Ortho Implant Chang

Total of 42 tracks, approximately 3 hours and 42 minutes. Sarah Chang is known as one of the most fascinating and talented performers of her generation, with astonishing musical insight, technical virtuosity, and emotional range. She recorded exclusively for EMI Classics from the beginning of her career, from 1992 to 2009. This is a collection of her best performances. Vivaldi: Winter, Autumn, Spring, Summer, Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 12 No. 1, Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy, Massenet: Meditation from Thais, Dvorak: Piano Quintet, Franck: Violin Sonata, Ravel: Violin Sonata No. 2 - 2nd & 3rd Movements, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 - 3rd Movements, etc.

This fascinating recital features three works composed during a short period of tremendous upheaval in the world of music. Szymanowski's Mythes: Trois Poemes, op. 30 was composed in 1915, Dohnanyi's Sonata, op. 21 in 1912, and Bartok's Sonata No. 1 in 1920-21. Violinist Elizabeth Chang writes that "the crosscurrents of multiculturalism and the pursuit of a national identity separate from the prevailing Germanic legacy, are topics with searing relevance to the early 21st century. Probing the connections among the densely intertwined web of musicians of this time yields insight into an inflection point in musical history that unleashed the wildly divergent paths that music composition took as the twentieth century unfolded." This recording presents beautifully detailed performances of three important pieces, performed by two leading virtuosi.

As part of the Royal Academy of Music Bicentenary Series, violinist Anna Im has compiled a tender programme that includes Fauré’s Violin Sonata No. 1 and Amy Beach’s Romance. Entitled Rêverie , the album fosters feelings and memories from imaginary worlds: Fauré’s sonata weaves a tapestry of emotions that transcends time and space; Beach’s Romance is a tribute to love which conjures up bittersweet memories. For this recording, Anna was graciously loaned the ‘Maurin’ Stradivari violin.