed his Five Elements inspired by the traditional Chinese concept of the five 'elemental energies' (wu xing): metal, wood, water, fire and earth. For The Deep, Deep Sea, his shorter, single-movement work, Zhou Long found the title in a poem by the Chinese poet Li Bai (701-762 A.D.), exploring the metaphor of a sea voyage under difficult circumstances. A later poet, Jiang Kui of the Song Dynasty, has provided Bright Sheng with the inspiration for the second movement of his two-movement work, Flute Moon, while the first movement, entitled Chi-Lin's Dance, features the mythical Chinese unicorn. The closing work on the disc is Chen Yi's The Golden Flute, a concerto in three movements, in which the stated aim of the composer has been 'to let a Western flute speak in the language of Chinese wind instruments, such as the dizi made from bamboo and the xun made from clay.'
Tracklisting
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire; Sascha Goetzel
Oliver Barlow; Arlo Murray; Sergej Merkusjev; Joonas Ahonen; Barbara Kozelj; London Philharmonic Or
Masaaki Suzuki
Miklos Spanyi
Yl Male Voice Choir:Lahti So
Various
Pontinen, Roland
New Hellenic 4Tet:Demertzis
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos(Blu-ray)
Yubo Zhou
Yang Bao, Jeeihn Kim, Mark Chen, Lindan Burns, Seoyeon Koo, Griffin Seuter
Victor Jacob; Orchestre de l'Opera Royal; Isaure Brunner; Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin; Coeur de l'Ope
Thomas Clausen Trio, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Jean Thorel, Anders Malta, Evgueni Brokmiller
The Brook Street Band
Roger Cole; Karin Walsh; Beth Orson; Erin Marks; Sarah Jackson; Christie Reside; Rosanne Wieringa;
Paul-Antoine Benos-Djian; Cafe Zimmermann; Pablo Valetti
