- Composer: Dong-Suk Kang (violinist)
- Audio CD (4 Oct 1995)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Naxos
- ASIN: B00000146L
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 194,611 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Like the first reviewer, I have countless recordings of the Sibelius violin concerto and quite a few renderings of the Elgar. Don-Suk Kang was the soloist in the Sibelius concerto at the 1990 Proms. The perfomance received stellar reviews; his artistry was flawless. This Naxos recording of the Sibelius followed shortly after.
I have listened to great performances of both these concertos, but have never heard a more beautifully realised account of the Sibelius. His recording of the Elgar is also fabulous, with faster tempi than many other offerings.
Having collected quite a few of his other recordings (the Neilsen and Saint-Saens concertos included), I believe that he merits greater acclaim. My only quibble is that he hasn't recorded the warhorse repetoire (Beethoven etc) and I wish he would. Come on, Naxos & BIS!
If you're fond of either, or both of, the Sibelius and Elgar violin concertos, this bargain CD is not to be missed.
I have listened to great performances of both these concertos, but have never heard a more beautifully realised account of the Sibelius. His recording of the Elgar is also fabulous, with faster tempi than many other offerings.
Having collected quite a few of his other recordings (the Neilsen and Saint-Saens concertos included), I believe that he merits greater acclaim. My only quibble is that he hasn't recorded the warhorse repetoire (Beethoven etc) and I wish he would. Come on, Naxos & BIS!
If you're fond of either, or both of, the Sibelius and Elgar violin concertos, this bargain CD is not to be missed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the most impressive performance of the Sibelius violin concerto. Dramatic, touching and breathtakingly precise. It is just incomparable. I love this concerto and have many CDs of it, however, most of them tend to be too intense that makes me hard to listen to them, probably due to its sheer virtuosity or of its difficulty to display the fullness of content, and none of them comes even close to the flawless performance of Dong-Suk Kang. One of the best of all CDs I have in my shelf. Thank naxos for such good recording for a low price. I want to try more CDs by this violinist.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Dong-Suk Kang is highly respected in the international violin world, both as a top performer and a top teacher. And in my view clearly one of the very finest violinists around, his live performances truly worth making a special effort to hear. I was blown away by his Sibelius at the 1990 Proms: Another musically gifted and truly exemplary Korean violinist projecting a passionate and crystal-perfect interpretation of this special masterpiece, meanwhile I was still reeling from the Kyung-Wha Chung phenomenon of the 70s and 80s. I can't believe what a bargain this CD is. A brilliant coupling as well.
I love this performance of the Elgar: I would never have thought of Elgar being played so musically and idiomatically by a Polish Orchestra and a Korean violinist until I heard this 1991 recording. It is so musically tasteful and idiomatic, the orchestra sounding very well under Adrian Leaper playing a very sensitive and beautiful partnership with the violin. The soloist keeps the obligatory slides under sensitive and tasteful control, giving poignant voice to the Elgarian phrasing. They set a realy well-judged pace with lovely moments of stylish rubato, never over-lingering or cliché. On repeated listening, which is highly recommended, one truly gets the feeling of an over-arching complete vision of how this long concerto should unfold and hold together. Kang succeeds, right from the opening bars, in creating a sense of personal textures and sonority, projecting his beautiful individual violin voice over the orchestra. The recording engineers should be congratulated on the exceedingly pleasing sound balance and keeping the uniqueness of Kang's instrumental colour perfectly displayed. Bravo. This recording is up there with Kennedy/Handley, Little/Davis, Haendel/Rattle live, Chung/Solti, and a worthy addition to the older and newer interpretations now available of this dearly beloved concerto.
Sibelius: This disc reveals an exemplary performance from Kang, accompanied (and I mean that) by the Czecho-Slovak RSO in 1989. The Sibelius idiom of icy bleakness is fully present, but the orchestral playing is uninspired and seems more to be in second place to the violinist, rather than expressing its prominent voice in important moments of the outer movements. The impression of the overall performance is rather lacking in excitement, but not through any musical or technical shortcomings on the part of the violinist. In fact, this is an absolutely crystal clear "model recording" of the violin voice of Kang's instrument - I think he played the Guidante (Bologna) 1718, from what I can discover. Intonation and technical skills just impeccable, perfectly judged vibrato and tight trills, IMO, to support his extremely intelligent and passionate reading. I give this performance 5 gold stars for the violin playing, but only 4 stars for conducting and orchestra.
I love this performance of the Elgar: I would never have thought of Elgar being played so musically and idiomatically by a Polish Orchestra and a Korean violinist until I heard this 1991 recording. It is so musically tasteful and idiomatic, the orchestra sounding very well under Adrian Leaper playing a very sensitive and beautiful partnership with the violin. The soloist keeps the obligatory slides under sensitive and tasteful control, giving poignant voice to the Elgarian phrasing. They set a realy well-judged pace with lovely moments of stylish rubato, never over-lingering or cliché. On repeated listening, which is highly recommended, one truly gets the feeling of an over-arching complete vision of how this long concerto should unfold and hold together. Kang succeeds, right from the opening bars, in creating a sense of personal textures and sonority, projecting his beautiful individual violin voice over the orchestra. The recording engineers should be congratulated on the exceedingly pleasing sound balance and keeping the uniqueness of Kang's instrumental colour perfectly displayed. Bravo. This recording is up there with Kennedy/Handley, Little/Davis, Haendel/Rattle live, Chung/Solti, and a worthy addition to the older and newer interpretations now available of this dearly beloved concerto.
Sibelius: This disc reveals an exemplary performance from Kang, accompanied (and I mean that) by the Czecho-Slovak RSO in 1989. The Sibelius idiom of icy bleakness is fully present, but the orchestral playing is uninspired and seems more to be in second place to the violinist, rather than expressing its prominent voice in important moments of the outer movements. The impression of the overall performance is rather lacking in excitement, but not through any musical or technical shortcomings on the part of the violinist. In fact, this is an absolutely crystal clear "model recording" of the violin voice of Kang's instrument - I think he played the Guidante (Bologna) 1718, from what I can discover. Intonation and technical skills just impeccable, perfectly judged vibrato and tight trills, IMO, to support his extremely intelligent and passionate reading. I give this performance 5 gold stars for the violin playing, but only 4 stars for conducting and orchestra.
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