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The Legend of Butterfly Lovers
ICA Classics

The Legend of Butterfly Lovers

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Details

Composer
HE CHEN KREISLER SAINT-SAEN
Artist
Hou, Nelson
Format
CD
Label
ICA Classics
Released
Oct 20, 2017
Catalog #
ICAC5146
UPC
5060244551466

About

Susanne Hou was a scholarship student at Toronto’s Conservatory of Music followed by the Juilliard School under Dorothy DeLay, Cho-Liang Lin and Naoko Tanaka. She rose to fame on the international concert scene when she unanimously won the Long-Thibaud, Lipizer and Sarasate International Violin Competitions. Since then she has collaborated with world-renowned conductors and fellow artists such as Rostropovich, Zuckerman, Alan Gilbert, Spivakov, and more. Susanne has twice collaborated with the Oscar nominated director Atom Egoyan and the Oscar winning composer Mychael Danna. She has her own music video The Devil’s Delight. Of particular poignancy is the fact that Susanne Hou’s father Bo Zhi Hou was the top violinist at the Shanghai Conservatory at the time this concerto was written, going on to lead major orchestras in China before and during the Cultural Revolution. Mr. Hou was asked to make the world premiere recording of the Butterfly Lover’s Concerto but, due to sensitive political and societal circumstances, he ultimately left the country without having had the opportunity to make the recording. He therefore now passes the torth of his legacy in China, and his unfulfilled destiny of recording The Butterfly Lovers’ Concerto, to his daughter- Susanne Hou.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 The Butterfuly Lovers Violin Concerto 28:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Butterfuly Lovers Violin Concerto
    Duration
    28:57
    Composer
    Gang Chen, Zhanhao He
    Performer
    Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Nelson
  2. 2 Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28 10:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Camille Saint-Saëns
    Performer
    Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Nelson
  3. 3 Joyful Meeting (arr. for violin and orchestra) 04:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Joyful Meeting (arr. for violin and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:22
    Composer
    Bao Zhi Yang
    Performer
    Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Nelson
  4. 4 Tambourin Chinois (arr. for violin and orchestra) 04:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Tambourin Chinois (arr. for violin and orchestra)
    Duration
    04:11
    Composer
    Fritz Kreisler
    Performer
    Yi-Jia Susanne Hou
    Ensemble
    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    John Nelson