★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewConcertos for Violin & OrchestraPiotr Ilyitch Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64Ray Chen, violin Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Daniel Harding Sony 8869-798410-2 63:53 Ray Chen is now well established on his road to stardom as one of the greatest violinists of all time and this disc shows him at the peak of his powers accordingly...
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2012-06-18
★★★★★
Can a good workman give credit to his tools? According to the young champion violinist Ray Chen, they can. They say that recordings, books, films and paintings don't happen by themselves, and he's not about to hog all of the credit for Tchaikovsky/Mendelssohn Violin Concertos, his second recording. "Music is teamwork," Chen is quoted in saying in the liner notes. "It only exists in the space between people." To sharpen his words, it exists in the space between lots of things...
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2012-05-03
★★★★★
Summary for the Busy Executive: Huzzah! I first heard Ray Chen on an all-Stravinsky disc of music for violin and piano. I perked up right away: gorgeous intonation, unbelievable double- and triple-stops, no smears, and an aristocratic approach to that music. I think he surpassed Perlman's deservedly legendary EMI recording of much of the same material. And, by the way, Perlman was Stravinsky's favorite violinist. You can get Chen's Stravinsky from Amazon UK...
- www.classical.net
2012-04-16
★★★★★
While so much has already been said about the great Ray Chen, hearing him on disc in these two violin concertos is another matter. He truly raises the roof in no uncertain terms with his playing especially in the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto which shows his incredible prowess and fabulous technique that is definitely one of the finest interpretations available today...
- www.classical.net
2012-04-16
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