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Dances of the Dolls

4/15/2014, 26 Tracks, 50:03

Featuring

  • Serena Wang
  • Luting He
  • Dan Zhao-Yi
  • Fu Gen Chen
  • Tan Dun
  • Theodore Oesten
  • Dmitri Shostakovich
  • Francis Poulenc
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Franz Liszt
  • Frédéric Chopin

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Composition History

Frédéric Chopin's 'Fantaisie-Impromptu' was published by Julian Fontana despite Chopin's request not to do so.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This recording was made at Hilversum Music Center, Holland, between August 1-3, 2013, with Jared Sacks as producer, recording engineer, and editor.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Serena Wang made her debut recording for international release with Channel Classics under the direction of her teacher, Professor Dan Zhao Yi.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

He Lu Ting (1903–1999), composer of 'Cowboy playing flute', wrote songs for Chinese films starting in the 1930s and was director of the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Tan Dun (b. 1957), an Academy Award-winning composer, returned to the traditional style of his native Chinese culture in the pieces featured on this album.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Franz Liszt's three Liebesträume, including the famous third one, were published simultaneously as songs and piano transcriptions in 1850.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Serena Wang, born in 2004, became the youngest prizewinner of the Bach Piano Competition at Berkeley University at age five.

Source: Booklet

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