Sung-Won Yang & Enrico Pace - Cantique d'Amour (2018) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Cellist Sung-Won Yang’s debut album entirely devoted to Kodály was “the editor’s choice of the month” Gramophone Magazine and “critic’s choice of the year” Gramophone Magazine in the UK (2003). Since then, intelligence and originality of his interpretation and play have been world-widely praised by both the critics and the music fans, and have led him to appear on such prestigious venues as the Lincoln Center, the Salle Pleyel, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Royal Concertgebouw. Especially, his complete recording series of Kodály, Beethoven Sonatas/Variations, Brahms/Schumann for cello and piano, Bach’s 6 suites for solo cello, Beethoven trios (either for EMI or Decca/Universal) received international recognition. Pianist Enrico Pace, who began his international career as a winner of the Utrecht International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in 1989, is one of the popular soloists and chamber musicians. He has performed with major orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, the Munich Philharmonic, The Bamberger Symphoniker and the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Pace enjoys on-going partnerships with violinists Leonidas Kavakos, Frank Peter Zimmermann and Liza Ferschtman.

“Sung-Won Yang offered performances loaded with imagination, technical brilliance and pinpoint accuracy in intonation. Contours were skillfully shaped, scalar nuances were crafted with exquisite care and the whole rang with a resounding richness.” (Washington Post)

“It takes a player of Sung-Won Yang’s technical brilliance and expressive boldness to make one feel The Kodaly’s Solo Sonata’s full grandeur.” (Gramophone, U.K.)

Tracklist:
01. Liszt: Romance oubliée (arr. for Viola or Cello and Piano), S.132
02. Liszt: La lugubre gondola (arr. for Viola or Cello and Piano), S.134
03. Liszt: Die Zelle in Nonnenwerth (arr. for Violin or Cello and Piano), S.382
04. Liszt: Elégie No.1 (arr. for Cello and Piano), S.130b
05. Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172-No. 1 in E major. Andante con moto / No. 4 in D-Flat Major. Quasi adagio
06. Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172-No. 2 in E major. Un poco più mosso
07. Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172-No. 3 in D flat major. Lento, placido
08. Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172-No. 5 in E major. Andantino
09. Liszt: 6 Consolations, S.172-No. 6 in E major. Allegretto, sempre cantabile
10. Liszt: Elegy No. 2 (arr. for Cello and Piano), S.131
11. Schubert, Liszt: Ave Maria (arr. for Cello and Piano), S.558/12
12. Liszt: 10 Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173-10. Cantique d'amour (arr. for Cello and Piano)
13. Chopin: Sonata In G Minor For Cello & Piano, Op.65-1. Allegro moderato
14. Chopin: Sonata In G Minor For Cello & Piano, Op.65-2. Scherzo. Allegro con brio
15. Chopin: Sonata In G Minor For Cello & Piano, Op.65-3. Largo
16. Chopin: Sonata In G Minor For Cello & Piano, Op.65-4. Finale. Allegro
17. Chopin: Introduction & Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 (arr. for Cello and Piano by A. Franchomme)
18. Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth. (arr. for Cello and Piano)

Personnel:
Sung-Won Yang, cello
Enrico Pace, piano