Karen Tanaka: Invisible Curve, etc; Chen Yi / Azure Ensemble

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Album Summary

Performers

• Susan Glaser (Flute)
• Christopher Oldfather (Piano)
• Pitnarry Shin (Cello)

Conductors

• Purvis, William [Horn]
• Steichen, Gerald

Ensemble

• The Azure Ensemble

Composers

• Chen Yi (Composer) (1953 - )
• Karen Tanaka (1961 - )

Notes & Reviews:

"The lively and discordant opening of Chen's "...as like a raging fire..." might well jolt the listener right out of his/her seat, given the somnolent dream world of the Tanaka work that precedes it... These pieces are not distinguished by their "Asian-ness" so much as by the special properties of the chamber scoring and the level of attention paid to individual events and gestures within the music. For that, the Azure Ensemble is surely to be congratulated; all of the pieces are very clearly defined in terms of the performances, which are polished, disciplined, and thoughtful... a highly enjoyable, even transcendent, disc of contemporary music." -All Music Guide

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Works Details

Yi, Chen : Wu Yu, for flute, clarinet, bassoon, violin, cello & percussion

• Conductor: William Purvis
• Ensemble: The Azure Ensemble
• Running Time: 14 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Tanaka, Karen : Frozen Horizon, for flute, strings & percussion

• Conductor: Gerald Steichen
• Ensemble: The Azure Ensemble
• Running Time: 8 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1998

Tanaka, Karen : Water and Stone, for clarinet, harp, strings & percussion

• Conductor: Gerald Steichen
• Ensemble: The Azure Ensemble
• Running Time: 9 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1999

Yi, Chen : Night Thoughts, for flute, cello & piano

• Performers: Susan Glaser (Flute); Christopher Oldfather (Piano); Pitnarry Shin (Cello)
• Running Time: 9 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2004

Tanaka, Karen : Invisible Curve, for flute, violin, viola, cello & piano

• Conductor: William Purvis
• Ensemble: The Azure Ensemble
• Running Time: 10 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996-1999

Yi, Chen : ...as like a raging fire..., for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Conductor: William Purvis
• Ensemble: The Azure Ensemble
• Running Time: 8 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002