SHENG; BRIGHT

CHINESE RECORDER CONCERTOS

David Hurwitz

Does anyone need 71 minutes of Chinese recorder concertos? On evidence here, the answer is “yes”. This is beautiful music, often astoundingly so. Sure, there’s

Bright Sheng: Orchestral works

Victor Carr Jr

Although Yolanda Kondonassis’ name sits prominently on the booklet cover, and her picture adorns the back case in this new album of music by Bright

Bright Sheng: China Dreams, etc./Hong Kong Philharmonic

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On first hearing this disc I was reminded of similar experiences with certain “modern music” LPs in the 1960s, on labels such as CRI or

Bright Sheng: Orchestral Works

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This selection of orchestral works by Bright Sheng combines certain “authentic-sounding” Chinese motifs and timbres within the tone-world of 20th-century Western music in a way

Orchestral Works by Bright Sheng/BIS C

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Bright Sheng was born in China in 1955 but has spent most of his life in the United States. Most notably, he studied composition and

YO-YO MA: SOLO

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In his relentless quest to explore uncharted territories of cellodom, Yo-Yo Ma has delivered a recital for unaccompanied cello that–daringly–hasn’t any Bach. Instead, there are