Wenchen Qin: Orchestral Works
Wei Ji (zheng), Wenchen Qin (tape), Weiwei Lan (pipa)
Gottfried Rabl
Featuring taped sounds of nature from across the world, The Nature’s Dialogue is the highlight of this atmospheric, if quite demanding, disc.
Wenchen Qin: Orchestral Works
Wei Ji (zheng), Wenchen Qin (tape), Weiwei Lan (pipa)
Gottfried Rabl
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Featuring taped sounds of nature from across the world, The Nature’s Dialogue is the highlight of this atmospheric, if quite demanding, disc.
About
Four pieces by Chinese composer Wenchen Qin: 'Echoes from the other Shore', written for zheng and orchestra, is based on four central core notes that originate from the folk music of Central Asia. In 'The Nature’s Dialogue' for orchestra and audio tapes, on the tapes there is a wide spread collection of sounds of nature from across the world. They form an integral part of the sonorous and compositional structure of the piece. 'Across the Skies' is a term borrowed from a Chinese idiom, meaning a heavenly steed galloping across the sky and with a sharp contrast in style, the last piece 'Lonely Song', creates a good deal of dramatic tension.
Contents and tracklist
- Wei Ji (zheng)
- ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
- Gottfried Rabl
- Wenchen Qin (tape)
- ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
- Gottfried Rabl
- Weiwei Lan (pipa)
- ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
- Gottfried Rabl
- ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
- Gottfried Rabl
Awards and reviews
August 2018
Featuring taped sounds of nature from across the world, The Nature’s Dialogue is the highlight of this atmospheric, if quite demanding, disc.
September 2018
Qin, one of China’s most eminent composers, who in two concertos on this disc combines spectralist harmonies and traditional Chinese instruments to create novel takes on the concerto form…On the whole, Qin uses the orchestra in a restrained way and there are marvellous textural contrasts…The composer’s aim in The Nature’s Dialogue (2010) for orchestra and tape is to inspire ‘reverence for nature and art’.