Jia Daqun: Impressions of Liyuan (Chinese Opera) - Symphonic

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Naxos
Release Date
May 23, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jia Daqun
    • PERFORMER
      Zhang Jiajing, Wang Junkan, Liu Wenwen, Lu Yiwen, He Zizhou, Guo Xiaoyu, Chen Yilin, Liu Kunxiao, Zh
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 23, 2025
    • UPC
      747313917679
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8579176
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Prelude: Charms of Gong and Drum, inspired by Sichuan Opera

      Composer: Daqun Jia

      Ensemble: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Jiajing Zhang, Zizhou He, Xiaoyu Guo, Yilin Chen, Kunxiao Liu, Tingyue Zheng, Qinshuang Yuan

      Conductor: Daye Lin

    2. II. Capriccio: Melodies of Bamboo, inspired by Kun Opera

      Composer: Daqun Jia

      Ensemble: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Junkan Wang

      Conductor: Daye Lin

    3. III. Impromptu: Poem of Strings, inspired by Beijing Opera

      Composer: Daqun Jia

      Ensemble: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Yiwen Lu, Huan Qi, Boya Liu, Yi Cui

      Conductor: Daye Lin

    4. IV. Rhapsody: Spirit of the Tunes, inspired by Qin Opera

      Composer: Daqun Jia

      Ensemble: Shenzhen Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Wenwen Liu

      Conductor: Daye Lin


Jia Daqun, one of China's most prolific and respected composers, has written in many forms, including symphonies, concertos, chamber music and song cycles. The symphonic four-concerto cycle, Impressions of Liyuan, is one of his major pieces. It is written for Chinese percussion, bamboo flute, the erhu and suona, with a large symphony orchestra. It offers an evocative aural landscape fusing Western styles with the traditional characteristics of Chinese opera, framed in a contemporary context.