Bright Sheng
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Recordings
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New Release
Shanghai Overture for symphonic band
University of Michigan Symphony BandMichael Haithcock, Conductor
Flute Moon (version for recorder and orchestra)
I. Chi Lin's Dance
II. Flute Moon
Michala Petri, recorder; Copenhagen Philharmonic; Lan Shui,
conductor
Black Swan (after Brahms' 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2.
Intermezzo in A major)
Gerard Schwarz, conductor/ Seattle Symphony Orchestra
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CD Review: ‘Never Far Away’ never far from excellence
CD Review: An important and magnificent new concerto, not to be missed
Never Far Away
Shanghai Overture (2007)
Never Far Away for Harp and Orchestra (2008)
I. Moonlight
II. The Drunken Fisher
III. Doctored Pentatonics
The Nightingale And The Rose (2006)
Tibetan Love Song And Swing
I. Tibetan Love Song (2004)
II. Tibetan Swing (2002)
Yolanda Kondonassis, Harp
Jahja Ling, conductor/ San Diego Symphony Orchestra
Format: CD / Label: Telarc B002HWUU2M / Date: Aug-25-2009
Podcast: New Naxos Orchestral CD and Interview with Bright Sheng
CD review: Bright Sheng: The Phoenix by Phil Muse
The Phoenix
Red Silk Dance for piano and orchestra
The Phoenix for soprano and orchestra
H’un (Lacerations): In Memoriam 1966-1976
Bright Sheng, Piano
Shanon Blake Hill, soprano
Gerard Schwarz, conductor/ Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Format: CD / Label: Naxos 8559610 / Date: Mar-02-2009
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Podcast: Introducing Bright Sheng New CD Spring Dream
Spring Dreams
Spring Dreams
-version for violin and Chinese orchestra
I. Midnight Bells
II. Spring Opera
Cho-Liang Lin, Violin
Tsung Yeh, conductor / Singapore Chinese Orchestra
I. Dreams Song
II. Tibetan Air
III.Kazakhstan Love Song
Cho-Liang Lin, violin / Andre Michel Schub, piano
I. Prelude
II. Song
III.Tibetan Dance
Cho-Liang Lin, violin / Erin Svaboda, clarinet / Bright Sheng, piano
Format: CD / Label: Naxos 8570601 / Date: Jan-05-2009
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I. Prelude
II. Fanfare
III. The Stream Flows
IV. The Three Gorges of the Long River
Two Poems from the Sung Dynasty
I. Chai Tou Feng
II. Sheng Sheng Man
Nanking! Nanking! A Threnody for Orchestra and Pipa
Juliana Gondek, soprano
Zhang Qiang, pipa
Samuel Wong, conductor / Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra
Format: CD / Label: Naxos 8555866 / Date: 2003
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for Piccolo/Flute, Harp, Piano, Perussion & String Orchestra
I. Chi-Lin Dance
II. Flute Noon
I. Prelude
II. Fanfare
III. The Stream Flows
IV. The Three Gorges of the Long River
Postcards for orchestra
I. From the Mountains
II. From the River Valley
III. From the Savage Land
IV. Wish You Were Here
Sharon Bezaly, piccolo / flute
Lan Shui, conductor / Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Format: CD / Label: Bis 1122/ Date: 2000
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H'un (Lacerations)
--In Memoriam 1966 - 76 for orchestra
The Stream Flows for solo violin
Lucia Lin, violin
I. Blue Flower
II. At the Hillside Where Horses Are Running
III. The Stream Flows
Lisa Saffer, soprano / Paul Neubauer, viola / Bright Sheng, piano
My Song for solo piano
Peter Serkin
Gerard Schwarz, conductor / New York Chamber Symphony
Format: CD / Label: New World Records 80407 / Date: 1992
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The Song of Majnun
Performer: Grant Youngblood, Michael Chioldi, Ana Maria
Martinez, Ray Very, Jill Grove, Patrick Blackwell, Mary Petro,
Jonita Lattimore
Ward Holmquist, conductor / Houston Grand Opera
Orchestra & Chorus
Format: CD / Label: Delos Records 3211 / Date: 1997
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La'I ("Love Song"), for band
Michael Haithcock / University of Michigan Symphony Band
Format: CD / Label: Equilibrium Records 75 / Date: 2006
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Wei-Gang Li, violin / Nicholas Tzavaras, cello /
Bright Sheng, piano
Performed by Shanghai Quartet
Three Songs for pipa & violoncello
Wu Man, pipa / Nicholas Tzavaras, cello
String Quartet No. 4 ("Silent Temple")
Performed by Shanghai Quartet
Format: CD / Label: BIS 1138 / Date: 2003
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Performed by Triple Helix Piano Trio
Format: CD / Label: Msr Classics 1103 / Date: 2005
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Ashley Brown, cello
Sarah Watkins, piano
Justine Cormack, violin
Format: CD / Label: Rattle RAT-D017
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Tibetan Dance for clarinet, violin & piano
Performed by Verdehr Trio
Format: CD / Label: Crystal Records 946 / Date: 2006
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Concertino for clarinet & string quartet
Toby Hoffman, violin / Ani Kavafian, violin / Mark Peskanov,
viola / Fred Sherry, cello / David Shifrin, clarinet
Format: CD / Label: Delos Records 3183 / Date: 1998
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Seven Tunes Heard in China for Solo Cello
I. Seasons
II. Guessing Song
III. Little Cabbage
IV. The Drunken Fisherman
V. Diu Diu Dong
VI. Pastoral Ballade
VII. Tibetan Dance
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Format: CD / Label: Sony 64114/ Date: 1999
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Seven Tunes Heard in China for Solo Cello
V. Diu Diu Dong
VII. Tibetan Dance
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Format: CD / Label: Sony Special Product 74755 / Date: 2005
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String Quartet No. 4 ("Silent Temple")
Movement II & IV
Ying Quartet
Format: CD / TELARC 80690 / Date: 2008
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Two Folk Songs from Qing Hai
I. Morningstar Lily
II. A Pair of Mules
John Oliver, conductor / John Oliver Chorale
Format: CD / Koch / Date: 1995
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