Independent Music

REVIEW QUOTES:

Les Jared, the Paper., December 20, 2001
... you can smell the horses and campfires and hear the women ... The pieces ... are deliciously vibrant, and emotionally refreshing.

Ingvar Loco Nordin, Sonoloco Record Reviews, 2002
... astounding ... that such skilled and intuitive interpreters ... should be the ones to lift these pieces ... into the audible.

Amanda MacBlane, NewMusicBox, January, 2002
... tender and experimental works ... reach back into the traditions of many cultures and translate these themes into a modern language.

Jerry Bowles, Sequenza21, January, 2002
Deceptively simple and meditative with just the right touches of exotic eastern mysticism, this is music that captivates through simplicity.

Jed Distler, Gramophone, March, 2002
... chamber music full of distinctive colours played with beguiling atmospheric lucidity.

Rob Barnett, MusicWeb, April, 2002
The recording is warm, honeyed, close and enveloping ... a great pity Hinako Fujihara was unable to permit the ... unpublished works.

David Moore, American Record Guide, May/June, 2002
Fong plays with feeling. She is musically alert and she and Ashby play these works with involvement ... Enjoy!

Raymond Tuttle, Classical Net, 2003
... a beautiful and satisfying listening experience ... you'll find yourself misty with nostalgia for lands you've never even visited.

Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes, 2004
... snapshots of a progressive research, a spiritual quest that distanced this composer from practically every other artist of his era.

Walter Horn, Bagatellen, March, 2004
Fong's restrained passion and beauty of tone are ... shown to best effect on "Chahagir" and ... "Yeraz."

Walter Simmons, Fanfare, March/April, 2004
Fong is no Itzhak Perlman ... a clean purity to her sound ... this music does not require a ... throbbing violin sound ...

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Track List:
1. Oror 'Lullaby' Op. 1a (1922/26) [2:46]
2. Varak Op. 47a (1944) [4:14]
3. Chahagir Op. 56a (1944) [5:03]
4. Saris Op. 67 (1946) [14:38]
5. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) I. [4:43]
6. Shatakh Op. 73b (1947) II. [2:44]
7. Yeraz 'The Dream' Op. 56b (1948) [5:22]
8. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) I. [3:37]
9. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) II. [1:28]
10. Khirgiz Suite Op. 73a (1951) III. [1:16]
11. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 1. [1:06]
12. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 2. [:33]
13. Duet for Violin and Harpsichord Op. 122 (1954) 3. [1:36]
14. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) I. [4:25]
15. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) II. [2:30]
16. Three Visions of Saint Mesrob Op. 198 (1962) III. [2:39]

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