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Article: Wu Yu. Night Thoughts. . . . as like a raging fire. . . .; Frozen Horizon. Water and Stone. Invisible Curve
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- Modern Brewery Age
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- November 1, 2008
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CHEN Wu Yu. Night Thoughts. . . . as like a raging fire. . . . TANAKA Frozen Horizon. Water and Stone. Invisible Curve * Azure Ens * NEW WORLD 80683 (61:20)
Chen Yi was born in 1953 in China, Karen Tanaka in Japan in 1961. Both now live in the U.S., Chen for many years in Kansas City and Tanaka in Santa Barbara. Both are extremely successful in their international careers. Featuring thek chamber music for small mixed ensembles, this disc makes for a stimulating pairing, in that on the surface we have what would seem to be similar profiles (i.e., two Asian female composers), but in fact we have two extremely different aesthetic profiles.
Chen is one of several Chinese composers who came to ...