The Boy Who Drew Cats
Wei-En Hsu, Brian Arreola, Wei-Wei Le, Mira Frisch, Kelvin Chan
This recording of songs by Asian and Asian-American composers who include Ke-Chia Chen, who is on the faculty at the Curtis Institute; Taiwanese-American Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, the receipient of numerous honors and awards; Asako Hirabayashi, winner of the Alienor International Harpischord Composition Contest; Yangzhi Ma, faculty member at the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing; and Chen Yi, Distinguished Professor at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. Tenor Brian Arreola is on the faculty at UNC Charlotte and has been a featured performer with opera companies around the United States. Baritone Kelvin Chan divides his time between the U.S. and the Netherlands, where he has an active career as a performer, director, theatre-maker, and singer-actor. Pianist Wei-En Hsu, a graduate of Juilliard, is now on the faculty of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Meditation: Two Songs for Voice & Piano | Chen Yi | Brian Arreola (tenor); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Three Frost Songs | Ke-Chia Chen | Brian Arreola (tenor); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| The Boy Who Drew Cats | Asako Hirabayashi | Brian Arreola (tenor); Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano); Mira Frisch (cello); Wei-Wei Le (violin) |
| Nara Yama | Kozaburo Y. Hirai | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Love's Philosophy | Brian Arreola | Brian Arreola (tenor); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Sentiments | Chihchun Chi-sun Lee | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Kuju-kuri-Hama | Kozaburo Y. Hirai | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| The Fairest Flower | Tyzen Hsiao | Brian Arreola (tenor); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Sana | Dong Su Shin | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Boatman's Song | Nan Pa Hong | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
| Thought, Go Your Way Home | Yangzhi Ma | Kelvin Chan (baritone); Wei-En Hsu (piano) |
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"Beautifully stimulating, and often just plain beautiful, this disc is a revelation. Both singers have huge presence, assurance and diction, while the performances sound as if they are the result of deep study. Superbly recorded, superbly performed and most fetchingly illustrated, too."
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