Kyung Wha Chung - Sibelius Violin Concerto 3rd

[3gatsunolion]

いいね！

[chulesq]

It is amazing that she finds (or creates) room to be full of emotional in this technically chanllenging piece.

[bachadmirer]

Actually, it's impossible to enjoy a variety of Chung's tone color throught the youtube. Highly recommended to listen to this rendition withCD.

[themusicdr]

fantastic VC the sibelius is full of emtion and passion and to my understanding is difficult, however to somone of ms chungs ability it is clearly not technically challenging. what is more relevant is does sghe convey something else to the listener (somewhat of what the composer intended and something of herself) TO ME THE ANSWER IS YES.

[8tashina]

What I will never understand is, why some people honestly seem to think, that nationality has anything at all to do with how a person percieves music...! Look, if you guys think you can do a better job playing such a concerto, go ahead and SHOW US!

[Mozart99900]

@8tashina

And I just wonder why you are so angry from those Filthy Guys!! Wha Chung Astonished all the World with her so Perfect, Wonderful playing!!. This recording in particular (Coupled with Tchaikovsky), let Priven (the conductor here) says that "I'll never record Sibelius again with any other Violinist!!. From now then after this recording Wha Chung was the !st ever Korean Violinist to Electrify the Western World to be so jealous of her. It was the Great Conductor George Solti after

[Mozart99900]

@8tashina

Sir George Solti after his Recording of Bartok's 2nd Concerto with her , Gave the Following Comment " Wha Chung is the only Violinst ever who can translate with the conductor and Co - ordinate with him without being even worried to be out of tempo or to do a false note . I listened to her Playing this Concerto in England.

Lastly It was Wha Chung who made the 1st ever Decca Digital recording under the Great Russian conductor ( Kirill Kondrashin) with V.P.O in 1979 (Beethoven Vln. Con)

[dragonx2040]

I'm amazed how she was able to regain instant world fame after raising her children for 15 years. Now that's pretty cool! The world still remembered her playing after that whole period haha.

[hirofan]

She's quite young here. Was this during the seventies? I have one of her Chung Trio Beethoven CDs.

[chulesq]

She was 22 when she recorded Sibelius. I have listened to this recording thousand times, but I am still amazed that a 22 year old can this kind of vision about what she's playing.

[Verityseo]

i know what you mean by, "asian" but that commonly percieved stereo types doesn't apply to chung; if there's a comparison, i think her resembles j. du pre in her intensity, intuitive insight to the very core of the composition, and her natural ability to let to music pass thruouh her as if possesed.

[calloffthedogs]

I think she does a wonderful job of letting the composer do the talking - so to speak.

[huisclos123]

Who the hell said that? A student of the concerto who couldn't master it? Take a look at Wieniawski concerto #1 and then rewrite this comment...

[alkaster]

The Wieniawski has a strong and difficult first movement, but the second and third are somewhat weak. In the Sibelius, throughout all three movements, the virtuosity is maintained. ProudKoreanGuy is right, it is arguably the most tehnically and artistically difficult violin concerto to master.

[huisclos123]

No, he's still wrong (as are you, on this one). The point of my comment wasn't to suggest that the Wieniawski is "arguably the most technically and artistically difficult violin concerto to master," but that such an observation is absurd and generalizing, which is why the idea that the Sibelius is "arguably the most [difficult]" is absurd. Perlman says that Beethoven is most difficult. "Difficulty" is largely relative, and therefore inarguable.

[SmalltownHotshots]

i disagree... the 2nd mvt is WAAAY easier technically speaking then the 1st or 3rd... and the 3rd is a tad bit easier then the 1st...

[crazycadenza]

ONE of the few difficult violin concertos.

[pichonova]

I have no idea what you mean by "too asian" in her interpretation. does it have to be "too western" to be considered appropriate and standard?

[Fr3derick]

In what way?

[sharinly]

too asian as in... too well in tune?

[opameira]

Magnificent, Kyung is the most accomplished violin player since the great duo Yehuda Menuhin and Yascha Heiftz. She is divine.

[lad601]

great energy!

[katrinachips]

I'm definitely buying this disc!!!

[ejongwan]

She got that vitality from her mother. Kyung Hua's brother is Myung Hoon Chung, the great pianist and conducror.

[loviiiiellz]

i lov this piece and every time i listen to it, it puts a smile on my face! :)

[marieantoinette510]

know that...but I prefer Hilary Hahn's interpretation...

[24dcambridge]

...er...do you really. That's er ..interesting (?)

[asianamazon]

she's got such great style. each passage stands out from each other, yet they flow together on beat. and i love the fact that as tiny and petite she is, she's got a strong, aggressive attack....something that hilary hahn lacks.

[devenzhoven]

Good girl

[lorentho]

No other sibelius recording can top this, earlier or current.

[Fr3derick]

I love her interpretation of the Sibelius concerto with appropriate roughness in the quality of her singing tone.

[remedios89]

brava!

[scottbos68]

she was so young then i think it was her first recording if im not mistaken

[Nozdolmu]

yes, it is her first recording!