The centrepiece of this French-themed recital by Kyung Wha Chung and Kevin Kenner is the splendid violin sonata by César Franck. It is a work long associated with Chung, described by the Financial Times as “one of the greatest violinists of the last half-century”. Newer to Chung’s repertoire is Fauré’s Sonata No 1. As she told Strings magazine, each of the works constitutes “a whole portrait of life itself,” and she drew a comparison with Monet’s paintings: “The reflection of light has endless possibility. The same thing applies to the texture and the sound when you’re playing. There are millions of sounds.”
Tracks
Disc 1
1. 1. Allegro Molto
2. 2. Andante
3. 3. Allegro Vivo
4. 4. Allegro Quasi Presto
5. 1. Allegro Ben Moderato
6. 2. Allegro
7. 3. Rezitativ-Fantasie: Ben Moderato
8. 4. Allegro Poco Mosso
9. La Fille Aux Cheveux De Lin (Transkr. Von A. Hartmann)
10. Berceuse D-Dur Op. 16 (Für Violine Und Klavier)
11. Panis Angelicus (Bearb. Von Kevin Kenner)
12. Beau Soir (Lorsque Au Soleil) (Bearb. Für Violine Und Klavier)
