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COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
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ALBENIZ
Piano Music, Vol. 6 Miguel Baselga (piano) / Tenerife Symphony Orchestra / Lu Jia [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/2009 ] "The Rapsodia Espanola is very Spanish sounding, but the First Piano Concerto sounds more generically 'European', but both are fine works and, as he does in all the piano pieces, Miguel Baselga plays them superbly, and in the two works for piano and... |
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CHOPIN / LISZT
Mu Ye Wu plays Chopin & Liszt Mu Ye Wu (piano) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] Mu Ye Wu (piano) |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme Ji-Min Park, Takesha Meshe Kizart, Jose Carbo / Australia Opera, Shao-Chia Lu [ Opera Australia / 2 CD - released 2/Jul/2012 ] |
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XIAOGANG YE
Ye: Winter Shenyang (bass-baritone), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Wei Lu (violin), Noriko Ogawa (piano) /Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Royal Scottish National Orc [ BIS / CD - released 2/Jul/2021 ] "The orchestral playing in all five works is splendidly committed and the recording throughout is superb. An outstanding release." Gramophone Editor's Choice Oct 2021 |
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HIKARU HAYASHI
Viola Concerto (with Tan Dun: Pipa Concerto) Yuri Bashmet (violin, viola) Moscow Soloists, with Wu Man (pipa) [ Onyx / CD - released 25/Mar/2008 ] This disc is their most enterprising so far, and features Bashmet as violist and violinist as well as director : a Pilgrimage from Russia to the Far East an enterprising mix of cultures and flavours in works from China and Japan. |
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Wu Man
From A Distance [ Naxos World / CD - released 5/May/2003 ] Wu Man is an internationally renowned pipa virtuoso, cited by the Los Angeles Times as 'the artist most responsible for bringing the pipa to the Western World.' She is an inheritress of the Pudong School of pipa playing, one of the most prestigious... |
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Wu Tang Clan
A Better Tomorrow LP [ Warner Brothers / LP - released 13/Mar/2015 ] |
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Wu Tang Clan
Off the Top [ Handlewithcare / CD - released 14/Nov/2011 ] To say the the Wu-Tang Clan was one of the most influential Hip Hop groups of all time wouldn't be an understatement. From the rough borough of Staten Island, New York City... |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Forever (Quadruple LP) [ Loud / 4 LP - released 22/Dec/0021 ] By the time the Wu-Tang Clan finished their first round of solo projects and reconvened for their second album as a group, the double-disc album had become the hip-hop fad of the moment. So why not give it a shot? With a main crew of nine MCs (plus... |
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Wu-Lu
Leaving to Swim on Empty EP (12") [ Warp / LP - released 11/Oct/2024 ] 'Learning To Swim On Empty' is the new EP from South Londoner Wu-Lu, his first material since 2022 breakthrough debut album, 'LOGGERHEAD'. Released digitally back in May 2024, the vinyl edition includes two previously unreleased tracks, 'Last... |
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Wu-Lu
Loggerhead (Gatefold LP) [ Warp / LP - released 8/Jul/2022 ] The debut album from Wu-Lu is an amalgamation of Britain's most cutting-edge musica styles, crashing together into a vivid collage of punk, jazz and hip-hop. While "Loggerhead" juggles so many genre fusions it never loses its identity or becomes lost |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Disciples Of The 36 Chambers: Chapter 1 (Live) [ ADA / Warner / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Disciples of the 36 Chambers is a live recording of the Wu-Tang Clan set at the 2004 Rock the Bells concert in San Bernardino, California. The live set contains many classic hits from the group's albums as well as the individual members' solo albums.... |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Disciples Of The 36 Chambers: Chapter 1 (Live) [ ADA / Warner / 2 LP - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Disciples of the 36 Chambers is a live recording of the Wu-Tang Clan set at the 2004 Rock the Bells concert in San Bernardino, California. The live set contains many classic hits from the group's albums as well as the individual members' solo albums.... |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu: Story Of The Wu-Tang Clan [ Sony Gold Series / CD - released 1/Jan/2008 ] |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Chronicles [ Creative Vibes / CD - released 22/May/2000 ] An essential addition to the Wu-Tang catalogue. |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Chronicles Chapter II [ Creative Vibes / CD - released 22/Oct/2001 ] One of the best Gangsta compilations on the market |
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Wu-Tang Clan
Wu-Tang Forever [ Loud / Epic / CD - released 1/Jan/1999 ] |
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BLOCH / HARRISON / PROKOFIEV / SHARAV
Traditions & Transformations: Sounds of Silk Road Chicago Yo-Yo Ma (cello) Wu Man (pipa) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Silk Road Ensemble / Miguel Harth-Bedoya & Alan Gilbert [ CSO Resound / CD - released 10/Apr/2008 ] "How far the Silk Road project has really succeeded - with anything like consistency - in uniting disparate musical traditions is a matter for debate. What is surely undeniable is that all their recordings have, at the very least, been stimulating,... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Erhu Chant Yu Hong Mei (Erhu) with Liu Yin Xuan (Yang Qin) and Wu Lin (Chinese Harp) [ Channel Classics SACD / SACD - released 15/Jan/2007 ] The erhu is a Chinese fiddle known for its strong, yet melancholy sound. Internationally-acclaimed Chinese erhu player Yu Hongmei takes you on a remarkable journey through the versatile moods of this classical instrument. |