Mackey, Steven > Huang, Hsin-Yun

Viola, Viola / works by Mackey, Ruders, Benjamin, Carter, Chen / Hsin-Yun Huang, viola

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-11-13

Works: Steven Mackey: Groundswell, for viola & large chamber ensemble; Poul Ruders: Romances, for viola & piano; George Benjamin: Viola, Viola, for 2 violas; Elliott Carter: Figment no 4, for viola; Shih-Hu...
Performers: Amory, Misha; Huang, Hsin-Yun; Rothenberg, Sarah
Conductors: Mackey, Steven; Schmalfuss, Gernot
Ensemble: ; American Modern Ensemble

In 1988, violist Hsin-Yun Huang was the youngest-ever Gold Medalist of the Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition, and came to further international prominence in 1993...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York City (09/22/2009); National Concert Hall Taipeh, Taiwan, R.O.C. (09/22/2009); Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Princet...continue...

Mackey: String Quartets / Borromeo String Quartet, Brentano String Quartet

1 CD / Bridge / 2008-05-01

Works: Steven Mackey: Ars Moriendi, tableaux (9) on the art of dying well for string quartet; 'Lude, for string quartet; Gaggle and Flock, for string quartet
Performers: Huang, Hsin-Yun
Conductors:
Ensemble: Borromeo String Quartet; Brentano String Quartet

The three pieces on this disc are all for string quartet, or two string quartets (Gaggle and Flock). Ars Moriendi, Latin for "the art of...continue...