Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble

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Radu Lupu recorded batches of Mozart and Schubert violin sonatas with the great violinist Szymon Goldberg (regrettably unavailable at present, but watch for them). This seems to be his only other recording of violin sonatas with someone else. Kyung Wha Chung is a powerful virtuoso who can play all the great showpieces, but she scales down her approach to express the muted beauty of the Debussy. Of course, she gives a powerful, extroverted reading to the Franck Sonata, which demands such an approach. Lupu collaborates all the way in both expressive worlds. The additional Debussy and Ravel, from a 1962 LP, are tasty bonuses. --Leslie Gerber

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Kyung-Wha Chung and Radu Lupu collaborate on the most musical account of the Franck sonata in the catalog, one that restores to the work its Gallic elegance, a quality that rarely survives the passion of most performances. Their reading is intimately expressive, almost fragile, and in Chung's playing the dreaminess of the score is beautifully evoked. With his brilliant technique and sparing use of the pedal, Lupu manages an extraordinary revelation of detail in the piano part, transforming... read more

Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble

Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble, Music, Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Kyung-Wha Chung, Radu Lupu, Osian Ellis, Melos Ensembel, Chamber, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Music for String Quartet with Other Instrument(s), Trio for Mixed Instruments without Keyboard, Violin with Keyboard
Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • a nice collection well played
  • Fabulous!
  • Solid performance
  • No regret to bring it to an island!
  • Marvellous (but slightly mislabelled)
 Franck - Sonata for violin and piano · Debussy - Sonatas · Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung · Lupu · Ellis · Melos Ensemble
Cesar Franck , Claude Debussy , Maurice Ravel , Kyung-Wha Chung , Radu Lupu , Osian Ellis , and Melos Ensembel
Manufacturer: Decca
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ASIN: B0000041TM
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Franck - Sonata For Violin And Piano: I. Allegretto Ben Moderato
  2. Franck - Sonata For Violin And Piano: II. Allegro
  3. Franck - Sonata For Violin And Piano: III. Recitativo - Fantasia
  4. Franck - Sonata For Violin And Piano: IV. Allegretto poco mosso
  5. Debussy - Sonata For Violin And Piano: I. Allegro vivo
  6. Debussy - Sonata For Violin And Piano: II. Intermede: fantasque et leger
  7. Debussy - Sonata For Violin And Piano: III. Finale: Tres anime
  8. Ravel - Introduction And Allegro
  9. Debussy - Sonata For Flute, Viola and Harp: I. Pastorale
  10. Debussy - Sonata For Flute, Viola and Harp: II. Interlude
  11. Debussy - Sonata For Flute, Viola and Harp: III. Finale

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Radu Lupu recorded batches of Mozart and Schubert violin sonatas with the great violinist Szymon Goldberg (regrettably unavailable at present, but watch for them). This seems to be his only other recording of violin sonatas with someone else. Kyung Wha Chung is a powerful virtuoso who can play all the great showpieces, but she scales down her approach to express the muted beauty of the Debussy. Of course, she gives a powerful, extroverted reading to the Franck Sonata, which demands such an approach. Lupu collaborates all the way in both expressive worlds. The additional Debussy and Ravel, from a 1962 LP, are tasty bonuses. --Leslie Gerber

Amazon.com

Kyung-Wha Chung and Radu Lupu collaborate on the most musical account of the Franck sonata in the catalog, one that restores to the work its Gallic elegance, a quality that rarely survives the passion of most performances. Their reading is intimately expressive, almost fragile, and in Chung's playing the dreaminess of the score is beautifully evoked. With his brilliant technique and sparing use of the pedal, Lupu manages an extraordinary revelation of detail in the piano part, transforming what usually sounds like a furnace going full blast--lots of heat and noise, but not something you'd want to get too close to- -into a source of poetry. The recording, made in 1977, is warm and approachable, like the performance. At mid-price, and generously filled out (with Ravel's Introduction and Allegro, and Debussy's Sonatas for Violin and Piano and for Flute, Viola, and Harp) this is as basic as a disc can get. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars a nice collection well played.......2005-10-03

This group of works of French Impressionism is enjoyable from begining to end and can be highly recommended. The sound quality given its vintage is excellent. I have competing versions of the Ravel and Debussy and this version more than holds its own. The Franck is one of those works any fan of western art music should not be without. I purchased this after reading about it in the NPR guide which also recommended it highly.

5 out of 5 stars Fabulous!.......2005-08-19

Possibly my favorite classical music CD. I have listened to this more times than I could count, and I still love it.

4 out of 5 stars Solid performance.......2004-04-01

A good solid recording, but not as exquisite as Anne-Sophie Mutter's or as warm as Josh Bell's.

5 out of 5 stars No regret to bring it to an island!.......2001-01-16

Tom Hanks won't have a regret on what CDs he should have brought to the island in the movie "Cast Away", only if he had this Chung & Lupu sonata!

5 out of 5 stars Marvellous (but slightly mislabelled).......2000-09-27

This CD unites two sets of classic performances: The Franck and Debussy Violin Sonatas by Kyung Wha Chung and Radu Lupu, dating from 1977, and two 1962 recordings by the Melos Ensemble (Ravel's Introduction and Allegro and Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp). At the time of thisreview,it is listed Kyung Wha Chung as a performer on the latter Debussy Sonata, which is not the case, though the fault probably lies with the way the disc is labelled and documented (you have to read the fine print to see exactly who is performing what). But all four of these are classic performances, with excellent sound (though analogue recordings), and there is no better buy in the catalog than this disc for chamber music lovers!

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