Naxos
Asian Music for String Quartet
$19.99
Details
- Composer
- GAO TAKEMITSU ZHOU TAN UNG
- Artist
- NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Naxos
- Released
- Nov 13, 2012
- Catalog #
- 8572488
- UPC
- 747313248872
About
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 it's 'long-breathed brush strokes' (Washington Post). Taking it's inspiration from James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake Toru Takemitsu's beautifully crafted a Way a Lone evokes a shimmering sound world.
Tracklist 12 tracks
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1 Song of the Ch'in 08:57
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Song of the Ch'in
- Duration
- 08:57
- Composer
- Long Zhou
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
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2 Spiral III 10:01
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Spiral III
- Duration
- 10:01
- Composer
- Chinary Ung
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
3 Bright Light and Cloud Shadows 11:33
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Bright Light and Cloud Shadows
- Duration
- 11:33
- Composer
- Ping Gao
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
4 A Way a Lone 11:50
- Track
- 4
- Title
- A Way a Lone
- Duration
- 11:50
- Composer
- Tōru Takemitsu
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
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5 No. 1. Peking Opera 01:56
- Track
- 5
- Title
- No. 1. Peking Opera
- Duration
- 01:56
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
6 No. 2. Shadows 01:11
- Track
- 6
- Title
- No. 2. Shadows
- Duration
- 01:11
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
7 No. 3. Pink Actress 01:44
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 3. Pink Actress
- Duration
- 01:44
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
8 No. 4. Black Dance 01:46
- Track
- 8
- Title
- No. 4. Black Dance
- Duration
- 01:46
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
9 No. 5. Zen 03:49
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 5. Zen
- Duration
- 03:49
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
10 No. 6. Drum and Gong 00:55
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 6. Drum and Gong
- Duration
- 00:55
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
11 No. 7. Cloudiness 02:38
- Track
- 11
- Title
- No. 7. Cloudiness
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet
-
12 No. 8. Red Sona 01:48
- Track
- 12
- Title
- No. 8. Red Sona
- Duration
- 01:48
- Composer
- Tan Dun
- Ensemble
- New Zealand String Quartet