Featured on this compact disc is Wu-Yu, the winning work in Vienna Modern Masters’ Third Annual Orchestral Recording Award Competition. The other four works, by composers resident in the United States, Canada, Japan and Austria, are also heard here on compact disc for the first time.

« Arras: A Garden of Cinema (David Scott) is scored for mezzo-soprano, string orchestra, string quartet, harp and three percussion. The piece is best described as chamber music on a large scale with small concertante groups, or soloists as featured elements. The mezzo-soprano, in live performance, moves in and out of these groups on a journey of self-discovery. The music follows this same course as the individual groups or soloists strive for independence. »

– David Scott

JULIAN YU

1. Wu-Yu

JACK FORTNER

2-6. Quadri

DAVID SCOTT

7. Arras: A Garden of Cinema

HIROSHI NAKAMURA

8. Litaniae

NANCY VAN DE VATE

9-13. Voices of Women