Chinese composer Bright Sheng grew up hearing traditional Chinese music but became fascinated by Western classical music. As a composer, he’s forged a highly successful career blending both sound worlds into a fascinatingly distinctive sonic identity.
Bright Sheng: H’un Lacerations (excerpt)
New York Chamber Symphony/Gerard Schwartz
Sheng: Dance Capriccio
Shanghai Quartet; Peter Serkin, p.
Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs
“Blue Flower”
“At the Hillside Where Horses are Running”
“The Stream Flows”
Lisa Saffer, soprano; Paul Neubauer, viola; Bright Sheng, piano
Sheng: The Blazing Mirage
Hong Kong Philharmonic/Sheng; Trey Lee, cello
Sheng: String Quartet No. 4, Silent Temple, III
Shanghai Quartet
