Xiaogang Ye: Sichuan Image Royal Scottish National Orchestra & José Serebrier

• Xiaogang Ye (b. 1955): Sichuan Image, Op. 70:
• 1 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 1, Prelude. Memory of Sichuan 01:26
• 2 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 2, Mt. Bashan 00:54
• 3 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 3, Shadow of Bamboo 01:04
• 4 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 4, The Torrent in Yankou 01:17
• 5 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 5, The Distant Water in Hechuan 01:55
• 6 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 6, A Night in Bazhong 01:02
• 7 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 7, Riverside of Jialing River 00:40
• 8 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 8, Torrential Chuan River 01:20
• 9 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 9, Mt. Meishan 02:31
• 10 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 10, Beichuan Region 01:57
• 11 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 11, It Rains When Heaven Deems Fit 01:10
• 12 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 12, The Boundless Mt. Minshan 01:09
• 13 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 13, Fog in Nanchong 01:15
• 14 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 14, Salt Well 00:38
• 15 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 15, Gloomy Rain in Wenchuan 01:30
• 16 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 16, Great Mountains in Sichuan 01:29
• 17 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 17, Mother Re-Marries 01:10
• 18 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 18, Qingcheng in the Rain 01:12
• 19 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 19, Ambition of Sichuan 02:02
• 20 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 20, A Sunny Day in Guangyuan 00:45
• 21 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 21, The South of Mian River 02:11
• 22 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 22, A Morning Sun Over Qiang Village 02:32
• 23 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 23, Looking Up Into Leshan 01:17
• 24 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 24, Night Rain in Wenchuan 01:18
• 25 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 25, The Love of Chuandong 01:13
• 26 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 26, The Love of Tianfu 00:46
• 27 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 27, Fogs of Suining 02:14
• 28 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 28, Dreaming back to South Sichuan 06:53
• 29 Ye: Sichuan Image, Op. 70: No. 29, Epilogue. My Sichuan 02:14
• Concerto of Life, Op. 23c:
• 30 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: I. Life Song 03:35
• 31 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: II. Roses in the Shades of Evening 01:22
• 32 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: III. Cruel Truth 01:30
• 33 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: IV. Never Regret 01:46
• 34 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: V. A Dream 01:50
• 35 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: VI. Hospital 01:11
• 36 Ye: Concerto of Life, Op. 23c: VII. Live On in Spirit 02:54
• Total Runtime 01:01:12

Info for Xiaogang Ye: Sichuan Image

Born in Shanghai in 1955, Xiaogang Ye is regarded as one of China’s leading contemporary composers. He has written music in a variety of genres, including symphonic and chamber works as well as scores for the stage. Ye has also composed music for films and the two works recorded here are both examples of this. Sichuan Image consists of 29 brief and atmospheric pieces composed to accompany a filmed travelogue of the scenic province in Western China. In preparation for the work, the composer visited mountains, river, villages and ancient historical sites in Sichuan. Lending further colour to the large symphony orchestra, four Chinese musicians perform on traditional instruments.

The album closes with Concerto of Life, a suite in five movements for piano and orchestra with Noriko Ogawa taking on the solo part. The work is based on the score for a feature film of the same name telling the story of a piano teacher and his students. Ogawa has also appeared on a previous disc of Ye’s music alongside the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and conductor José Serebrier – a disc named Editor's Choice in the Gramophone, whose reviewer described the performances as 'superb' and Ye's scores as possessing ‘lyrical elegance, searching drama and depth of colour…’

Noriko Ogawa, piano
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
José Serebrier, conductor

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