The Butterfly Lovers

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[The Butterfly Lovers’ concerto might easily be dismissed as somewhat unfashionable now, but instead makes for a completely delightful listen, not least due to dazzling performances from soloist... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 1st Mar 2019
Catalogue No: ACC30464
Label: Accentus Music
Length: 53 minutes

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Ye, S: Violin Concerto No. 1 "The Psalms of Taciturnity"

Work length26:56

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Zhi-Jong Wang (violin)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yang Yang
Recorded: August 2018
Recording Venue: Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall, Japan

Track length18:28

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Track length8:28

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Excerpt, Chen Gang: Violin concerto No. 1 'Butterfly lovers'

Work length26:30

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Zhi-Jong Wang (violin)
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra
Yang Yang

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Hailed at its premiere as 'a breakthrough in China’s symphonic music', HE Zhanhao and CHEN Gang’s Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was later reviled during the Cultural Revolution for its Western influence and feudal Chinese inspiration. Though universally recognized among the Chinese people, the piece remains largely unknown in the West. A work of undeniable emotional appeal, it also carries with it a history that some of its biggest supporters are still struggling to digest. Borne of an uneasy union of revolutionary nationalist sentiment and Chinese urban cosmopolitanism, the musical progeny manages to be faithful to both its parents.

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August 2019

[The Butterfly Lovers’ concerto might easily be dismissed as somewhat unfashionable now, but instead makes for a completely delightful listen, not least due to dazzling performances from soloist Zhi-Jong Wang and the Tokyo Philharmonic…Shen Ye’s score is complex and powerful, full of fierce dissonance and intricate orchestral textures…Performances are again outstanding and the disc’s recording quality is wonderfully crisp.

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