Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2006-03-07
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- I. Nocturne. Moderato
- II. Scherzo. Allegro
- II. Passacaglia. Andante
- Cadenza
- IV. Burlesque. Allegro Con Brio
- I. Andatino
- II. Scherzo. Vivacissimo
- III. Moderato
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Free Music Review: Sarah Chang: Beauty of Presence, Deportment and Musicality
Hit: 5 Stars
Sarah Chang walks out onto a concert stage and the audience gasps. Not only is she a stunning figure with wholly committed stage deportment, she is one of the rare artists so involved with the music she is offering that she feels compelled to turn to the first violin section and play along with them in the extended orchestral tutti setting the stage for her entrances. The orchestra loves her, the conductors love her, the audience loves her and the composers surely would love her.
This exciting CD features Chang in two invigorating works that she is making her own - the first violin concerti of both Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Her tone is huge, her technique is pliant and in keeping with the composer's specific instructions, and the result as displayed on this very beautiful collaboration with the Berlin Philharmonic as conducted by Simon Rattle is a pair of performances will be difficult to imitate.
Chang seems to be visiting the entire violin concerto repertoire and she is equally at home in the Romantic works as she is in the contemporary works. Chang is at the beginning of a remarkable career and we can only expect more great recordings from this unique young beauty. Grady Harp, December 06
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 Poster
Sarah Chang's new CD of two of the most flavorful Violin Concerti to come out of 20th-century Russia is a winner. The first movement of the Shostakovich finds Chang playing, at first, with no vibrato, and the effect is haunting and as properly spooky as the composer wanted. Her many levels of both dynamics and vibrato are very much on display throughout, and in the Scherzo, she builds to a wonderfully maniacal climax. The Passacaglia is played with ease, its cadenza beginning at a snail's pace but picking up speed as it goes along, and she plays it all with a powerful arm. The Burlesque is a complete tour de force, whipped through at such a fast tempo that the listener wonders if Chang will be able to keep it up: she does. The Prokofiev Concerto is a lyrical work, and Chang underscores the fine melodies in the first and last movements with grace. She doesn't forget the work's demonic side either, and the Scherzo sounds really crazy. Sir Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic are closer to partners than accompaniment, and they have no trouble keeping up with Chang. A thrilling release. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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