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The Butterfly Lovers / Lu Siqing, Taipei Chinese Orchestra
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The Butterfly Lovers / Lu Siqing, Taipei Chinese Orchestra

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Details

Composer
GANG ZHANHAO KREISLER
Artist
Siqing, Yiu-Kwong
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 10, 2015
Catalog #
BIS-2104
UPC
7318599921044

About

This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

With an unparalleled potential for expressivity as well as for virtuoso display, the violin is one of the Western instruments that have been most warmly embraced by non-Western musical cultures. One example of this is The Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto, one of the best-loved classical compositions in China, and probably the Chinese work that is most often performed in Western concert halls. In China, the solo part is often transcribed for one of the traditional virtuoso instruments such as the erhu, but on the present recording it is instead the orchestral part that has been arranged for Chinese traditional orchestra, the eminent violinist Lu Siqing performing the concerto with the support of the Taipei Chinese Orchestra conducted by Chung Yiu-Kwong. The 25-minute concerto forms the grand finale of a programme which mixes Western and Chinese violin favourites, beginning most appropriately with Fritz Kreisler's Tambourin Chinois, but also taking in Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen and Tchaikovsky's Mélodie, all in arrangements made especially for this recording. The disc forms the sixth instalment in a series which features Western solo instruments against the thrilling soundscapes of the Chinese traditional orchestra. Reviewing previous discs, critics have been bowled over by an orchestra capable of 'evoking delicate playfulness, high drama, or the tranquillity of a misty Chinese valley with equal atmosphere' (Classic FM Magazine) and creating 'sounds that are mysterious, biting, intoxicating, and darned close to delirious' (Fanfare).

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 Tambourin chinois, Op. 3 (arr. Simon Su Leong Kong for violin and Chinese orchestra) 03:37
    Track
    1
    Title
    Tambourin chinois, Op. 3 (arr. Simon Su Leong Kong for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Fritz Kreisler
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  2. 2 Legende, Op. 17 (arr. Chenwei Wang for violin and Chinese orchestra) 07:03
    Track
    2
    Title
    Legende, Op. 17 (arr. Chenwei Wang for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Henryk Wieniawski
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  3. 3 Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (arr. Yiu-Kwong Chung for violin and Chinese orchestra) 08:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (arr. Yiu-Kwong Chung for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    08:35
    Composer
    Pablo de Sarasate
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  4. 4 Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: No. 3. Melodie (arr. Tsui-Yu Ma for violin and Chinese orchestra) 03:40
    Track
    4
    Title
    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42: No. 3. Melodie (arr. Tsui-Yu Ma for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    03:40
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  5. 5 Sunshine on Taxkorgan (arr. Gang Chen and Yiu-Kwong Chung for violin and Chinese orchestra) 06:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Sunshine on Taxkorgan (arr. Gang Chen and Yiu-Kwong Chung for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Traditional
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  6. 6 Suiyuan Suite (Inner Mongolia Suite): II. Nostalgia (arr. Ruey-Chen Wu for violin and Chinese orchestra) 05:39
    Track
    6
    Title
    Suiyuan Suite (Inner Mongolia Suite): II. Nostalgia (arr. Ruey-Chen Wu for violin and Chinese orchestra)
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Sicong Ma
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  7. 7 I. Falling in Love: Adagio cantabile 10:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Falling in Love: Adagio cantabile
    Duration
    10:58
    Composer
    Gang Chen, Zhanhao He
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  8. 8 II. Defiance: Più mosso 11:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Defiance: Più mosso
    Duration
    11:05
    Composer
    Gang Chen, Zhanhao He
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung
  9. 9 III. Transformation: Andante cantabile 04:42
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Transformation: Andante cantabile
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Gang Chen, Zhanhao He
    Performer
    Si-Qing Lu
    Ensemble
    Taipei Chinese Orchestra
    Conductor
    Yiu-Kwong Chung