Howard Shore: Two Concerti

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Ruin & Memory (2010) was written for Lang Lang, who takes on this first performance with his customary fluidity and flair…[Shao’s] warm and alluring cello tone [is] well suited to music in which... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2017 More…

Release Date: 17th Feb 2017
Catalogue No: 88985348732
Label: Sony
Length: 53 minutes

Shore, H: Ruin & Memory

Work length29:47

Album only

Lang Lang (piano), The China Philharmonic Orchestra
Long Yu

I. Andante Nobile

Track length11:02

Album only

II. Largo

Track length10:23

Album only

III. Prestissimo

Track length8:22

$1.30

$1.70

Shore, H: Mythic Gardens

Work length23:39

$3.90

$5.10

Sophie Shao (cello), 21st Century Chamber Orchestra
Ludwig Wicki

I. Cimbrone (Moderato)

Track length9:30

$1.30

$1.70

II. Medici (Largo)

Track length6:52

$1.30

$1.70

III. Visconti Borromeo Litta (Presto)

Track length7:17

$1.30

$1.70

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Howard Shore's is one of today’s most prolific and accomplished composers - his compositions are performed in concert halls around the world by the most prestigious orchestras & his numerous film scores are heard in cinemas across the globe. Most renowned for his score for the ‘The Lord of the Rings’ trilogy & 'The Hobbit’ series, these scores have garnered him three Academy Awards, four Grammy Awards, two Golden Globes, as well as numerous critics’ and festival Awards. Ruin & Memory: This piano concerto was written for Lang Lang in 2010 for Chopin’s 200th anniversary year & was commissioned by the Beijing Music Festival Arts Foundation & artistically supported by Long Yu, Chairman of the Artistic Committee of the Beijing Music Festival. The concerto has romantic touches, including a cadenza in the third movement, but its musical forces owe much to the classical era. Mythic Gardens: This Concerto for Violoncello & Orchestra (2012) was written for Sophie Shao & sits as a companion piece to ‘Ruin & Memory’. Sophie Shao is the winner of the prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant & top prizes at the Rostropovich and Tchaikovsky competitions in recent years. Shore was inspired when writing this piece by the architecture of three classic Italian Gardens: Cimbrone, Medici and Visconti Borromeo Litta. It is commissioned by the American Symphony Orchestra & funded by a generous gift from Linda and Stuart Nelson.

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May 2017

Ruin & Memory (2010) was written for Lang Lang, who takes on this first performance with his customary fluidity and flair…[Shao’s] warm and alluring cello tone [is] well suited to music in which soloist and orchestra are even more closely integrated

Howard Shore: Two Concerti

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