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Xiaogang Ye - Winter: Orchestral Works

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Label: BIS

Cat No: BIS2113

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 30th July 2021

Contents

Artists

Shenyang (bass-baritone)
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Wei Lu (violin)
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductors

Gilbert Varga
Jose Serebrier

Works

Ye Xiaogang

December Chrysanthemum, op.52b
Starry Sky, op.56
The Brilliance of Western Liang, op.16
The Song of Sorrow and Gratification, op.67
Winter, op.28

Artists

Shenyang (bass-baritone)
Sharon Bezaly (flute)
Wei Lu (violin)
Noriko Ogawa (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra Chorus
Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Conductors

Gilbert Varga
Jose Serebrier

About

‘As intriguing as it is beguiling’ was how the ‘east-meets-west soundworld’ of Xiaogang Ye was described in the BBC Music Magazine on the release of a previous disc of his orchestral works in 2016. On that occasion Ye’s music was championed by José Serebrier, who returns here, sharing the task with Gilbert Varga. Between them they conduct the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and four international soloists in five works which highlight the beginning of Ye’s career as well as his more recent works. The Brilliance of Western Liang was written in 1983, during Ye’s time as a student at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, and is named after a fifth-century kingdom in northwest China. Five years later, Ye wrote his Op.28, Winter for orchestra, shortly after the he had gone to stay in the USA.

A wintry theme returns in December Chrysanthemum (2006), composed in memory of Ye’s daughter Nini, who passed away as an infant. Two years later, Ye was given the prestigious task of writing a work for the opening ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics. His Starry Sky for piano, chorus and orchestra, was performed for a worldwide audience with Lang Lang at the piano. The most recent work on the disc is The Song of Sorrow and Gratification (2012), a cycle of four orchestral songs dedicated to the bass-baritone Shenyang who also performs them here.

Reviews

BIS’s second album devoted to the music of Chinese composer Xiaogang Ye (b1955) includes two works from the early part of his career as well as three composed in the 21st century. ... Whether led by José Serebrier or Gilbert Varga, the orchestral playing in all five works is splendidly committed and the recording throughout is superb. An outstanding release.  Christian Hoskins
Gramophone October 2021
Gramophone Editor's Choice

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