Release Date: 31 May 2009
Label: Bis / BIS Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 7318599917597
Genres: Classical
Composer/Series: Whirling Dance
Description
Together with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and composer-conductor Chung Yiu-Kwong, Sharon Bezaly explores the sonic possibilities of the combination of Western flute and traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu, guzheng, yangqin and zhongruan. Transverse (side-blown) flutes (typically made of bamboo) have long been important in Chinese music for more than 2000 years.The sparkling music on this disc includes two newly composed works by Chung Yiu-Kwong, both dedicated to Bezaly, as well as a the arrangement of Ma Shui-Long's concerto for bamboo flute and symphony orchestra into a concerto for piccolo and Chinese orchestra.Of the remaining three shorter works, The Thivats of Autumn is an arrangement for chamber ensemble of a traditional Chinese classical tune for pipa, depicting the sadness experienced by Wang Zhaojun, one of 'The Four Beauties' of ancient China, as she is forced to by the Emperor Yuan (48-33 BC) to marry a foreign ruler and leave her country.\Anyone who has yet to encounter the playing of the astonishing young flautist Sharon Bezaly should do so without delay. She makes a sensational sound, can play anything from Bach to contemporary... Classic FM Magazine""
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
Vladimir Sofronitsky
Various Artists
Thomas Oliemans, Malcolm Martineau
The Marian Consort; Rory McCleery
Tami Krausz; Shuann Chai
Taracea
Syntagma Amici
Sollazzo Ensemble; Anna Danilevskaia
