Unsuk Chin

Parametastring : For String Quartet And Tape (1995/96).

In four movements. With performance notes in German and English. Commissioned by the Kronos Quartet. A challenging and abstract work. The score includes a realization of the tape part. Duration ca. 20 minutes.

Cello Concerto : For Cello and Orchestra (2006-2008, Rev. 2017).

In four movements: I. Aniri -- II -- III -- IV. Commissioned by the BBC and first performed by Alban Gerhardt, with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov at the BBC Proms on 13 August 2009. Second movement commissioned by Berishen Staatsoper and Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra.…

Piano Etude No. 1 In C : From 12 Piano Etudes.

Chin originally composed this work in 1999, and revised it in 2003. An extremely dense and challenging movement. Printed from manuscript. Special print edition.

Piano Etude No. 6 (Grains) (2000).

The sixth of Chin's 12 Piano Etudes was commissioned for Pierre Boulez, on the occasion of his 75th birthday. This challenging piece is mostly quiet, but also very active. Printed from manuscript.

Gougalon - Scenes From A Street Theatre : For Ensemble.

Contents: I. Prologue. Dramatic Opening of the Curtain -- II. Lament of the Bald Singer -- III. The Grinning Fortuneteller with the False Teeth -- IV. Episode Between Bottles and Cans -- V. Dance around the Shacks -- VI. The Hunt for the Quack's Plait. With program and performance notes in English,…

Clarinet Concerto : For Clarinet and Orchestra.

Contents: I. Mirage-Fanfare-Ornament -- II. Hymnos -- III. Improvisation on a groove. Dedicated to Kari Kriikku. Jointly commissioned by Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra, Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona I Nacional de Catalunya, and the New York…

Graffiti.

Alice In Wonderland : Opera In One Act (2004/2007).

An opera in seven scenes, with two interludes and a finale. Commissioned by the Los Angeles Opera. Libretto by David Henry Hwang and the composer, after Lewis Carroll. With a cast of characters. Custom print edition.

3 Concertos / Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung, Conductor. [CD]

Contents: Concerto for Piano by Unsuk Chin / Sun-Wook Kim (Piano) -- Concerto for Cello by Unsuk Chin / Alban Gerhardt (Cello) -- Su by Unsuk Chin / Wei Wu (Sheng).

Musical Toys / Mei Yi Foo, Piano. [CD]

Contents: Musical Toys / Sofia Gubaidulina -- Six Piano Etudes / Unsuk Chin -- Musica Ricercata / Gyorgy Ligeti.

Berliner Philharmoniker & Sir Simon Rattle : The Asia Tour. [CD]

Five CDs of music by Bela Bartok; Johannes Brahms; Unsuk Chin; Sergei Rachmaninoff; Richard Strauss; and Igor Stravinsky.

Inventionen '98 : 50 Jahre Musique Concrete. [CD]

Originally released in 1999. Two discs of musique concrete from composers such as Unsuk Chin, Wolfgang Mitterer, Trevor Wishart, and others.

Der Komponisten Mut und Die Tyrannei Des Geschmacks / edited by Balint Andras Varga.

…title of this book translates to The Composer's Courage and the Tyranny of Taste. The book contains statements on the topic by a wide variety of contemporary composers, including John Adams, Unsuk Chin, Sofia Gubaidulina, Wolfgang Rihm, Christian Wolff, and many others. With a foreword and index.

Etude / Clare Hammond, Piano. [CD]

Music by Sergey Lyapunov, Unsuk Chin, Karol Szymanowski, and Nikolai Kapustin. Contents: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: No. 4 -- 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: No. 5 -- 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: No. 6 -- Piano Etude No. 1, (In C) -- Piano Etude No. 2,…

Kala.

Miroirs Des Temps (Complete).

Die Troerinnen.

Cantatrix Sopranica : For 2 Sopranos, Counter Tenor and Ensemble (2004/2005).

Contents: I. Warming Up-Tuning -- II. Singing, Sing It! -- III. Cis n'est past Ces -- IV. Boule de Neige -- V. Con tutti I Fantasmi -- VI. Yue Guang-Clair de Lune -- VII. Echo-Shadow-Canon -- VIII. EtüdedütE-Immense Voix. Commissioned by the London Sinfonietta, Festspielhaus St. Pölten, Los Angeles…

Alice In Wonderland : Opera In One Act (2004/07).

An opera in seven scenes, with two interludes and a finale. The libretto, by the composer and David Henry Hwang, is based on the Lewis Carroll books Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Custom print edition.

Violin Concerto/Rocana. [CD]

This disc of music by Korean composer Chin features violinist Vivian Hagner. Kent Nagano conducts the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

Alice In Wonderland. [DVD]

Chin's opera was recorded in Munich, 2007. Kent Nagano conducts the Statisterie der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Chor und Kinderchor der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and Bayerisches Staatsorchester.

Alice In Wonderland. [Blu-ray Disc]

A production of the Bayerische Staatsoper. Starring Sally Matthews. Conducted by Kent Nagano.

Piano Etude No. 2 (Sequenzen) : From 12 Piano Etudes.

A 2003 revision of Chin's piano etude, originally composed in 2003. A challenging, dense and contrapuntal work. Printed from manuscript. Special print edition.

Piano Etude No. 3 (Scherzo Ad Libitum) (1995, Rev. 2003).

The third of Chin's 12 Piano Etudes was composed for Shao-Li Ding. A rapid and energetic piano piece of advanced difficulty. Printed from manuscript.