℗ 2020 Naxos
| Released | October 23, 2020 |
| Duration | 1h 17m 31s |
| Record Label | Naxos |
| Catalogue No. | 8.574180 |
| Genre | Classical (Orchestral) |
Nai-Chung Kuan & Joel Hoffman: Chinese Orchestral Works
Cho-Liang Lin, Taipei Chinese Orchestra, Li-Pin Cheng
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Memory of Mountain (Version for Violin & Chinese Orchestra)
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1.1
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I. The Sacred Tree in the Fog
Nai-Chung Kuan; Cho-Liang Lin; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
8:28 | |||
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1.2
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II. The Train in the Mountain Forest
Nai-Chung Kuan; Cho-Liang Lin; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
10:28 | |||
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1.3
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III. Celebrating a Good Harvest Year
Nai-Chung Kuan; Cho-Liang Lin; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
10:55 | |||
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1.4
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Nautilus Symmetry
Joel Hoffman; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
25:06 | |||
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Violin Concerto No. 2 "Snow in Spring"
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1.5
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I. Andante
Joel Hoffman; Cho-Liang Lin; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
13:05 | |||
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1.6
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II. Allegro
Joel Hoffman; Cho-Liang Lin; Taipei Chinese Orchestra; Li-Pin Cheng |
9:29 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Nai-Chung Kuan’s Memory of Mountain, originally a banhu concerto and here recast for the violin, is inspired by the magnificent scenery and culture of Taiwan’s Alishan mountains, and explores three scenic topics employing native instruments to great effect. Joel Hoffman’s music draws from such diverse sources as Eastern European folk music and American bebop, remaining full of lyricism and rhythmic vitality. Nautilus Symmetry, his first work for full Chinese orchestra, and Violin Concerto No. 2 ‘Snow in Spring’, display a love of plucked string instruments and traditional Chinese melodies expressed in a style that is recognizably his own.
Cho-Liang Lin is an internationally renowned performer, a creator and curator of music festivals and a teacher. Recent concert engagements include numerous solo appearances worldwide with prestigious orchestras. An advocate of contemporary music, Lin has enjoyed collaborations and premieres with composers such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Joan Tower and John Williams. On this recording Lin plays the 1715 ‘Titian’ Stradivarius and a 2000 Samuel Zygmuntowicz violin.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Naxos Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.30 -0.62 to -0.08 | -25.66 -28.01 to -22.29 | -21.53 -22.90 to -18.30 | 16 13 to 18 | |
| 1 | I. The Sacred Tree in the Fog | -0.49 | -28.01 | -22.9 | 18 |
| 2 | II. The Train in the Mountain Forest | -0.62 | -24.78 | -20.6 | 16 |
| 3 | III. Celebrating a Good Harvest Year | -0.23 | -22.29 | -18.3 | 13 |
| 4 | Nautilus Symmetry | -0.31 | -26.05 | -22.1 | 16 |
| 5 | I. Andante | -0.08 | -26.55 | -22.5 | 17 |
| 6 | II. Allegro | -0.10 | -26.27 | -22.8 | 18 |