Stucky: Dreamwaltzes / Chen: Duo Ye / Kilar: Krzesany
2/28/2005, 5 Tracks, 58:50
Featuring
Lan Shui
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Steven Stucky
Yi Chen
Arturo Márquez
Bruce MacCombie
Wojciech Kilar
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Composer's Artistic Vision
In all her compositions, Chen Yi has sought to create a synthesis between traditional Chinese and conventional Western musical styles.
Composer Biography
Steven Stucky, an American contemporary composer, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1989 for his Concerto for Orchestra.
Performer Biography
Lan Shui, the Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, made his professional conducting debut with the Central Philharmonic Orchestra in Beijing.
Composer Biography
Chen Yi, a native of Guangzhou, China, continued to practice violin and pursue musical interests even after being forced into manual labor during the Cultural Revolution.
Composer Biography
Wojciech Kilar, a Polish composer, achieved international renown in the 1990s for his film scores, including those for Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula and Roman Polanski's Death and the Maiden.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Steven Stucky's DreamWaltzes is an orchestral fantasy based on fragments of real Viennese waltz music, reflecting his daydreams about the waltz and Viennese composers.
Compositional Technique
Chen Yi's Duo Ye incorporates a telescopic principle from Shifan Drum, a traditional percussion ensemble music from South-East China, for its rhythmic arrangement.
