Shanghai Quartet

The Shanghai Quartet distinguishes itself from almost every other active string quartet in its multicultural approach to repertory and performance, in its seemingly ubiquitous presence in an array of media -- concert, recording, television, radio, film -- and in the varied selection of guest artists with whom it has performed: Yo-Yo Ma, Ruth Laredo, Eugenia Zukerman, and Sharon Isbin. Its vast repertory covers many works by Asian-born composers like Bright Sheng, Toru Takemitsu, Zhou Long, Jienhong Wang, Cheng-Qian Xue, and Jing-Ping Zhang, as well as a mixture of 20th century...