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Release Date: 27th May 2016
Catalogue No: BIS2083
Label: BIS
Length: 54 minutes

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Ye: Symphony No. 3 ‘Chu’, Op. 46

Work length37:52

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Hila Plitmann
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
José Serebrier
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London, England, UK

I. Lord in the Clouds

Track length4:56

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II. Song & Dance

Track length4:41

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III. Silk

Track length5:20

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IV. Free & Unfettered

Track length4:32

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V. Bronze

Track length6:54

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VI. Xiling Gorge

Track length5:45

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VII. Soul

Track length5:44

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Ye: The Last Paradise, Op. 24

Work length15:24

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Cho-Liang Lin
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
José Serebrier
Recorded: June 2015
Recording Venue: Cadogan Hall, London, England, UK

Bars 1-146

Track length7:24

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Bars 147-233

Track length4:03

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Bars 234-267

Track length2:05

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Track length1:52

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Born in 1955, Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China’s leading contemporary composers, whose works have drawn attention both in the West and in the Far East for three decades. On the present disc Ye's music is championed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, under the eminent conductor José Serebrier who are joined by the celebrated violinist Cho-Liang Lin and soprano Hila Plitmann. In 2002 Ye was commissioned to write a symphony in celebration of the Wuhan Orchestra's tenth anniversary. The city of Wuhan is situated in what was once the ancient State of Chu (c. 1030–224 BC), which has lent its name to the work. 'Chu' consists of seven movements, during which Chinese instruments such as the pipa (Chinese lute), sheng (mouth organ) and the erhu (‘Chinese violin’) appear alongside the traditional symphony orchestra. Two movements also include a wordless soprano part. A personal inspiration informs The Last Paradise, a work which may initially seem a response to the Western violin concerto, but is in fact more akin to a late-Romantic tone poem. Here, Ye has drawn from his experiences during the Cultural Revolution, when he was deported to a small village. Conditions were so harsh that the villagers used to celebrate deaths instead of mourning them, considering death the escape from a painful life and the start of a journey towards a final paradise.

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