Myung Whun Chung: Recital (Vinyl LP) | ECM New Series 4818628

Myung Whun Chung: Recital (Vinyl LP)

Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4818628

Format: LP

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 22nd November 2019

Contents

Artists

Myung Whun Chung (piano)

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Bagatelle no.25 in A minor, WoO59 'Fur Elise'

Chopin, Frederic

Nocturnes (21)
» no.8 in D flat major, op.27 no.2
» no.20 in C sharp minor (without opus number)

Debussy, Claude

Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Variations (12) in C major on 'Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman', K265

Schubert, Franz

Impromptus (4), op.90 D899
» no.2 in E flat major
» no.3 in G flat major

Schumann, Robert

Arabeske in C major, op.18
Kinderszenen, op.15
» no.7 Traumerei

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

The Seasons, op.37a
» no.10 October: Autumn Song

Artists

Myung Whun Chung (piano)

About

Now released on vinyl following its CD issue in 2014, 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 Dvořák, 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: Melodies Francaises.

“Chung produces such a soothingly rich tone (beautifully recorded in La Fenice, Venice) and such long singing phrases that it is hard not to be entranced by the sincerity and tender introspection of this recital, a lullaby as much as a souvenir for his grandchildren.” - Gramophone

“In its unpretentious, often understated way, this disc is a real joy” - International Record Review

“Piano favourites from one of the world’s great conductors... all beautifully played and arranged in a gently flowing sequence” - Classic FM

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