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

Kyung-Wha Chung plays Brahms's violin sonata No.1 with Robert Kulek at the piano. Filmed in 2002.
Poor sound quality due to the limit of the original streaming file.

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[manifold0606]

I am not impressed at all. She is always too sentimental. Personally, I hate this type of playing style. The colors are too artificial. This is definitely a typical example of bad musicianship.

[twofinedays]

what can I say? Maria Callas once said at an interview, "As for beauty, it is a matter of loving my kind of voice or not. Some people say I have unique voice and some people say it's just a whole big lie; it's a matter of opinion. The only thing I can say is people who don't like me don't need to come to hear me, because when I don't like something, I don't bother about it."

[pviola314]

Why must every critique be shunned?? And every praise blindly followed? As a lover of brahms I know I am very particular indeed when I hear a performance... so it's hard not to compromise even when a master performer appears. I like Chung, perhaps prefer Szeryng for this particular sonata though...

[twofinedays]

I'm sorry, but I don't take it as a good 'critique' manifold0606 calling Ms Chung having 'bad musicianship'. One can talk about likes and dislikes, one can comment on particular performance or interpretation, one can suggest it might get better in certain direction; but one cannot call an artist's whole artistry 'bad' as simple as that. It's simple 'dislike' or 'hate', not a critique.

[nafets9876]

if you like this, compare ii to Perlman/Barenboim: Much more intelligent interpretation there, reflected in every detail, e.g. Kyung plays piano and forte passages in the same manner, using the whole bow. Compare the beginning: Perlman needs one third of the bow, it is chamber music, not a violin concert. But: Comparing the sound is unfair, technical qualitiy is so bad in Kyung's video.

[twofinedays]

I should not like to see 'who's better, who's not' type of comments here. It's a matter of interpretation and preferance in fine art, who can really tell which is better and which isn't? Could whether the whole or 1/3 of bow used be a proof to how reflected a certain interpretation is - if not to technical brilliance?

[pianolitguy]

Kyung wha Chung knows what shes doing. She studied at Juilliard with Ivan Galamian. She knows more than most violinists about violin, so saying her bow is all over the place is quite incorrect when most professional violinists are aware of the 5 sections between the finger board and the bridge and use that to their advantage. she's a gem

[anuxa1989]

@manifold0606 Maybe you don't know that this sonata is from 1878, the Romanticism. She HAS TO BE too sentimental if she wants to correctly interpret the sonata... Because Brahms is too sentimental!! I only would give more tempo, it is a little slow.

I'm sorry for the possible spelling errors, but I don't speak english so good.

[Kowaiyo0]

@pianolitguy and besides - who cares? she sounds absolutely lovely.

[glasyta]

all you people complaining about intonation... get real, it's the recording. at her level all violin players are completely correct in their intonation, otherwise they wouldn't be there. sadly, this recording does not come out good, just listen - even the piano sounds out of tune!

[TonicMike]

@manifold0606 TOO sentimental? Brahms sonatas are intimately sentimental. I'm not even sure if "too sentimental" is possible.  It's chamber music and Ms. Chung is a very very good musician, contrary to your statement.

[RSdaymen]

Beautiful =] thx for the vid=] the will help me with my audition

[dziady1]

She is fine -it's the work that bores ,goes

on and on and says nothing - Brahms

at his boring best .

[yimbecile]

intonation...



[fernandofariajunior]

I love this violinist... this is definitely not up to her standards... terrible intonation, weird phrasing... I recommend anyone who didn´t like this still check out other performances by her because she is a terrific musician... she was probably just having a bad day here... :-(

[MoesTube1]

@SugarTomAppleRoger Maybe you've already seen it but there is a video of a young Ms. Chung and Cho Liang Lin playing the Largo from the Bach Double Violin Concerto it's breathtaking.

[FeliciaMirage]

Wow, I'm learning this, and I'm only a teenager!!!!! Whew, I love this piece, but there's no steady tempo. It's hard, to learn, believe me! Brahms just so much of a genius my little mind can't wrap around his smartness. It's an amazing piece, and this woman can really play it! Well done!!!! :D