Scintillating Performances Asian music for string quartet - impresses HOWARD SMITH '... an exemplary, highly recommendable release.'

The present CD includes works of five composers from Asian music traditions; three Chinese, one Japanese and a Cambodian. Western tourists who have stopped off for a seemingly shrill Cantonese opera while in Hong Kong or Macao may well give this programme a wide berth.

Not the wisest move. China's population alone exceeds the USA by 1 billion...

NEW ZEALAND STRING QUARTET

NAXOS

CHINA

JAPAN

TORU TAKEMITSU

TAN DUN

CHAMBER MUSIC

TORONTO

ONTARIO

CANADA