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This release by pianist Gina Alice (Gina Alice Redlinger), wife of the famed Lang Lang (who turns up on a couple of tracks here), was recorded in Shanghai and made and marketed through the Universal conglomerate's Chinese division. They've done their jobs well; the sound from the Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music's studio is excellent. Several of the short pieces on the program are Chinese in the vein of traditional melodies. Thus, one may take this release as an example of the growing effort to market classical music to Chinese audiences, and as such, it is quite interesting. It's also a bit ironic, for Gina Alice is not Chinese but a German of Korean background. Perhaps, for this reason, the album has appeared as part of the regular release schedule of the Deutsche Grammophon label, a division of Universal these days. Indeed, it shows quite a mix of influences; Gina Alice puts together the materials of a crossover album in unusual ways. She moves from Schumann to Max Richter to Ryuichi Sakamoto to Brian Eno, treating them all as part of the same musical universe and sequencing them effectively. The mood has the usual crossover dreamy calm but admits variation, and the fact that this is a double album is unusual in itself. Is this a crossover album aimed at drive-time stress elimination? Yes, and its marketing is calibrated within an inch of its life, but it is also a distinctive example of the genre, and one has the feeling of glimpsing part of the life of classical music in the coming Asian Century.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Intermezzi, Op. 117 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
JOHNNY MANDEL, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Ren Guang, Composer - Nie Er, Composer - WANG JIAN ZHONG, Arranger, Work Arranger - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Ryuichi Sakamoto, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Erik Satie, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Max Richter, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Yann Tiersen, Composer, ComposerLyricist - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, Immersive Mix Engineer - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Franz Liszt, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Nocturnes, Op. 9 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Lang Lang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
DISC 2
Johann Pachelbel, Composer - Yukie Nishimura, Arranger, Work Arranger - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Claude Debussy, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Du Mingxin, Composer - Wu Zuqiang, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Max Richter, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Gina Alice, Composer, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel, Immersive Mix Engineer - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Gina Alice, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Brian Eno, Composer - Roger Eno, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Joe Hisaishi, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
Ludwig van Beethoven, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
6 Consolations, S. 172 (Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
16 Waltzes, Op. 39 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Lang Lang, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Gina Alice, Keyboards, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Feng Hanying, Producer, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Huang Yilun, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music, Studio
℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
Album review
This release by pianist Gina Alice (Gina Alice Redlinger), wife of the famed Lang Lang (who turns up on a couple of tracks here), was recorded in Shanghai and made and marketed through the Universal conglomerate's Chinese division. They've done their jobs well; the sound from the Shanghai Vocational School of Contemporary Music's studio is excellent. Several of the short pieces on the program are Chinese in the vein of traditional melodies. Thus, one may take this release as an example of the growing effort to market classical music to Chinese audiences, and as such, it is quite interesting. It's also a bit ironic, for Gina Alice is not Chinese but a German of Korean background. Perhaps, for this reason, the album has appeared as part of the regular release schedule of the Deutsche Grammophon label, a division of Universal these days. Indeed, it shows quite a mix of influences; Gina Alice puts together the materials of a crossover album in unusual ways. She moves from Schumann to Max Richter to Ryuichi Sakamoto to Brian Eno, treating them all as part of the same musical universe and sequencing them effectively. The mood has the usual crossover dreamy calm but admits variation, and the fact that this is a double album is unusual in itself. Is this a crossover album aimed at drive-time stress elimination? Yes, and its marketing is calibrated within an inch of its life, but it is also a distinctive example of the genre, and one has the feeling of glimpsing part of the life of classical music in the coming Asian Century.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:40:57
- Main artists: Gina Alice
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Universal Music China
- Genre: Classical
© 2021 Universal Music China ℗ 2021 Sharp Venture Limited
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