Myung Whun Chung: Recital
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Label: ECM New Series
Cat No: 4810765
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 14th April 2014
Contents
Works
Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'Nocturnes (21)
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
Kinderszenen, op.15
Artists
Myung Whun Chung (piano)Works
Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'Nocturnes (21)
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
Kinderszenen, op.15
Artists
Myung Whun Chung (piano)About
The ECM New Series debut of Myung Whun Chung features the widely celebrated conductor as pianist. Recorded at Venice’s Teatro La Fenice in July 2013, the album marks the first occasion that Chung has recorded solo. In a performer’s note, he describes the album as a gift for younger listeners, as well as a personal thanks to those who share his love of this music.
Chung’s touch and sensitivity for dynamics cast a new light on familiar pieces - Debussy’s Clair de lune, two Chopin Nocturnes and a pair of Schubert Impromptus, Beethoven’s Für Elise, Schumann’s Träumerei and Arabeske, Tchaikovsky, and Mozart - as they are experienced in a gently flowing sequence which also serves to highlight affinities between the compositions.
Although conducting now fully occupies his professional life, Chung (born 1953 in Seoul) made his debut as pianist with the Seoul Philharmonic at the age of seven. He later studied the piano with Maria Curcio, the last and favourite pupil of Artur Schnabel. In 1974 he was joint second prize-winner in the Tchaikovsky Competition (where he performed Tchaikovsky’s Autumn Song, revisited on this recording). He then began his career playing piano trios with his sisters, violinist Kyung Wha Chung and cellist Myung Wha Chung.
Earlier recordings that feature Myung Whun Chung as pianist include albums of the Chung Trio playing Dvorak, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Beethoven and more, as well as Messiaen’s Quartet for the End of Time with Paul Meyer, Gil Shaham and Jian Wang. Myung Whun Chung also recorded with Cecilia Bartoli on the critically-lauded 'Chants d’Amour, Mélodies Françaises'.
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