This concept album for the award winning musical Golden Lotus features fifteen songs from its internationally acclaimed score. Led by the standout single, "A World Away" the album showcases it's multifarious fusion of contemporary pop with Chinese harmonies and instrumentation. Based on the most infamous Chinese novel of all time, Jin Ping Mei. This is the story of the forsaken beauty, Golden Lotus, whose desire for true love leads her into a blood-soaked web of passion, deception and desperation with the valiant tiger slayer Wu Sung, the rich and powerful Xi Men and the humble peddler Wu Da. Set amidst the dying, war-torn years of Song Dynasty China, Golden Lotus undergoes a spell-binding journey as the world around them burns into ashes. "The Music is Fantastic" - Stars HK "The Music is Terrific!" - Stephen Schwartz (Wicked) "The Score has Blood! - Craig Carnelia (Working, Sweet Smell of Success) "Terrific, Invigorating Fusion. Western Musical Scale, Western Notes with an Underscoring of Chinese." - Bert Fink (Rogers & Hammerstein Foundation) "A Great Milestone and a Great Achievement!" - MaddBuzzHK "Clear Traces of some of the Greatest Western Musicals and Literature." - HKELD (Hong Kong English Language Drama) "More than an Enjoyable Theatrical Experience." - The Standard "The Music is First Rate and Unforgettable." - Sing Pao Music & Lyrics by George Chiang. Music Arrangements & Programming by George Gao. Featuring the voices of Harriet Chung, Thom Allison, Charles Azulay, Pierre Bayuga, Scott Watanabe, Stacey-Lea Marhue and Josette Jorge.