SACDs - Yiu-Kwong Chung

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Whirling Dance

Whirling Dance

Works for Flute and Traditional Chinese Orchestra


Deng Yu-Hsien:

Spring Wind

arr. Qu Chunquan

Huang Yijun:

Fair Flowers under Full Moon

(arranged for piccolo and Chinese orchestra by Peng Xiuwen)

Ma Shui-long:

Bamboo Flute Concerto

(arranged for piccolo and Chinese orchestra by Chen Hsuan-Ho)

trad.:

The Thivats of Autumn

(arranged for flute and small Chinese instrumental ensemble by Zhou Chenglong)

Yiu-Kwong Chung:

Whirling Dance for flute and Chinese orchestra

Concerto for Flute and Chinese Orchestra


Sharon Bezaly (flute and piccolo), Liu Hung-Yu, guzheng (Chinese zither); Tsai Yu-Feng, yangqin (Chinese cimbalon) & Yeh Shu-Chen zhongruan (Chinese 4-string moon-shaped lute)

Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Chung Yiu-Kwong

“Anyone who has yet to encounter the playing of the astonishing young flautist Sharon Bezaly should do so without delay. She makes a sensational sound, can play anything from Bach to contemporary…” Classic FM Magazine

Together with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and composer-conductor Chung Yiu-Kwong, Sharon Bezaly explores the sonic possibilities of the combination of Western flute and traditional Chinese instruments such as the erhu, guzheng, yangqin and zhongruan. Transverse (side-blown) flutes (typically made of bamboo) have long been important in Chinese music for more than 2000 years.

The sparkling music on this disc includes two newly composed works by Chung Yiu-Kwong, both dedicated to Bezaly, as well as a the arrangement of Ma Shui-Long’s concerto for bamboo flute and symphony orchestra into a concerto for piccolo and Chinese orchestra.

Of the remaining three shorter works, The Thivats of Autumn is an arrangement for chamber ensemble of a traditional Chinese classical tune for pipa, depicting the sadness experienced by Wang Zhaojun, one of ‘The Four Beauties’ of ancient China, as she is forced to by the Emperor Yuan (48-33 BC) to marry a foreign ruler and leave her country.

“The title piece of Chung Yiu-Kwong… is a lively, entertaining piece, providing ample opportunity for Bezaly to display her agile articulation and clear tone. If you like Debussy (or even Rimsky-Korsakov!) you'll probably like this collection.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2009 *****

“The Taipei Chinese Orchestra articulate with balletic grace, that extraordinarily delicate string tone projecting with determined swank. Sharon Bezaly is her dependable self; her piccolo-playing in the Ma Shui-Long is über-expressive and the right side of shrill; in Chung Yiu-Kwong's concerto her lyrical float through the slow movement gives the notes added gravitas.” Gramophone Magazine, December 2009

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BIS - BISSACD1759

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Ecstatic Drumbeat: Works for Percussion and Chinese Orchestra

Ecstatic Drumbeat: Works for Percussion and Chinese Orchestra


Abe, Keiko:

Prism Rhapsody for marimba and orchestra

orch. Yiu-Kwong Chung

Mayuzumi:

Concertino for Xylophone and Orchestra

orch. Simon Kong Su Leong

Yiu-Kwong Chung:

Concerto for Percussion and Chinese Orchestra

Emperor Qin Crushing the Battle Formations for two percussionists and Chinese orchestra

Zivkovic, N J:

Born to Beat Wild for suona and percussion


Evelyn Glennie (percussion), Tzu-You Lin (suona) & Tsung-Hsin Hsieh (percussion)

Taipei Chinese Orchestra, En Shao & Yiu-Kwong Chung

Appearing with leading orchestras and conductors around the world, Evelyn Glennie has also collaborated with musicians as diverse as Emmanuel Ax, the King’s Singers and Bjork. On the present disc, she appears with the Taipei Chinese Orchestra to perform original compositions and arrangements for percussion and Chinese orchestra.

The programme features works by composers from the Far East, as well as by German-based Nebojša Živković, whose duo Born to Beat Wild for bass drum and trumpet here is performed with a suona, ‘Chinese oboe’, replacing the trumpet.

The final work, Emperor Qin Crushing the Battle Formations, is a reworking by the composer Yiu-Kwong Chung of an ancient score first performed in the year 627 at the court of the second Tang Emperor.

Ecstatic Drumbeat is the last of four discs that present collaborations between the Taipei Chinese Orchestra and soloists from a Western tradition, with Evelyn Glennie following in the footsteps of flutist Sharon Bezaly (BISSACD1759), saxophonist Claude Delangle (BISCD1790) and trombone player Christian Lindberg (BISCD1888).

“Here’s something different: a meeting of Britain’s most famous percussionist and the Taipei Chinese Orchestra. This resourceful Taiwanese ensemble regularly collaborates with Western virtuosi, and the results are unpredictable, uneven, but never dull...Fascinating sounds crossing hemispheres, epochs and cultures.” The Times, 30th June 2012 ***

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