Traditions and Transformations
Does this bridge the East-West divide?
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Composer or Director: Byambasuren Sharav, Sergey Prokofiev, Lou Harrison, Ernest Bloch
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Magazine Review Date: 7/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 79
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: CSOR901801
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Schelomo |
Ernest Bloch, Composer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Ernest Bloch, Composer Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Yo-Yo Ma, Cello |
Legend of Herlen |
Byambasuren Sharav, Composer
Byambasuren Sharav, Composer Silk Road Ensemble |
Pipa Concerto |
Lou Harrison, Composer
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Lou Harrison, Composer Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Conductor Wu Man, Pipa |
Scythian Suite |
Sergey Prokofiev, Composer
Alan Gilbert, Conductor Chicago Symphony Orchestra Sergey Prokofiev, Composer |
Author: Philip_Clark
As so often it’s Lou Harrison who offers a paradigm for how a composer can stand between two cultures without falling in. The opening movement of his Pipa Concerto shows classical formality in the orchestral writing that the pipa answers with material that’s true to itself while engaging in a meaningful dialogue: Harrison has thought through the cultural contradictions and is responding with a true mediation. The remainder plays like a Baroque suite: “Troika” is charm itself, while “Wind and Plum” is a svelte evocation of a mandolin.
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