Kevin Kenner & Kyung Wha Chung - Beau Soir - Works for Violin & Piano by Fauré, Franck & Debussy (2018) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist
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01. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro molto
02. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: II. Andante
03. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro vivo
04. Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro quasi presto
05. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: I. Allegro ben moderato
06. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro
07. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo fantasia (Ben moderato)
08. Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegro poco mosso
09. Preludes, Book 1, L. 117 / L. 125: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin (Arr. Hartmann)
10. Berceuse, Op. 16
11. Panis Angelicus (From Mass in A Major, Op. 12, FWV 61) [Arr. Kenner]
12. Beau Soir, L. 6 / L. 81
13. Salut d'amour, Op. 12

Composers
Debussy, Claude Achille (1862-1918)
Elgar, Edward William (1857-1934)
Fauré, Gabriel Urbain (1845-1924)
Franck, César Auguste (1822-90)

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.”

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