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	Incense and Flowers
	Rain in the Forest

COMPOSER(S)

Mark Armanini

PERFORMER(S)

Heidi Krutzen, Vivian Xia, Khac Chi, Huong Ng Bich

ENSEMBLE(S)


Latvian National Symphony Orchestra

CONDUCTOR(S)

John Zoltek

ABOUT THIS CD

This new recording features three concerti by Canadian composer Mark Armanini, each featuring soloists performing on Asian instruments. The works are chamber-like in texture and detail, delicately blending Oriental and Occidental sounds and gestures into concerto form, the results of which are uncommonly fresh and striking. These are fully realized orchestral works that represent a level of creativity and successful synthesis of Eastern and Western traditions that only an artist as attuned to both worlds as Armanini can attain.

"I was impressed not only with the composer's sensitive presentation of these unusual instruments in an orchestral setting, but also his inclusion of a representative sample of the Khac Chi Ensemble's rich Vietnamese instrumentarium."
- Andrew Timar, Wholenote