VA - Queen Elisabeth Competition - Violin 2019 (Live) (2019)

A recording including the performances of all finalists of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2019, this year dedicated to violin.

Open to international violinists aged 18 to 30 years old who are ready to embark on an international career, the 1st prize winner will receive €25,000, a CD recording, a number of important international performance opportunities – plus the 4 year use of the 1708 ‘Huggins‘ Stradivarius, on generous loan from the Nippon Music Foundation.

The inaugural QEMC in 1937 was devoted to the violin and dedicated to Eugène Ysaÿe, who had recently died. David Oistrakh, then aged 28, was the competition’s first winner. The first piano competition took place the year after. Singing was added in 1988 and, in 2017, the contest was opened out to cellists. There is also a composition competition, which is run outside of the four-year cycle.

The 2019 violin jury comprises Pierre Amoyal, Martin Beaver, Corina Belcea, Patrice Fontanarosa, Pamela Frank, Lorenzo Gatto, Koichiro Harada, Yossif Ivanov, Dong-Suk Kang, Victor Kissine, Jaime Laredo, Shirly Laub, Mihaela Martin, Midori, Natalia Prischepenko, Vadim Repin and Arabella Steinbacher.

Stella Chen, violin [1st Prize, USA]
Timothy Chooi, violin [2nd Prize, Canada]
Stephen Kim, violin [3rd Prize, USA]
Shannon Lee, violin [4th Prize, USA]
Júlia Pusker, violin [5th Prize, Hungary]
Ioana Cristina Goicea, violin [6th Prize, Romania]
Belgian National Orchestra
Hugh Wolff, conductor
Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie
Jean-Jacques Kantorow, conductor
Takashi Sato, piano
Victor Santiago Asuncion, piano
José Gallardo, piano
Boris Kusnezow, piano

TRACKLIST

CD1 (6 / 1:17:13)
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1. Stella Chen;Hugh Wolff;Belgian National Orchestra - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 35: I. Allegro moderato (Live)
2. Stella Chen;Hugh Wolff;Belgian National Orchestra - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 35: II. Canzonetta (Live)
3. Stella Chen;Belgian National Orchestra;Hugh Wolff - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 35: III. Allegro vivacissimo (Live)
4. Hugh Wolff;Stephen Kim;Belgian National Orchestra - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro non troppo (Live)
5. Hugh Wolff;Stephen Kim;Belgian National Orchestra - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 77: II. Adagio (Live)
6. Hugh Wolff;Stephen Kim;Belgian National Orchestra - Violin concerto in D Major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (Live)



CD2 (8 / 1:16:00)
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1. Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Timothy Chooi;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, KV 219: I. Allegro aperto (Live)
2. Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Timothy Chooi;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, KV 219: II. Adagio (Live)
3. Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Timothy Chooi;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major, KV 219: III. Rondeau (Live)
4. Júlia Pusker;Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, KV 207: I. Allegro moderato (Live)
5. Júlia Pusker;Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, KV 207: II. Adagio (Live)
6. Júlia Pusker;Jean-Jacques Kantorow;Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie - Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, KV 207: III. Presto (Live)
7. Luke Hsu;Takashi Sato - Scherzo - Bagatelle (Live)
8. Seiji Okamoto;Belgian National Orchestra;Hugh Wolff - Fidl, Op. 99 (Live)



CD3 (10 / 1:19:33)
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1. Stella Chen;Victor Santiago Asuncion - Fantasy for violin and piano in C Major, Op. 159, D. 934 (Live)
2. Yukiko Uno;Takashi Sato - Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12/3: I. Allegro con spirito (Live)
3. Yukiko Uno;Takashi Sato - Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12/3: II. Adagio con molt'espressione (Live)
4. Yukiko Uno;Takashi Sato - Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12/3: III. Rondo: Allegro molto (Live)
5. Takashi Sato;Timothy Chooi - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: I. Allegro molto ed appassionato (Live)
6. Takashi Sato;Timothy Chooi - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza (Live)
7. Takashi Sato;Timothy Chooi - Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: III. Allegro animato (Live)
8. Eva Rabchevska;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: I. Allegro vivo (Live)
9. Eva Rabchevska;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: II. Intermède (Live)
10. Eva Rabchevska;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata in G Minor, L. 140: III. Finale (Live)



CD4 (13 / 1:21:58)
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1. Ioana Cristina Goicea;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata No. 3: I. Moderato malinconico (Live)
2. Ioana Cristina Goicea;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata No. 3: II. Andante sostenuto e misterioso (Live)
3. Ioana Cristina Goicea;Jose Gallardo - Violin Sonata No. 3: III. Allegro con brio, ma non troppo mosso (Live)
4. Shannon Lee;Victor Santiago Asuncion - Sonata No. 2. In A Major, Op. 100: I. Allegro amabile (Live)
5. Shannon Lee;Victor Santiago Asuncion - Sonata No. 2. In A Major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo (Live)
6. Shannon Lee;Victor Santiago Asuncion - Sonata No. 2. In A Major, Op. 100: III. Allegretto grazioso (Live)
7. Ji Won Song;Jose Gallardo - Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119: I. Allegro con fuoco (Live)
8. Ji Won Song;Jose Gallardo - Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119: II. Intermezzo: très lent et calme (Live)
9. Ji Won Song;Jose Gallardo - Sonata for violin and piano, FP 119: III. Presto tragico (Live)
10. Sylvia Huang;Boris Kusnezow - Sonata for violin and piano, JW 7/7: I. Con moto (Live)
11. Sylvia Huang;Boris Kusnezow - Sonata for violin and piano, JW 7/7: II. Ballada (Live)
12. Sylvia Huang;Boris Kusnezow - Sonata for violin and piano, JW 7/7: III. Allegretto (Live)
13. Sylvia Huang;Boris Kusnezow - Sonata for violin and piano, JW 7/7: IV. Finale (Live)