Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago - Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini (2024) [24/96]

Rising star violinist Chloe Chua presents a recording combining Chen Gang and He Zhanhao’s Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with Niccolò Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, performed together with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez and Mario Venzago. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1959, and inspired by a tale often called the Romeo & Juliet of ancient China. Chen and He deftly combine a Western classical idiom with elements from Chinese opera, such as grace notes and portamento effects, and the work has become one of the most famous and acclaimed pieces of Chinese classical music. This album also features an interpretation of Chen Gang’s Sunshine over Tashkurgan, which adds Central-Asian maqam to the stylistic palette. The programme concludes with Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, musically inspired by Rossinian bel canto. The three works share a richness of melodic invention and orchestral colours, as well as breathtaking virtuosic demands for the soloist. The solo parts are in excellent hands with Chloe Chua, who admires the steadfast love and perseverance of the Butterfly Lovers, and feels fully at home in these evocative and exhilarating masterpieces.

Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony return to Pentatone after their acclaimed recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Locatelli’s Labirinto armonico (2023).

Tracklist:
01. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- I. Adagio cantabile
02. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- II. Allegro
03. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- III. Adagio assai doloroso
04. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- IV. Pesante - Più mosso - Duramente
05. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- V. Lagrimoso
06. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- VI. Presto resoluto
07. Zhanhao, Gang- Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto- VII. Adagio cantabile
08. Gang- Sunshine Over Tashkurgan
09. Paganini- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6- I. Allegro maestoso
10. Paganini- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6- II. Adagio
11. Paganini- Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6- III. Allegro spiritoso


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