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Title:
Butterfly lovers [CD]
Publication Date:
2023
Publication Information:
[New York] : Sony Classical, [2023]
Physical Description:
1 audio disc (51 min., 18 sec.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Abstract:
Grammy-award winning violinist Joshua Bell presents a captivating performance of the Butterfly Lovers Concerto, one of the best-known classical works in China and inspired by the ancient legend of the same name. In addition, Bell performs new arrangements of well-known Western classical repertoire adapted for the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, an ensemble of traditional Chinese folk instruments. Hear the lush M editation from the opera Tha is, the passionate Zigeunerweisen, and the virtuosic Introduction et Rondo capriccioso with a unique orchestral sound.
General Note:
Title from disc label.

Program notes in booklet (11 pages) inserted in container.
Performers:
Joshua Bell, violin ; Singapore Chinese Orchestra ; Tsung Yeh, conductor.
Contents:
Butterfly lovers violin concerto / Chen Gang & Zhanhao He ; arr. Yan Huichang & Ku Lap-Man (29:00) -- Introduction et rondo capriccioso in A minor, op. 28 / Camille Saint-Saëns (9:56) -- Méditation from Thaïs / Jules Massenet (5:15) -- Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 / Pablo de Sarasate (5:15).
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