Korean violinist Kyung-wha Chung has been widely acclaimed both by critics and audiences. Her career was at its peak during the '70s and '80s being ranked alongside the great violinists Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman. She became one of the most characterful and best-loved violinists in the world. The total involvement she conveys comes not just from the actual notes but from her physical stance, revealing her love of the music and of the violin in every movement of muscle. Yet today, even when faced with her most spectacular recording of showpiece concertos, she will deny that she is a virtuoso. What she means is that technique is merely incidental to her communication through music. This dislike of showing off for its own sake accounts for her reluctance to concentrate on 'firework' pieces in this selection, preferring instead pieces she loves for other reasons.
Recording: 1987
Production: Christopher Raeburn
"Con Amore" Works by Fritz Kreisler, Henryk Wieniawski, Edward Elgar, Pjotr Tchaikovsky, Ottokar Nováček, Camille Saint-Saëns, a.o. - Kyung Wha Chung (v)
Tprogram:
Side 1
Fritz Kreisler (1875 – 1962)
1. La Gitana
2. Liebesleid Ede Poldini (1869- 1957)/Fritz Kreisler
3. Dancing Doll Henri Wieniawski (1835-1880) Ed. Zino Francescatti
4. Scherzo-Tarantella,op.16 Edward Elgar (1857-1934)
5. Salut d’amour, op. 12
6. La Capricieuse, op.17 Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)/Michael Press
7. Valse sentimentale, op. 51 no. 6 Fritz Kreisler
8. Praeludium und Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani
Side 2 Ottokar Novacek (1866-1900) Ed. Josef Gingold
1. Moto perpetuo Claude Debussy (1862-1918)/Jascha Heifetz
2. Beau soir Frederic Chopin (1810-1849)/Nathan Milstein
3. Nocturine in C sharp minor ut diese mineur - cis-moll Henri Wieniawski/Fritz Kreisler
4. Caprice in A minor - la mineur a – moll Francois-Joseph Goassec (1734-1829)/Fritz Meyer
5. Gavotte Fritz Kreisler 6. Liebesfreud Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)/Fritz Kreisler
7. Serenade espangnole Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921)/Eugene Ysaye
8. Caprice (after Etude en forme de valse, op 52. no.6) Johannes Brahms (1835-1897)/Joseph Joachim
9. Hungarian Dance No. 1
