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XIAOGANG YE
Xiaogang Ye - Sichuan Image Xue Yang (erhu & zhonghu) Yue Li (di & xiao) Yang Jiang (pipa) Lei Wang (sheng) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra [ BIS / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Born in Shanghai in 1955, Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China's leading contemporary composers. He has written music in a variety of genres, including symphonic and chamber works as well as scores for the stage. |
IANNIS XENAKIS
Eonta / Metastasis / Pithoprakta Yuji Takahashi (piano) / Ensemble Instrumental de Musique Contemporaine de Paris / Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F. [ Le Chant du Monde / CD - released 20/Jun/2008 ] "Iannis Xenakis, who died a few years ago, was an uncompromising modernist radical. A professionally-trained mathematician who based his music on research into probability theory and advanced computer modelling techniques, Xenakis developed a musical... |
ERNEST BLOCH
Violin Concerto / Baal Shem / Suite hebraique Zina Schiff (violin) / Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Jose Serebrier [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2007 ] "This disc has to be given a real thumbs-up, giving us as it does all Bloch's major works for violin and orchestra in thrilling performances and with demonstration sound quality. Don't hesitate." (recording of the Month MusicWeb Dec 2007) |
GORECKI
Symphony No. 3 (Symphony of Sorrowful Songs) / Three Olden Style Pieces Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano) / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Antoni Wit, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/2004 ] "What's most impressive about this performance is its spirituality; and given the overall excellence of the recording, the conducting and the singing, it's strongly recommended" (Gramophone) |
