Wong, Samuel

Britten: War Requiem / Carol Vaness, Jerry hadley, Thomas hampson. Kurt Masur

2 CD / Apex / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Wong, Samuel
Ensemble: Westminster Symphonic Choir

Kurt Masur directs a War Requiem to rank alongside the best. Every recorded performance of Britten's War Requiem has drawn the best from its interpreters...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, New York (02/1997)....continue...

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...

Busoni: Turandot Suite, etc / Wong, Hong Kong Philharmonic

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Turandot Suite, for orchestra, Op. 41, KiV 248; Sarabande & Cortège, for orchestra (Zwei Studien zu "Doktor Faust"), Op. 51, KiV 282; Berceuse élégiaque, for orchestr...
Conductors: Wong, Samuel
Ensemble: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra

"A Chinese orchestra for Busoni's 1905 'Turandot' Suite, with its authentic Chinese melodies, seems rather a good idea. And the HK Philharmonic under Samuel Wong...continue...