Gao Ping: Shuo Shu Ren; Distant Voices; Cello Sonata No.2
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Overview
The music of the contemporary Chinese composer and pianist Gao Ping, now resident in New Zealand, draws its inspiration from his native folklore, the oral tradition of story-telling familiar from his childhood in Sichuan, and Chinese poetry. The composer himself writes: “I have always thought of myself as a story-teller of sorts, but in place of words I use music.” The second of the Two Soviet Love Songs for Vocalizing Pianist, a hugely entertaining homage to Shostakovich, interweaves the Russian\ folk song Katyusha with fragments of the Scherzo of the Russian composer’s Tenth Symphony and Youman’s Tea for Two.
Tracks
Shuo Shu Ren (The Storyteller)
Performed by: Pyramide Ensemble
1. I. Overture 02:35
2. II. Monologue I 03:02
3. III. Tale I 06:11
4. IV. Monologue II 03:26
5. V. Tale II 08:37
6. VI. Epilogue 04:21
Distant Voices
Gao Ping, piano
7. I. Nostalgia 04:22
8. II. Love Song from Kangdin 02:46
9. III. Blue Flower 06:58
Cello Sonata No. 2, "Departure"
Anita Jehli, cello
Gao Ping, piano
10. I. — 03:57
11. II. — 04:05
12. III. Intermezzo 02:12
13. IV. — 06:11
14. V. — 04:23
2 Soviet Love Songs
Gao Ping, piano
Gao Ping, vocals
15. No. 1. Evenings in Suburban Moscow 03:07
16. No. 2. Katyusha: Homage to D. Shostakovich 02:29