Chinese Dreams

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Label
Ars Produktion
Release Date
May 22, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • PERFORMER
      Lydia Maria Bader
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 22, 2020
    • UPC
      4260052385661
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ARS38566
    • LABEL
      Ars Produktion
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Zai Na Yaoyuan De Difang (In that place wholly faraway) (arr. Zhao Zhang for piano)

      Composer: Luobin Wang

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    2. Coral Dance

      Composer: Mingxin Du

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    3. Dance of the Waterweeds

      Composer: Mingxin Du

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    4. Straw Hat Dance

      Composer: Mingxin Du

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    5. Sun Flower (arr. Er-yao Ling for piano)

      Composer: Yu Shi Wang

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    6. No. 1. A Shanghai Tragedy

      Composer: Abram Chasins

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    7. No. 2. Flirtation in a Chinese Garden

      Composer: Abram Chasins

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    8. No. 3. Rush Hour in Hong Kong

      Composer: Abram Chasins

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    9. 2 Pieces, Op. 47: No. 1. Lotus Land

      Composer: Cyril Scott

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    10. Kangding Love Song

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    11. Quiz Song (arr. Wanghua Chu for piano)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    12. No. 1. The Pagoda Bells, "Prelude"

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    13. No. 2. The Chinese Nightingale, "Elegy"

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    14. No. 3. Little Li-Li-Tse, "Scherzo-Caprice"

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    15. No. 4. The Sacred Barque - All Soul's Day, "Nocturne"

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    16. No. 5. Finale: A Garden Fete

      Composer: Walter Rudolph Niemann

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    17. Silver Clouds Chasing the Moon

      Composer: Guang Ren

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    18. Liuyang River

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader

    19. Glowing Red Morningstar Lilies (arr. Jianzhong Wang for piano)

      Composer: Traditional

      Performer: Lydia Maria Bader


On Chinese Dreams pianist Lydia Maria Bader plays piano pieces by contemporary Chinese composers based on traditional folk songs as well as works by Western composers inspired by China. The music is filled with beautiful melodies, which deserve to be heard outside of China. Praised for her elegant execution, beautiful tone and remarkable virtuosity, pianist Lydia Maria Bader has been described as "one of the leading pianists of Germany" (Neue Musikzeitung). Audiences and the press alike admire her charming moderation and thematically-conceived programs, which often venture into lesser-known territories of the piano literature and reflect a deep fascination with colorful cultures. Born in Bavaria, Germany, Lydia received her first piano lessons from her father. At the age of fifteen she began her studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich, first with Karl-Hermann Mrongovius, then with Michael Schäfer after graduating from high school, under whom she received her artistic diploma. Other major influences on her artistic development include a year of study at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Michel Beroff and studies at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, Austria, with Markus Schirmer.