Soloist: Nishizaki, Takako

Soloist: Yin, Chengzong

Orchestra: Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava

Orchestra: Shanghai Conservatory Symphony Orchestra

Conductor: Fan, Cheng-wu

Conductor: Leaper, Adrian

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Composer: Chen, Gang

Composer: He, Zhanhao

Composer: Sheng, Li Hong

Composer: Xu, Fei-sheng

Composer: Shi, Shucheng

Composer: Chu, Wanghua

Composer: Liu, Zhuang

Composer: Yin, Chengzong

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Date of Concert: 1994

Playing Time: 00:50:26

Producer: Wong, Joseph

Sound Engineer: Geschwandtner, Hubert

Sound Engineer: Goh, Kovan

Sound Engineer: Kopernicky, Karol

Catalogue Number: 2.220005

UPC: 747313500567

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The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1958 by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang while they were students at the Shanghai Conservatory and was first performed in May the following year. Musically the concerto is a synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions, although the melodies and overall style are adapted from traditional Chinese opera. The solo violin is used in a way that recalls the playing technique of the erhu, the Chinese two-string fiddle. It is a one-movement programmatic concerto with three sections that correspond to the three phases of the story - Falling in Love, Refusing to Marry and Metamorphosis.

The Yellow River Concerto was based on the famous Yellow River Cantata by Xin Singhai, a work dating from the period of the Sino-Japanese War, and devised by the committee of composers then found advisable for such a task, Yin Chengzong, Liu Zhuang, Chu Wanghua, Sheng Lihong, Shi Shucheng and Xu Feisheng.