Kyung Wha Chung plays Grieg violin sonata No.3 (1st Mov)

[elainebmack]

This is a very fine collaboration. Both artists play passionately, yet with a good sense of balance.

[chobeethaninov]

Both of them live their music... absolutely fascinating

[bobsmo]

I'm so excited to see Joshua Bell play this on his tour !

[TheKian360]

Does she have a Strad????

[twofinedays]

She had Strad ex-Harrison from the time she won Leventritt competition in 1967, then she aquired Guarneri ex-Kubelik around 1974, and about a decade later yet another Guarneri ex-Rode. She's still known to own thoes two Guarneris though most of her later performances were done with ex-Rode as you can see in this video.

[Thymonico]

Aah... We Norwegians have three things to brag about: Edvard Grieg!

He, Dvorak, Saint-Saëns, Brahms and Chopin are the best of romanticism! :D

[smiah777]

the rhythms are soo complicated in this piece! im considering this piece for NYSSMA this year

[dt10825]

she is agonizing while the music calls for complete bliss.. agh

[Klangzauberer]

The woman becomes crazy while playing yet her style is truly beautiful.

[wanimusician]

she always play with good expression. that's what i like most about her. she can make the music she's playing sound alive. :)

[simetrela]

and also fabulous

[simetrela]

extraordinary

[gamehunter90]

one question: is this a sonata where the violin and piano are equal, i know its a violin sonata bit still...

[twofinedays]

well,all chamber music are idealy intimate conversation between all the instruments involved. But in reality, people buy concert tickets or CDs of a violin sonata for the name value of the violinist not the pianist.

[fauban]

to me, this is a perfect performance because the two instruments are well balanced; unlike those horrible violin-concerto-like performances

[violinmusicfan]

But a lot of thought is put on the part of the violinist into which pianist to play with. Kyung Wha Chung herself said, she has recorded mainly concertos but her biggest passion has always been chamber music and the reason being she could not find the right pianist and it was difficult to work her schedule with well- known piano soloists. It was her family who found out about Itamar Golan and introduced him to her.

[bigmelt]

short answer is that like for most violin sonatas, the violinist has most of the melodies, and the pianist has most of the difficulties

[buxter]

@gamehunter90 I was just thinking that thankfully Kulek plays as an equal collaborator rather than a background wallpaper accompanist. Very rare to hear someone be able to go in and out in a balanced way between supportive roles and singing the solo lines with appropriate force and intensity when necessary. Notice his grand romantic gestures.

[beryllium2]

lovely!

[aussieinbelgium]

- the piece in itself is really not difficult, no way you could consider it the "grand repertoire"

[genmaximus110]

It's difficult to get to sound beautiful and to play all the notes on the string the composer intends one to play the notes on. A lot of the melody is all on the G and D strings.

[waistoi]

aussieinbelgium, your comment is very silly. Just because the piece is not difficult technically you cannot say it does not belong to the "grand repetoire." With your logic, Mozart is only for kids because the notes are very easy? WRONG! It is not about the easiness of the obtaining the notes. It is like poetry. It is not the words (vocabulary) per se. It is the picture that the music/poetry is painting, and the depth that is carried with it!

[englishplayer40]

Well said. Actually, speaking as pianist, this piece is 'quite' difficult, and it is harder still to synchronize some of its awkward rythmns as a duo. The main point, howewer, is that MUSICALLY it is a masterpiece, regardless of technical difficulty or lack of it. I never cease to be blown away by the power and passion in this movement, and the sublime beauty fo the 2nd. It is truly worthy to be in the "grande repertoire". Also, this is a magnificent performance of it by both players.

[aussieinbelgium]

-this is the 1st, op.45 not 3d but it'sin c moll.

[Beffnay]

yes it is im reading along with a copy of the music

[pabloj08]

im - pre - sio - nan - te.!!

[musique55]

beautiful

[genmaximus110]

I've had the score for this for a while, and it is very difficult indeed.  You can play it easily enough, but to get the right passion and emphasis is what is hard.

[richardyingren]

So very good, thankyou.

[Sibelius48]

Thsis sonata is so difficult and beutifull!!

[AKSTERSKY]

I don't know how difficult it is but it is lifting up my soul from this desolate world

[Robotman42]

@Sibelius48 I don't know about the violin part, but the piano part isn't very hard. I learned it in a few days and performed it less than four weeks later.

[scottbos68]

exploding with emotion, as usual