Sheng, Bright

East Meets West: Clarinet Music by Chinese Composers / Gao Hong, Mei-Chun Chen, Bright Sheng, Chen Yi, Shih-Hui Chen, et al.

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Mei-Chun Chen: Suite Antigua, for clarinet & piano; Bright Sheng: A Tune from Childhood, for solo clarinet; Little Cabbage, duet for 2 clarinets; Gao Hong: Nostalgia, for clarinet, pipa, cello & pian...
Performers: Anderegg, Francesca; Baumbauer, Sara; Carter, David; Hong, Gao; McWilliams, Kent; Qian, Jun

The intersection of Chinese cultural elements with Western art music provides a rich palette of Eastern colors in this first commercial recording of music for...continue...
Recording information: Maud Moon Weyerhauser Studio "M" MPR, St. Paul, MN (01/2012-06/2012)....continue...

Artifacts / Haithcock, University Of Michigan Symphony Band

2 CD / Equilibrium / 2012-03-13

Works: Bright Sheng: Shanghai Overture; Joel Puckett: The Shadow of Sirius, concerto for flute, flute choir & wind ensemble; Michael Daugherty: Lost Vegas, for wind band; Spoken Word: Bright Sheng discusses...
Performers: Clague, Mark; Gao, Xiang; Kuster, Kristin; Porter, Amy; Puckett, Joel; Sheng, Bright
Conductors: Haithcock, Michael
Ensemble: ; Donald Sinta Saxophone Quartet; University Of Michigan Symphony Band

This 2-CD set of music for wind ensemble by contemporary American composers also includes lengthy interviews with each composer....continue...
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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...

13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-09-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; French Suite V, BWV 816; Fred Lerdahl: Chasing Goldberg, for piano; Jennifer Higdon: The Gilmore Variation, for piano; Bright Sheng: Variation Fug...
Performers: Downes, Lara [Piano]

Recording information: Patrych Sound Studios, The Bronx, NY (06/15/2011-06/16/2011).

13 Ways of Looking at the Goldberg, its title riffing not only on Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988, but a...continue...

Echoes - Classic Works Transformed / Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: David Schiff: Infernal, for orchestra (after Stravinsky's Firebird Suite, 1919 version); Bright Sheng: Black Swan, for orchestra (after Brahms' "Intermezzo, Op. 118/2"); David Stock: Plenty of Horn, ...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony

"The concept of Echoes was to select well-known short works - five to ten minutes in length - and to transform them for our present...continue...
Recording information: S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Sea....continue...

Chinese Recorder Concertos

1 Super Audio CD / OUR Recordings / 2010-10-26

Works: Tang Jianping: Fei Ge (Flying Song), concerto for recorder & orchestra; Bright Sheng: Flute Moon for piccolo/flute, harp, piano, percussion & string orchestra; Ma Shui-Long: Concerto for Bamboo Flute...
Performers: Petri, Michala
Conductors: Shui, Lan

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Does anyone need 71 minutes of Chinese recorder concertos? On evidence here, the answer is "yes". This is beautiful music, often astoundingly so. Sure, there's...continue...
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Violinguistics - American Voices / Scott Conklin, Alan Huckleberry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-09-08

Works: Kevin Beavers: Sonata for violin & piano; William Bolcom: Concert Variation for Violin and Piano "Graceful Ghost"; Ching-chu Hu: Snow Ash, for violin & piano; Bright Sheng: The Stream Flows, for solo...
Performers: Conklin, Scott; Huckleberry, Alan

Violinist Scott Conklin and pianist Alan Huckleberry have assembled an impressive group of new American compositions for violin and piano, which, with the exception of...continue...

Never Far Away - Music of Bright Sheng

1 CD / Telarc / 2009-08-25

Works: Bright Sheng: Shanghai Overture; Never Far Away, for harp & orchestra; The Nightingale and the Rose, for orchestra; Tibetan Love Song, for orchestra; Tibetian Swing, for orchestra
Performers: Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]
Conductors: Ling, Jahja
Ensemble: San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Harpist Yolanda Kondonassis breaks new ground with an exciting co-commission by The San Diego Symphony, The Dallas Symphony, The Grand Rapids Symphony and Oberlin Conservatory,...continue...

Sheng: The Phoenix, Red Silk Dance, etc / Schwarz, Sheng, Hill, Seattle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Bright Sheng: Red Silk Dance, for piano & orchestra; Tibetian Swing, for orchestra; The Phoenix, for voice & orchestra; H'un (Lacerations)
Performers: Hill, Shana Blake; Sheng, Bright
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Seattle Symphony Orchestra

'The Phoenix', co-commissioned by the Seattle Symphony and Danish National Symphony Orchestra, was inspired by a Hans Christian Andersen tale, the mythical bird symbolizing for...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
Conductors:
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...

Sheng: Spring Dreams, Tibetan Dance, 3 Fantasies / Yeh, Lin, Schub, Sheng, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Bright Sheng: Spring Dreams for Violin; Fantasies (3) for Piano; Tibetan Dance
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Schub, Andre-Michel; Sheng, Bright; Svaboda, Erin
Conductors: Yeh, Tsung
Ensemble: Singapore Chinese Orchestra

Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng acknowledges no aesthetic borders, weaving together haunting melodies and sonorities from sources as diverse as Chinese, Kazakhstani and Tibetan music, or...continue...

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...

Making of a Medium Vol 16 - International Connections

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Jennifer Higdon: Dash; Gernot Wolfgang: Reflections, for clarinet, violin & piano; Bright Sheng: Tibetan Dance, for clarinet, violin & piano; Stephen Chatman: Trio for clarinet, violin & piano; Wolfg...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Verdehr Trio

Classical Cuisine - Asian Delights

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, film score; Japanese Traditional: Neko No Yomeiri, folk song; Sakura, Sakura (Cherry Blossom), folk song; Toru Takemitsu: Folios, for guitar; Chinese Traditio...
Performers: Huang, Ying; Lear, Evelyn; Ma, Yo-Yo; Nakashima, Yasuko; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Uno, Utae; Williams, John [Guitar]; Yuize, Shinichi
Conductors: Tan Dun; ; Conlon, James; Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Orchestre de Paris Ensemble; Silk Road Ensemble

Brooklyn Bridge / University of Michigan Symphony Band

1 CD / Equilibrium / 2006-01-01

Works: Bright Sheng: La'I ("Love Song"), for band; Percy Grainger: Lincolnshire Posy; Susan Botti: Cosmosis for wind ensemble, soprano & women's voices; Michael Daugherty: Brooklyn Bridge, for band; William...
Performers: Botti, Susan; Wayne, Michael
Conductors: Haithcock, Michael
Ensemble: University of Michigan Symphonic Band

A Sense of Place - Ravel, Sheng, etc / Triple Helix Trio

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2005-02-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67; Bright Sheng: Movements (4), for piano trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Triple Helix Piano Trio

Sheng: China Dream, etc / Wong, Gondek, Qiang, Hong Kong PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-03-01

Works: Bright Sheng: China Dreams, for orchestra; Poems (2) from the Sung Dynasty, for voice & orchestra; Nanking! Nanking!, a threnody for orchestra & pipa
Performers: Gondek, Juliana; Qiang, Zhang
Conductors: Wong, Samuel
Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

"Born in 1955 and raised under the shadow of the Cultural Revolution, Bright Sheng studied music from an early age, participating in a dance troupe...continue...

Sheng: Silent Temple, etc /Bright Sheng, Wu Man, Shanghai SQ

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-02-07

Works: Bright Sheng: Movements (4) for Piano Trio; Songs (3) for Pipa and Cello; Quartet for Strings no 3; Quartet for Strings no 4 "Silent Temple"
Performers: Man, Wu; Sheng, Bright; Tzavaras, Nicholas; Wei-Gang, Li
Conductors:
Ensemble: Shanghai String Quartet

Bright Sheng: Flute Moon, China Dreams, Postcards / Shui, et

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2000-07-25

Works: Bright Sheng: Flute Moon for piccolo/flute, harp, piano, percussion & string orchestra; China Dreams, for orchestra; Postcards for orchestra
Performers: Bezaly, Sharon
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

"Bright Sheng is a Chinese composer...[who has resided in the USA] since 1982...Sheng is...concerned with a synthesis between Chinese and Western music. There's some of...continue...

Yo-Yo Ma Solo - O'Connor, Sheng, Wilde, Tcherepnin, Kodály

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-21

Works: Mark O'Connor: Appalachia Waltz; Bright Sheng: Seven Tunes Heard in China; David Wilde: Cellist of Sarajevo, Op. 12; Alexander Tcherepnin: Suite for solo cello; Zoltán Kodály: Sonata for so...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo

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Five American Clarinet Quintets / David Shifrin

2 CD / Delos / 1998-01-01

Works: John Corigliano: Soliloquy, arrangement for clarinet & string quartet; Ellen Taaffe Zwilich: Quintet for clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello; Joan Tower: Turning Point, for clarinet, 2 violins, viola ...
Performers: Arm, Theodore; Hoffman, Toby; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Neubauer, Paul; Peskanov, Mark; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Shifrin, David; Zori, Carmit

Sheng: The Song of Majnun - A Persian Romeo and Juliet

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Bright Sheng: The Song of Majnun, opera
Performers: Blackwell, Patrick; Chioldi, Michael; Grove, Jill; Lattimore, Jonita; Martinez, Ana Maria; Petro, Mary; Very, Ray; Youngblood, Grant
Conductors: Holmquist, Ward
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Sheng: H'Un, My Song, 3 Chinese Love Songs / Schwartz

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Bright Sheng: H'un (Lacerations); The Stream Flows, for solo violin; Chinese Love Songs (3) for soprano, viola & piano; My Song for piano
Performers: Lin, Lucia; Neubauer, Paul; Saffer, Lisa; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sheng, Bright
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: New York Chamber Symphony

Personnel: Bright Sheng (piano); Lucia Lin (violin); Peter Serkin (piano).

Recording information: American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Audi (09/17/1990-11/20/1991); Manhattan Cen...continue...