Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Bright Sheng
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2017
Size: 2.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
01. Grave
02. Poco Adagio
03. Adagio
04. Adagio (molto tranquillo)
05. Sheng: Deep Red
06. Ming-Hsiu Yen: Lego City
07. Tommasini: mountains…seas…buildings…trees
08. Margetić: Svitac
09. Akiho: 21
10. Ordway: Let There Be Not Darkness But Light
11. Pärt: Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
Recorded: 2-5 May 2016
Recording Venue: CMA Lecture Theater, Cheng Yu Tung Building, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong
This celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology features an exciting range of music, from the string orchestra version of Schoenberg’s Verklärte Nacht to a sequence of invigorating contemporary scores. They provide a perfect opportunity to showcase the individual and collective talents of the distinguished principals of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Two works, by Ming-Hsiu Yen and Matthew Tommasini, focus on Hong Kong’s landscape, whether majestically natural or manically urban, and the selection ends with Arvo Pärt’s modern classic, Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten.