Kyung Chung Wha - Beau Soir (faure Franck Debussy Elgar Works For) (CD)

Kyung Wha Chung - Beau Soir (Fauré, Franck, Debussy, Elgar, works for violin & piano) 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."

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro Molto
2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: II. Andante
3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro Vivo
4. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro Quasi Presto
5. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: I. Allegro Ben Moderato
6. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro
7. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo Fantasia (Ben Moderato)
8. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegro Poco Mosso
9. Preludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 8 la Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin
10. Berceuse, Op. 16
11. Mass in a Major, Op. 12, FWV 61: V. Panis Angelicus
12. Beau Soir, L. 6