Well-crafted Gems
Chinese and American
art song -
heard by
GEOFF PEARCE'Juliet Petrus has a very fine voice and whose vocal timbre really sits well with these songs ...'
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To quote the CD booklet, 'This CD explores the influence of the West on Chinese art song, and the Chinese influence on American art song'. It would require a scholar who has studied this in detail to be able to review this disc looking at such a cross pollination, but what I can say as a listener (and over the years I have listened to quite a lot of Chinese music, both traditional and more modern) is that I would urge you to put away your preconceptions about what makes Chinese music, and listen to these songs as you would any art song. Most of them are a delight — well-crafted gems, worthy of your attention.
The first group by Huang Zi (1904-1938) reveals a songwriter of considerable polish and depth...
Copyright © 5 February 2017
Geoff Pearce,
Sydney, Australia
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