Bun-ching Lam: Conversations With My Soul
) | Label: Navona Catalog: NV6336 Format: COMPACT DISC Quator Tana; Genin, Mélanie; Crawford, Barry; Buckner, Thomas; McCarthy, Tim; Lam, Bun-ching; Ting, Liuh-WenNewly released from Navona is CONVERSATIONS WITH MY SOUL, a collection of new chamber works from acclaimed composer-pianist Bun-Ching Lam. The music sets in different languages the poetry of Shelley, Heine, Rimbaud, and Lasker-Shüller, as well as the poems of 9th Century Chinese mystic Han Shan and contemporary writer Etel Adnan. In a compositional voice The New York Times has called “alluringly exotic,” Lam incorporates baritone voice, piano, viola, flute, French horn, and harp to elucidate timeless works concerning life’s fundamental questions. With a thoroughly contemporary sensibility informed by tradition, Lam’s CONVERSATIONS WITH MY SOUL offers listeners a fitting soundtrack for their own existential ponderings.  Price: $21.98 |