New Zealand String Quartet - Asian Music for String Quartet: Tan Dun, Toru Takemitsu, Gao Ping, Chinary Ung, Zhou Long (2012)
Artist: New Zealand String Quartet
Title: Asian Music for String Quartet: Tan Dun, Toru Takemitsu, Gao Ping, Chinary Ung, Zhou Long
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 58'06
Total Size: 242 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Asian Music for String Quartet: Tan Dun, Toru Takemitsu, Gao Ping, Chinary Ung, Zhou Long
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 58'06
Total Size: 242 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
This programme brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. Zhou Long captures the essence of the Chinese plucked ch'in and Cambodian aesthetics are preserved in Chinary Ung's expressive Spiral III. Tan Dun's Eight Colors combines the exotic timbres of Peking Opera with Second Viennese School tonalities. Gao Ping's Bright Light and Cloud Shadows has been admired for its 'long-breathed brush strokes' (Washington Post). Taking its inspiration from James Joyce's Finnegans Wake Toru Takemitsu's beautifully crafted A Way a Lone evokes a shimmering sound world.
Tracklist:
Zhou Long
01. Song of the Ch'in
Chinary Ung
02. Spiral III
Gao Ping
03. Bright Light and Cloud Shadows
Toru Takemitsu
04. A Way a Lone
Tan Dun - Eight Colors
05. No.1: Peking Opera
06. No.2: Shadows
07. No.3: Pink Actress
08. No.4: Black Dance
09. No.5: Zen
10. No.6: Drum and Gong
11. No.7: Cloudiness
12. No.8: Red Sona
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