Danbi Um, Amy Yang - Much Ado - Romantic Violin Masterpieces (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 4 Pieces from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11: No. 1, Maiden in the Bridal Chamber (Version for Violin & Piano)
02. 4 Pieces from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11: No. 2, March of the Watch (Dogberry and Verges) [Version for Violin & Piano]
03. 4 Pieces from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11: No. 3, Garden Scene (Version for Violin & Piano)
04. 4 Pieces from the Incidental Music to Shakespeare’s "Much Ado About Nothing", Op. 11: No. 4, Masquerade. Hornpipe (Version for Violin & Piano)
05. Albumblatt "In das Album der Fürstin Metternich", WWV 94 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by August Wilhelmj)
06. 21 Hungarian Dances: No. 17 (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Fritz Kreisler)
07. Scenes de la Csárda No. 3, Op. 18 "Maros vize"
08. Ruralia hungarica, Op. 32c: II. Andante rubato (Gypsy Andante)
09. La Romanesca
10. Eli Zion (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Joseph Achron)
11. 2 Hebrew Dances, Op. 35: No. 1
12. Avodah
13. Viennese Rhapsodic Fantasietta

Much Ado, the solo debut album by Korean American violinist Danbi Um is as striking for the young musician's choice of "old world" repertoire as her virtuoso interpretations and the sumptuous sound she draws from her 1683 "ex-Petschek" Nicolo Amati violin. Danbi conjures memories of a musical Golden Age, a sensibility instilled in her by a roster of internationally renowned tutors.

The title track by Eric Korngold's Shakespeare-inspired suite sits alongside arrangements of works by fellow Austro-Germanic composers Fritz Kreisler and Richard Wagner. Hungarian gipsy music infuses compositions by Johannes Brahms, Jeno Hubay and Erno Dohnanyi, juxtaposed with music by Jewish composers Ernst Bloch, Joseph Achron and Leo Zeitlin.

A multiple award winner - Danbi has taken top prizes at the Yehudi Menuhin and Naumberg International Violin Competitions, and Astral Artists' Auditions - she has been praised by The Strad as an "utterly dazzling" artist with a "marvelous show of superb technique."

A resident of New York City, Danbi performs regularly with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and further afield with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, Washington D.C.'s Phillips Collection, and the Rockport, Moab, Saratoga Performing Arts and Santa Fe Music Festivals.

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