Ge Gan-Ru: Fall Of Baghdad; String Quartets Nos. 1, 4 & 5

Gan-Ru (Artist, Composer), Modern Works (Artist), -- (Conductor) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Conductor: --
• Composer: Gan-Ru
• Audio CD (June 30, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: NAXOS CHINESE
• ASIN: B0027DQHGE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,023 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

New York Times, Vivien Schweitzer, November 22, 2009

New York Times: Noteable CD from 2009

Baker & Taylor CD Hotlist, Rick Anderson, October 2009

Ge Gan-Ru is the most exciting composer to emerge from China this century, and these three string quartets demonstrate why. Of particular note is no. 5, "The Fall of Baghdad," which is essentially a tone poem for string quartet depicting the horrors of wartime experience from the perspective of its victims. That work is also an explicit homage to George Crumb's Vietnam-era quartet Black Angels. A must for every library collection.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing String Quartets by a Chinese Composer!, August 14, 2011

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This review is from: Ge Gan-Ru: Fall Of Baghdad; String Quartets Nos. 1, 4 & 5 (Audio CD)

I enjoyed those quartets immensely, and I played this CD dozens of times, especially the fall of Baghdad Quartet which is a very intense piece of music. Highly recommended.