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Don’t be put off by the glitz surrounding this new release from superstar violinist Ray Chen…there’s no false glitter to his playing…[the Bruch is] performed with splendid warmth and character... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, More…

Release Date: 8th Jun 2018
Catalogue No: 4833852
Label: Decca
Length: 52 minutes

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June 2018

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Koncz: A New Satiesfaction

4:31

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Ray Chen (violin)
Made in Berlin
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

Kreisler: Syncopation

2:03

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Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

Ponce, M: Estrellita

3:31

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Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano), Jascha Heifetz (work arranger)
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

25:44

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Ray Chen (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Robert Trevino
Recorded: 2017-08-26
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

1. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)

8:43

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2. Adagio

9:24

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3. Finale (Allegro energico)

7:37

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Excerpt, Debussy: Suite Bergamasque

4:32

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Ray Chen (violin), Stephan Koncz (work arranger)
Made in Berlin
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

3. Clair de lune (Arr. Koncz)

4:32

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Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin

2:17

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Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

Excerpt, Gershwin: Porgy and Bess

1:55

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Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

Summertime (Arr. Heifetz)

1:55

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Scott, C: Lotus Land (Arr. Kreisler)

5:09

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Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano)
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

trad.: Waltzing Matilda (Arr. Koncz)

3:16

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Ray Chen (violin), Stephan Koncz (work arranger)
Made in Berlin
Recorded: 2017-11-03
Recording Venue: Kulturkirche Nikodemus, Berlin

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THE GOLDEN AGE showcases works from the “golden age” of the violin, with arrangements / transcriptions by Kreisler and Heifetz around a centerpiece of the magnificent Bruch concerto.

Reviews

August 2018

Don’t be put off by the glitz surrounding this new release from superstar violinist Ray Chen…there’s no false glitter to his playing…[the Bruch is] performed with splendid warmth and character by Chen and the LPO…Other highlights are a gossamer-light quartet arrangement of Clair de lune, and Kreisler’s Schön Rosmarin…which Chen plays with his signature vivacity and a wonderfully full-bodied sound.

September 2018

Chen plays with all his usual combination of suavity and kick, and his central Adagio is a particular joy…I must trumpet Koncz’s quartet contributions because these are what really lift this already marvellous disc into genuinely fresh, new territories…Joyful. Original. Stunningly played. What more could anybody want?

June 2018

Chen treats Bruch’s war-horse with such delicacy and affection that it’s impossible not to be won over no matter how many times you’ve heard the piece – his legato’s a thing to marvel at, and even though there’s portamento and Mantovani-esque vibrato aplenty it’s used as seasoning rather than overpowering everything in its wake. The Made In Berlin ensemble’s riffs on Satie and (somewhat less expectedly) Waltzing Matilda are great fun.

8th June 2018

The line-up is madly varied, although you certainly get a lightning tour of different ways of playing the violin. Stephan Koncz’s arrangement of Debussy’s Clair de lune highlights Chen’s almost miraculous featherweight touch, which is whispered without sounding wispy.

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