Release Date: 20 January 2023
Label: Kairos Re ords
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 9120010286087
Genres: Classical Contemporary Classical
Description
Described as "gritty, inventive and wonderfully assured" (San Francisco Chronicle) and praised for its "instrumental sensuality" (Chicago Tribune), Composer and pianist Anthony Cheung's music reveals an interest in the ambiguity of sound sources and constantly shifting transformations of tuning and timbre. Cheung writes music that explores the senses, a wide palette of instrumental play and effect, improvisational traditions, reimagined musical artifacts, and multiple layers of textual meaning.
Cheung's debut album for KAIROS features three major works for ensemble: his piano concerto, performed by Ueli Wiget and Ensemble Modern, and two large-scale pieces recorded by Ensemble Dal Niente and Ensemble Musikfabrik. As Cheung celebrates his 40th birthday in 2022, this album presents a composer who is steadily increasing his presence on major international new music stages.
"An intriguing album fusing the traditional and contemporary." – Gramophone
Tracklisting
Charlotte Seither
Ensemble Musikfabrik, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra
Austin Wulliman; Ensemble Pamplemouse
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
Hashtag Ensemble
Joel-Francois Durand
Elisabeth Harnik
Gavin Bryars
Nikolaus Heyduck
Ostrava New Orchestra, Owen Underhill, Ostravska Banda, Petr Kotik, Elision Ensemble, Arditti Quartet, Switch~ Ensemble, Jason Thorpe Buchanan
Gavin Bryars
Ilse Eerens, Tomoko Kasai, Mayumi Miyata, Masanori Oishi, Saori Oya, Naoko Yoshino
L'Itineraire, Leo Margue
Hashtag Ensemble
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Martyn Brabbins, Andrew Davis
