Emily Sun, Andrea Lam - Nocturnes: Intimate French Music For Violin And Piano (CD ALBUM (1 DISC))

Emily Sun, Andrea Lam - Nocturnes: Intimate French Music For Violin And Piano (CD ALBUM (1 DISC)) Intimate French music for violin and piano: for her debut solo album, brilliant young violinist Emily Sun has chosen music ofpassionate, intense beauty from the great French masters. At the heart of the album are two of the cornerstones of the repertoire: César Franck's deeply romantic Violin Sonata, written as a wedding present for the renowned virtuoso Eugène Ysa e, and Gabriel Fauré'smagical First Violin Sonata, full of rapturous melodies and audaciously delicious harmonies.Floating like silken threads around these masterworks are exquisite, dream-like miniatures: the moonlit beauty of Debussy's Clair de lune, Fauré'sravishing Après un rêve, and the yearning Nocturne by Lili Boulanger, one of the great poetic voices of French music. And to finish, the quintessential Parisian chanson La Vie enrose, made famous by the inimitable ðdithPiaf. Since first grabbing the world's attention in the award-winning documentary Mrs Carey's Concert, London-based Australian violinist Emily Sunhas won the hearts of audiences around the world, winning both the UK Royal Overseas League Music Competition Gold Medal in 2016 andthe ABC Young Performer of the Year competition in 2018. Earning critical acclaim for her concerto appearances in the USA, Europe andChina as well as across Australia, Emily also performs recitals in the world's leading concert venues, including London's WigmoreHall, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Tchaikovsky Great Hall in Moscow and the Sydney Opera House. For this recital disc, she is joined by award-winning New York-based Australian pianist Andrea Lam, a frequent guest at New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Centerwho has performed with orchestras in Japan, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the United States, as well as all the major Australian Symphony Orchestras. A sensitive chamber collaborator, Andrea has performed in festivals and concert series aroundthe world with cellist Matt Haimovitz, the TakácsQuartet, the Australian String Quartet, the Claremont Trio and more.

Tracklistings:

CðSAR FRANCK

Violin Sonata in A major

1.I. Allegro ben moderato

2.II. Allegro

3.III. Recitative ÜFantasia (Ben moderato)

4.IV. Allegretto poco mosso

CLAUDE DEBUSSY

5.Clair de lune

GABRIEL FAURð

6. Après un rêve

GABRIEL FAURð

Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13

7.I. Allegro molto

8.II. Andante

9.III. Allegro vivo

10.IV. Allegro quasi presto

LILI BOULANGER

11. Nocturne

LOUIGUY

12.La Vie enrose