Listen & tracks
1 of 21 tracks have a preview · 5 works · 63:32
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Concerto for Marimba and Small OrchestraJulian Yu 3 movements18:31
- 1 First movement 8:03
- 2 Second movement 4:11
- 3 Third movement 6:17
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Variations on a Theme of PaganiniJulian Yu 13 movements13:34
- 4 Theme – Moderato :36
- 5 Variation one – Allegro 1:05
- 6 Variation two – Adagio con amore 2:02
- 7 Variation three :45
- 8 Variation four – Grazioso :48
- 9 Variation five – Vivace :45
- 10 Variation six – Giocoso :31
- 11 Variation seven 1:39
- 12 Variation eight :54
- 13 Variation nine – Piacere :56
- 14 Variation ten – Espressivo 1:44
- 15 Variation eleven – Agitato :25
- 16 Variation twelve – Animato 1:24
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17 Scintillation II Julian Yu 7:41
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18 Scintillation III Julian Yu 4:00
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Trio for piano, violin and celloJulian Yu 3 movements19:46
- 19 First movement 10:02
- 20 Second movement 3:31
- 21 Third movement 6:13
The music, like the composer himself, is a distinctive blend of East and West. This disc features percussionist Robert Clarke with the Academy of Melbourne, the Australia Ensemble and Trio Melbourne.
Award-winning composer Julian Yu grew up in China and has lived in Australia since 1985. Most of these works take well-known Western pieces as a starting point and rework them through a traditional Chinese practice of ornamentation, until the result is something new.
Reviews
A selection of performances of the work of composer Julian Yu makes Classical Allusion a delight ★★★★
one of the best 'composer portrait' discs of its kind ... The works on this disc are ultra-professional and well made - one sees why the composer wins prizes - but it also repays repeat hearings ... The performances and recordings (many of them live) are good too.
a distinct cultural crossover ... interesting in its conception and quite attractive in its expressive content.
Yu's symphonic writing is brilliant [and] highly coloured
Julian Yu's musical language is imbued with a high degree of elegance and expressiveness, which are both enhanced by an impeccable craft and special attention to detail. His music creates a sonic world, which is constantly changing, and always being framed within a clear sense of shape and direction. Without being overtly referential, his music also shows a strong connection with the Western musical tradition as well as with his Chinese roots, thus, creating a very individual musical discourse.
Artists
Julian Yu
composer
Julian Yu is a multi-award-winning Australian composer whose musical language is imbued with elegance and expressiveness, both enhanced by impeccable craft and a special attention to detail.
Digital booklet
Digital booklet Notes, texts and credits — read online or download the PDF Download the PDFPerformers
- Academy of Melbourne · orchestra · tracks 1–3
- Australia Ensemble · ensemble · tracks 4–16
- Robert Clarke · marimba · tracks 1–3
- John Arcaro · timpani · tracks 1–3
- Brett Kelly · conductor · tracks 1–3
- Synergy · ensemble · track 17
- Colin Piper · piano · track 17
- Laura Chislett Jones · flute · track 18
- Stephanie McCallum · piano · track 18
- Roger Heagney · piano · tracks 19–21
- Isin Cakmakcioglu · violin · tracks 19–21
- Rachel Atkinson · cello · tracks 19–21
- Trio Melbourne · ensemble · tracks 19–21
Technical credit
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Thanks to
Creative Australia
Details
- List price
- $25.00 AUD
- Total playing time
- 63 minutes 32 seconds
- Release date
- 2000
- Categories
- Australian, Classical, Orchestral
- Musical work copyright
- © 2000 Move Records
- Sound recording copyright
- ℗ 2000 Move Records
- Catalogue
- MD 3207
- EAN
- 9314574320725
More to explore
Reminiscences
This is Julian Yu's second collaboration Guangzhou Pearl River Symphony Orchestra, this time of orchestrations and arrangements of Chinese folk songs and musical excerpts.
Bach to China with Yu
Volume 3 of Julian Yu’s clarinet music, with Robert Schubert and ensemble in arrangements that join Chinese folk melody to Western classical craft.
Julian Yu 10 CD Collection
Ten Move CDs of Chinese-Australian composer Julian Yu, spanning chamber, piano and clarinet works written over decades, with Move 50 as a bonus disc.
50 Chinese Folk Songs
The first of two collections on this disc, 50 Chinese Folk Songs, presents Julian Yu’s piano arrangements of well-known Chinese melodies. Fifteen further early piano pieces mix song arrangements with original writing. All 65 tracks are played by Ke Lin.
Move 50
Twenty-four Australian composers mark Move Records’ fiftieth year with short new works gathered on this commemorative disc.
Old and Yu: The Clarinet Music of Julian Yu, Vol. 2
Catchy short pieces by Julian Yu for clarinet with string quartet, and with cello and piano: playful settings that braid Chinese folksong with oddly familiar classical themes, including Dvořák and Mozart.