Ge Gan-Ru: Shanghai Reminiscences & Butterfly Overture

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Release Date: 5th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: 8570609
Label: Naxos
Length: 66 minutes

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Gan-Ru Ge: Shanghai Reminiscences, Pt. I, My Childhood

Work length15:56

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Maya Iwabuchi
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Tsung Yeh

I. Jing'an Temple

Track length4:35

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II. Violin Beginner

Track length2:00

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III. Bicycle Music

Track length3:06

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IV. Pedlar's Tune I (Sharpening Knives)

Track length3:05

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V. Flies Chase a Bald Head

Track length3:10

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Gan-Ru Ge: Shanghai Reminiscences, Pt. I "My Childhood"

Work length0:51

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Tsung Yeh

VI. Pedlar's Tune II (Water Melon)

Track length0:51

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Gan-Ru Ge: Shanghai Reminiscences, Pt. I, My Childhood

Work length9:16

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Tsung Yeh

VII. Pedlar's Tune III (Steamed Pork)

Track length1:04

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VIII. Pedlar's Tune IV (Toasted Gingkoes)

Track length1:41

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IX. Summer Night's Cooling Party

Track length6:31

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Gan-Ru Ge: Shanghai Reminiscences, Pt. II, Cultural Revolution, Awakening

Work length25:38

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Maya Iwabuchi
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Tsung Yeh

I. Growing Violinist

Track length2:53

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II. Chaos

Track length2:40

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III. Revolutionary March

Track length2:09

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IV. Fantasia

Track length3:59

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V. Lament

Track length7:14

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VI. Awakening

Track length6:43

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Gan-Ru Ge: Butterfly Overture

Work length15:17

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Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Tsung Yeh

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Born in Shanghai, now resident in Greater New York, Ge Gan-ru is one of China’s foremost composers. Very different from his previous exploration of the Western avant-garde, Shanghai Reminiscences is a warm and affecting evocation of “the street scenes and sounds” of Gan-ru’s childhood in pre-Cultural Revolution Shanghai, viewed through the lens of his adopted American traditions. Butterfly Overture is the composer’s symphonic tribute to a beloved teacher from his Shanghai Conservatory days. International Record Review described Ge Gan-ru’s string quartets (8570603) as “Nothing short of contemporary masterpieces”. A resident of New York, Ge Gan-ru is recognized as China’s leading avant-garde composer and one of the most original voices of his generation. Our recording of three of his string quartets (8.570603) with the Modern Works quartet was an American Record Guide ‘Critic’s Choice’. It was also acclaimed as “a magnificent disc… The music is outstanding and deserves the widest possible audience” by International Record Review, while the New York Times considers that Ge Gan-ru’s music “deserves to be recognized alongside that of his better-known compatriots like Bright Sheng and Tan Dun.” Shanghai Reminiscences is a departure from Ge Gan-ru’s engagement with the avant-garde lineage of John Cage and George Crumb, and while leaving aside more striking timbral effects this music will have a wide appeal, resonating with audiences more familiar with the populist works of Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein.

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