Butterfly Lovers & Paganini (vinyl edition)

Butterfly Lovers & Paganini (vinyl edition)

Artist(s):

Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago

Composer(s):

He Zhang Hao, Chen Gang, Niccolò Paganini
Release Date: 21-02-2025
PTC: 5187415
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Side 1

Chen Gang(b. 1935) & He Zhanhao (b. 1933)

Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (1959)

1) I. Adagio cantabile 5:31
2) II. Allegro 2:45
3) III. Adagio assai doloroso 2:49
4) IV. Pesante – piu mosso – duramente 3:40

Side 2

5) V. Lagrimoso 2:26
6) VI. Presto resoluto 5:29
7) VII. Adagio cantabile 5:03

Chen Gang

Sunshine Over Tashkurgan (1976, orch. Yang Li Qing) 7:45

Side 3

Niccolò Paganini (1782–1840)

Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6 (1815)

9) I. Allegro maestoso (Cadenza: Émile Sauret) 23:36

Side 4

10) II. Adagio 5:16
11) III. Rondo. Allegro spiritoso 10:17
Total Tracks 11
Total Duration 01hr 14min

Album information

VINYL EDITION OF CHLOE CHUA’S EXHILARATING VIOLIN CONCERTOS FROM EAST TO WEST

Rising star violinist Chloe Chua presents a vinyl edition of her acclaimed recording combining Chen Gang and He Zhanhao’s Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with Niccolò Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, performed together with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez and Mario Venzago. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1959, and inspired by a tale often called the Romeo & Juliet of ancient China. Chen and He deftly combine a Western classical idiom with elements from Chinese opera, such as grace notes and portamento effects, and the work has become one of the most famous and acclaimed pieces of Chinese classical music. This album also features an interpretation of Chen Gang’s Sunshine over Tashkurgan, which adds Central-Asian maqam to the stylistic palette. The programme concludes with Paganini’s First Violin Concerto, musically inspired by Rossinian bel canto. The three works share a richness of melodic invention and orchestral colours, as well as breathtaking virtuosic demands for the soloist. The solo parts are in excellent hands with Chloe Chua, who admires the steadfast love and perseverance of the Butterfly Lovers and feels fully at home in these evocative and exhilarating masterpieces.

Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony return to PENTATONE after their acclaimed recording of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and Locatelli’s Labirinto armonico (2023).

This album is a vinyl edition of the PTC5187230 release. Downloads available here.