Conductor(s): Stern, Michael
Orchestra(s): Kansas City Symphony
Label: Naxos
Genre: Concerto; Orchestral
Period: Contemporary
Catalogue No: 8.570221
Barcode: 747313022175
Release Date: 02/2007

CHIN, Gordon Shi-Wen: Double Concerto / Formosa Seasons

"Formosa Seasons" is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. It follows the format of Vivaldi's "Four Seasons", and has enjoyed many performances, although only once were the two works paired in concert. The Double concerto for Violin and Cello was again dedicated to Cho-Liang Lin, and to the Taiwanese-American 'cellist Felix Fan, who had studied with Yo-Yo Ma and Janos Starker.

Tracklist

Chin, Gordon Shi-Wen
Fan, Felix (cello)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
1 I. Drifting Shadow 08:04
Fan, Felix (cello)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
2 II. A Flowering Sacrifice 11:58
Fan, Felix (cello)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
3 III. In Expectation 06:53
Fan, Felix (cello)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
4 IV. Yearning: A Sweet Torture 10:05
Fan, Felix (cello)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
5 I. Summer 04:38
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
6 II. Autumn 07:03
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
7 III. Winter 06:09
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)
8 IV. Spring 03:14
Lin, Cho-Liang (violin)
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra)
Stern, Michael (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 58:04