Long, Zhou

Asian Music for String Quartet - works by Ahou Long; Chinary Ung; Gao Ping; Toru Takemitsu; Tan Dun / New Zealand Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-11-13

Works: Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in, for string quartet; Chinary Ung: Spiral III, for string quartet; Gao Ping: Bright Light and Cloud Shadows, for string quartet; Toru Takemitsu: A Way A Lone, for string q...
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Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet

This program brings together aesthetic and musical elements of East and West. Zhou Long captures the essence of the Chinese plucked ch'in, and Cambodian aesthetics...continue...
Recording information: St Anne's Church, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (07/21/2010-07/24/2010)....continue...

Across The Sea: Chinese-American Flute Concertos / Sharon Bezaly, flute

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-11-03

Works: Zhou Long: Five Elements, for dizi, clarinet in A, pipa, erhu, cello & percussion; The Deep, Deep Sea, for alto flute, piccolo, timpani, harp & strings; Bright Sheng: Flute Moon for piccolo/flute, ha...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Fox, Jonathan; Mashurova, Gulnara
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

The three composers represented on this disc are all resident in the USA, but have their roots across the Pacific Ocean, in China. Philosophical, musical...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore; Esplanade Concert Hal....continue...

Antiphony

1 CD / Innova / 2010-03-30

Works: Wang Guowei: Songs, for Huqin & saxophone quartet; Zhou Long: Antiphony for Erhu, Daruan, percussion & saxophone quartet; Lei Liang: Yuan, for 4 saxophones; Chen Yi: Septet for Erhu, pipa, percussion...
Performers: Cassara, Frank; Guowei, Wang; Li, Sun
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Ensemble: Prism Quartet (Saxophone Quartet)

Since the Renaissance, 'antiphony' normally refers to performers separated in space, tossing musical phrases back and forth to dramatic effect. Rarely does it connote a...continue...

Seascapes - Debussy, Bridge, Glazunov, etc / Bezaly

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; Zhou Long: The Deep, Deep Sea, for alto flute, piccolo, timpani, harp & strings; Frank Bridge: The Sea, suite for orchestra, H. 100; Alexander Glazunov: Fantasy for Orchestra ...
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon; Fox, Jonathan; Mashurova, Gulnara
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

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Zhou Long - Spirit Of Chimes / Zhou Long

1 CD / Delos / 2009-11-17

Works: Zhou Long: Secluded Orchid, for erhu, pipa, cello & percussion; Spirit of Chimes, for piano trio; Wu Kui, for piano; Taiping Drum (for violin and piano); Partita, for violin & piano
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Huang, Helen; Ni, Hai-Ye

Recording information: The Performing Arts Center (Recital Hall), SUNY Purchas (02/09/2007-02/11/2007)....continue...

Chinese Classics - Wild Grass / Beijing New Music Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Zhou Long: Su (Tracing Back) (version for flute and qin); Pianogongs (for piano and luo); Taiping Drum (for violin and piano); Wild Grass, for narrator & cello; Taigu Rhyme, for clarinet, violin, cel...
Performers: Atanassov, Nikola; Bingye, Chen; Can, Gao; Congnong, Li; Lipson, Keith; Rui, Ma; Xuyang, Zhao; Yip, Michelle
Conductors: Marshall, Eli
Ensemble: Beijing New Music Ensemble

Trained side-by-side in Beijing at the Central Conservatory, and in New York at Columbia University, Chen Yi, the first woman to receive a master's degree...continue...

A Tribute to Chou Wen-chung

2 CD / Albany Records / 2009-02-10

Works: Chou Wen-Chung: Windswept Peaks, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano; Isang Yun: Piri for solo oboe (or clarinet); Joji Yuasa: Projection, for violin, viola & cello; Chinary Ung: Grand Alap (A Window...
Performers: Rose, Ellen Ruth; Sackett, John
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Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble; Parallele Ensemble; San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble

The two programs on this double CD were presented at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in 2003. They were offered as part of the Festival's...continue...

Ring of Fire - Ung, Sculthorpe, Long, etc / Del Sol String Quartet

1 CD / Other Minds Music / 2008-08-12

Works: Kui Dong: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, suite for string quartet; Chinary Ung: Spiral X "In Memoriam", for amplified string quartet; Jack Body: Epicycle, for string quartet; Gabriela Lena Frank:...

An essential compilation of contemporary string quartets in brilliant sound from Skywalker Studios. Twenty-page full color booklet with 16 illustrations and complete program notes by...continue...

Zhou Long - The Book of Songs / Roa, Simon

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Zhou Long: Shi Jing Cantata, for voice & ensemble; Pipa Ballad, for voice, pipa & cello; Konghou Fantasia, for voice & ensemble; A Poetess's Lament, for voice, erhu & zheng; Green Song, for voice & p...
Performers: Fen, Min Xiao; Gowei, Wang; Hai-Ye, Ni; Lan, Rao; Ya, Dong
Conductors: Simon, Geoffrey; Tang, Muhai
Ensemble: ; Members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra (Membe; Music From China

Zhou Long: The Ineffable

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Zhou Long: The Ineffable, for flute, piccolo, percussion, pipa, zheng, violin & cello; Wild Grass, for narrator & cello; Five Maskers, for brass quintet; Ding, for clarinet, percussion & double bass;...
Performers: Blustine, Allen; Chiu, Thomas; Fedele, David; Fen, Min Xiao; Finckel, Chris; Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Kopperud, Jean; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Park, Laura; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Tao, Chen; Trigg, ...
Conductors: Heldrich, Claire;
Ensemble: ; Manhattan Brass Quintet

Dim Sum - Zhou Long, Lei Liang, Tan Dun, etc / Ying Quartet

1 CD / Telarc / 2008-01-15

Works: Zhou Long: Song of the Ch'in, for string quartet; Chen Yi: Shuo, for string quartet; Bright Sheng: Quartet for Strings no 4 ("Silent Temple"); Ge Gan-Ru: Fu, for string quartet; Vivian Fung: Pizzicat...

New Impossibilities / Harth-Bedoya, Ma, Silk Road Ensemble

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-07-31

Works: Rabih Abou-Khalil: Arabian Waltz; Osvaldo Golijov: Night of the Flying Horses; Hai-Hai Huang: Galloping Horses, for pipa & bass; Zhou Long: Poems from Tang; Sandeep Das: Shristi, for voice, percussio...
Performers: Cords, Nicholas; Das, Sandeep; Dong-Won, Kim; Gandelsman, Jonathan; Gramley, Joseph; Jacobsen, Colin [Violin]; Jacobsen, Eric; Kalhor, Kayhan; Liu, Lin; Ma, Yo-Yo; Man, Wu; Shanahan, Shane; Suter, Ma...
Conductors: Harth-Bedoya, Miguel; ; Harth Bedoya, Miguel
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Qi Lin; Silk Road Ensemble

Inspired by the art and culture of the historic Silk Road, Silk Road Chicago ran from June 2006 to June 2007 and was created in...continue...
Personnel: Yo-Yo Ma (cello); Shane Shanahan (vocals, conch shell, dumbek, caxixi); Joseph Gramley (vocals, snare drum, tom tom, caxixi); Mark Suter (vocals, bongos, bodhran); Sandeep Das (vocals, tabl...continue...

Music for Hammers and Sticks / McCollough

1 CD / Innova / 2006-03-31

Works: Alex Shapiro: At the Abyss, for piano & percussion; Alvin Elliot Singleton: Greed Machine, for vibraphone & piano; Steven Mackey: Busted, for percussion; Belinda Reynolds: Play, for piano & 2 marimba...
Performers: Benkeser, Peggy; Burritt, Tom; McCollough, Teresa

Zhou: Rhymes / Lan Shui, Singapore SO, et al

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2004-09-01

Works: Zhou Long: Poems from Tang; The Rhyme of Taigu; Da Qu; The Future of Fire
Performers: Fox, Jonathan
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Philharmonic Chamber Choir; Shanghai String Quartet; Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Zhou Long: Tales from the Cave / Zhou Long, China Ensemble

1 CD / Delos / 2004-01-01

Works: Zhou Long: Tales from the Cave
Conductors: Long, Zhou
Ensemble: Chinese Instrumental Ensemble

Oriental Landscapes - Yi, Musgrave, Long, Hovhaness /Glennie

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2002-11-01

Works: Chen Yi: Concerto for Percussion; Thea Musgrave: Journey through a Japanese Landscape; Zhou Long: Out of Tang Court; Alan Hovhaness: Fantasy on Japanese woodprints, Op. 211
Performers: Glennie, Evelyn
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

"Glennie's repertoire is already packed with pieces where the percussion parts are highly demanding. What always comes across, in recordings as well as in concert,...continue...

Colors of Love - Choral Music / Chanticleer

1 CD / Teldec / 1999-05-18

Works: Steven Stucky: Cradle Songs, for chorus; John Tavener: A Village Wedding, for chorus; Bernard Rands: Canti d'amor; Zhou Long: Words of the Sun, for chorus; Chen Yi: Tang Poems, 4 songs for male choru...
Performers: Baum, Kevin; Chanticleer; Lichtenauer, Michael; Wilder, Philip [Countertenor Vocal]
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Ensemble: Chanticleer

The versatile 12-voice male vocal ensemble Chanticleer sings eight distinctive works by contemporary composers. Five works included here were written specifically for Chanticleer, notably John...continue...
This recording received the 2000 Grammy Award for "Best Small Ensemble Performance (with or without Conductor)."

The American male vocal ensemble Chanticleer has, over the years since its found...continue...

The Flowing Stream - Zhou Long / Xiao-fen, Shanghai Quartet

1 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: Chinese Traditional: Lan Hua Hua (Shaanbei); Driving the Mule Team (Shaanxi); The Flowing Stream (Yunnan); Jasmine Flower (Jiangsu); A Horseherd's Mountain Song (Yunnan); When Will the Acacia Bloom? ...
Performers: Fen, Min Xiao
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Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet

Hovhaness: Spirit Murmur; Zhou Long / The Shanghai Quartet

1 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: Alan Hovhaness: Bagatelles (4) for string quartet, Op. 30; Quartet for Strings no 1 ("Jupiter"), Op. 8; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 147; Symphony no 3, Op. 148; Quartet for Strings no 4, Op. 208/2;...
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Ensemble: Shanghai Quartet

Horizons - A Musical Journey

1 CD / Delos / 1989-01-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9; Alan Hovhaness: Prayer of St Gregory, Op. 62b; Bagatelles (4) for String Quartet, Op. 30; Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite; Antonín Dvorák: Serenade fo...
Performers: Butler, Charles; Hong-Gang, Li; Rosenberger, Carol; Wang, Zheng; Wei-Gang, Li; Wilson, James [cello]
Conductors: Keene, Dennis; Schwarz, Gerard; ; Macal, Zdenek
Ensemble: Ascension Music Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; New Jersey Symphony Orchestra; New York Chamber Symphony; Orford String Quartet; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Shanghai String Quartet; Voices of ...