DONALD REID WOMACK: "An Enveloping Rain" for Pipa, Guzheng and Viola (2011)
DONALD REID WOMACK: "An Enveloping Rain" for Pipa, Guzheng and Viola (2011)
Yang Jing, pipa
Lai Yi-Chieh, guzheng
Anna Womack, viola
from Albany TROY1455
In a seemingly unlikely marriage of ideas, this recording presents new works by four American composers for a fabled instrument of China, the pipa. Building on the instrument’s long history, these composers present a new vision of how an ancient instrument from another culture can provide inspiration to an even broader audience. The composers on this recording, Donald Reid Womack, Jeff Myers, Thomas Osborne, and Takeo Kudo, blend idiomatic performing techniques with inventive textures and widely divergent harmonic contexts. They build on the instrument’s traditional repertoire by extending the range of cultural influences and reinventing the music that can be played on pipa. The performances are by the renowned pipa virtuoso Yang Jing, whose distinct mix of virtuosity and lyricism, tradition and innovation brings these new works to life.
Contents:
Donald Reid Womack, composer
Elements
Yang Jing, pipa
Jeff Myers, composer
Turtle and Rat
Yang Jing, pipa
Thomas Osborne, composer
Rumi Songs
Yang Jing, pipa, Rachel Schutz, soprano
Takeo Kudo, composer
White Crane
Yang Jing, pipa
Donald Reid Womack, composer
An Enveloping Raid
Yang Jing, pipa, Lai Yi-Chieh, guzheng, Anna Womack, viola