Chung,Kyung Wha Beau Soir (Faure Franck Debussy Elgar Works For) CD

Kyung Wha Chung - Beau Soir (Faur?, Franck, Debussy, Elgar, works for violin & piano) The centrepiece of this French-themed recital by Kyung Wha Chung and Kevin Kenner is the splendid violin sonata by C?sar 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 Faur?'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."

1. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: I. Allegro Molto 2. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: II. Andante 3. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: III. Allegro Vivo 4. Violin Sonata No. 1 in a Major, Op. 13: IV. Allegro Quasi Presto 5. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: I. Allegro Ben Moderato 6. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: II. Allegro 7. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: III. Recitativo Fantasia (Ben Moderato) 8. Violin Sonata in a Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegro Poco Mosso 9. Preludes, Book 1, L. 117: No. 8 la Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin 10. Berceuse, Op. 16 11. Mass in a Major, Op. 12, FWV 61: V. Panis Angelicus 12. Beau Soir, L. 6