The Classical Album, Volume 2: China Girl

China Girl was the seventh album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music). China Girl contains only three tracks. The first is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Viktor Fedotov. The second is Violin Fantasy on Puccini's 'Turandot' performed with The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House conducted by Viktor Fedotov. The final track is Happy Valley which was created by Vanessa-Mae and producer/songwriter of her second pop album, Andy Hill. It was performed with The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House and the Chinese Ladies' Choir, conducted by David Arch. The song was selected as the theme for the Re-unification Concert, which was broadcast from Hong Kong's Happy Valley Race Course. Excerpts from the liner notes on Happy Valley: The piece starts with a solo violin cadenza-like introduction performed in a traditional Western classical manner. The minor key sets and ominous...