Special offer. Mythes
Jiyoon Lee & Henry Kramer
Lee and Kramer offer fresh, lively performances in sympathetic partnership, responding to the pieces’ vivid contours and varied rhythmic drives without ever succumbing to the temptations of...
Special offer. Mythes
Jiyoon Lee & Henry Kramer
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Lee and Kramer offer fresh, lively performances in sympathetic partnership, responding to the pieces’ vivid contours and varied rhythmic drives without ever succumbing to the temptations of...
About
As part of her prize for winning the Windsor Festival International Strings Competition in 2015, South Korean violinist Jiyoon Lee makes her debut recording on Champs Hill Records with duo partner Henry Kramer in a recital of Stravinsky, Wieniawski, Bartok, Szymanowski and Ravel. Winning the David Oistrakh competition in 2013, Jiyoon Lee subsequently won prizes in the Indianapolis, Queen Elizabeth and Carl Nielsen competitions, in addition to Windsor, and is now performing around the world. Henry Kramer has similarly won prizes in the Queen Elizabeth and Montreal competitions and an award winner at the Julliard School. Most of the music on this album originated in the early 20th century, with the exception of the Légende by the Polish virtuoso Henryk Wieniawski, which is from 1860.
Contents and tracklist
- Henry Kramer, Jiyoon Lee
- Henry Kramer, Jiyoon Lee
- Henry Kramer, Jiyoon Lee
- Henry Kramer, Jiyoon Lee
Awards and reviews
October 2018
Lee and Kramer offer fresh, lively performances in sympathetic partnership, responding to the pieces’ vivid contours and varied rhythmic drives without ever succumbing to the temptations of self-indulgence of excess…Lee’s playing, mercurial, precise and soaringly lyrical by turns, is always a delight to listen to, and Kramer matches her high-stepping virtuosity, dispatching the rapid-fire Ravel piano part as if it’s the easiest thing in the world.
October 2018
There’s an admirable refusal to hurry, so that Szymanowski’s long, asymmetrical lines are given space to sing and breathe…Kramer is superb in this work, too, filling in the filigree textures of ‘La fontaine d’Aréthuse’ with exquisite grace…It’s another fine disc from Lee, one that consolidates her growing reputation and marks her out as an artist to watch in future.