Duo SHU
Blue Griffin Recording is proud to present the eponymous debut album from DUO SHU out on Friday, February 26th. DUO SHU is comprised of collaborative piano specialist and Central State University piano professor Dr. Nanyi Qiang and award-winning cellist and Cincinnati Young Artists Junior Director Dr. Yi-wen Zhang. Both are originally from Chengdu in the Sichuan province of southwestern China, now based in the US (Ohio and New Jersey respectively). DUO SHU’s exquisite recording features works by Fauré, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák, Gao and Bartók serving to calm and soothe the mind, reflect on yearning for homecoming, and charm the spirit. Featured on the recording are: Weijie Gao’s Longing for SHU, here in its commercial recording debut; Antonín Dvořák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150 (arr. by Dr. Yi-wen Zhang); Gabriel Fauré’s Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (The Cradles) and Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (After a dream); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14; Robert Schumann’s Fünf Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 (Five Pieces in Folk Style); Béla Bartók’s playful and delightful Romanian Folk Dances (arr. by Luigi Silva).
Blue Griffin Recording is proud to present the eponymous debut album from DUO SHU out on Friday, February 26th. DUO SHU is comprised of collaborative piano specialist and Central State University piano professor Dr. Nanyi Qiang and award-winning cellist and Cincinnati Young Artists Junior Director Dr. Yi-wen Zhang. Both are originally from Chengdu in the Sichuan province of southwestern China, now based in the US (Ohio and New Jersey respectively). DUO SHU’s exquisite recording features works by Fauré, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák, Gao and Bartók serving to calm and soothe the mind, reflect on yearning for homecoming, and charm the spirit. Featured on the recording are: Weijie Gao’s Longing for SHU, here in its commercial recording debut; Antonín Dvořák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150 (arr. by Dr. Yi-wen Zhang); Gabriel Fauré’s Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (The Cradles) and Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (After a dream); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14; Robert Schumann’s Fünf Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 (Five Pieces in Folk Style); Béla Bartók’s playful and delightful Romanian Folk Dances (arr. by Luigi Silva).
Blue Griffin Recording is proud to present the eponymous debut album from DUO SHU out on Friday, February 26th. DUO SHU is comprised of collaborative piano specialist and Central State University piano professor Dr. Nanyi Qiang and award-winning cellist and Cincinnati Young Artists Junior Director Dr. Yi-wen Zhang. Both are originally from Chengdu in the Sichuan province of southwestern China, now based in the US (Ohio and New Jersey respectively). DUO SHU’s exquisite recording features works by Fauré, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, Dvořák, Gao and Bartók serving to calm and soothe the mind, reflect on yearning for homecoming, and charm the spirit. Featured on the recording are: Weijie Gao’s Longing for SHU, here in its commercial recording debut; Antonín Dvořák’s Four Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150 (arr. by Dr. Yi-wen Zhang); Gabriel Fauré’s Les Berceaux, Op. 23, No. 1 (The Cradles) and Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (After a dream); Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14; Robert Schumann’s Fünf Stücke im Volkston Op. 102 (Five Pieces in Folk Style); Béla Bartók’s playful and delightful Romanian Folk Dances (arr. by Luigi Silva).
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
LES BERCEAUX, OP. 23, NO. 1
GABRIEL FAURÉ (1845-1924)
APRÈS UN RÊVE, OP. 7, NO. 1
ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
FÜNF STÜCKE IM VOLKSTON OP. 102 (FIVE PIECES IN FOLK STYLE)
I. Mit Humor ‘Vanitas vanitatum’
II. Langsam
III. Nicht schnell, mit viel Ton zu spielen
IV. Nicht zu rasch
V. Stark und markiert
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873-1943)
VOCALISE
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
4 ROMANTIC PIECES, OP. 75, B. 150
I. Allegro moderato
II. Allegro maestoso
III. Allegro appassionato
IV. Larghetto
WEIJIE GAO (b. 1938)
LONGING FOR SHU
BÉLA BARTÓK (1881-1945)
ROMANIAN FOLK DANCES (ARR. BY LUIGI SILVA)
I. Jocul cu bâtă (Stick Dance)
II. Brâul (Round Dance)
III. Pe loc (In One Spot)
IV. Buciumeana (Dance of Bucium)
V. Poargă Românească (Romanian Polka)
VI. Mărunțel (Short steps)
