Chopin / Paganini / Huang- Kaleidoscope
Is debut album, the violinist Paul Huang has chosen to spotlight the colour and poetry of his instrument in a kaleidoscopic recital of sonatas by Saint Saëns, Respighi, Chopin and Paganini. Paul Huang is undoubtedly a virtuoso. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he is already renowned, and has been a guest at the most prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center. The sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Respighi are also undeniably virtuosic, and among the most difficult works in the violin repertoire. But virtuosity is not the most important quality that Huang focuses on here: he was initially attracted to the instrument as a young boy for "it's sonority and it's wonderful lyric qualities".
Tracklist:
- Violin Sonata in B Minor P.110~Passacaglia: Allegro moderato ma energico
- Cantabile in D Major Op. 17 MS 109
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 75~Allegro agitato
Is debut album, the violinist Paul Huang has chosen to spotlight the colour and poetry of his instrument in a kaleidoscopic recital of sonatas by Saint Saëns, Respighi, Chopin and Paganini. Paul Huang is undoubtedly a virtuoso. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he is already renowned, and has been a guest at the most prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center. The sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Respighi are also undeniably virtuosic, and among the most difficult works in the violin repertoire. But virtuosity is not the most important quality that Huang focuses on here: he was initially attracted to the instrument as a young boy for "it's sonority and it's wonderful lyric qualities".
Tracklist:
- Violin Sonata in B Minor P.110~Passacaglia: Allegro moderato ma energico
- Cantabile in D Major Op. 17 MS 109
- Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor Op. 75~Allegro agitato