REVERIE
YU-CHIEN TSENG, Violin
with Rohan de Silva, Piano
Deutsche Grammophon 886 046-9 / *****
In
2015, Taiwanese violinist Tseng Yu-Chien was awarded the 1st prize
at the inaugural Singapore International Violin Competition. Within the same
year, he won 2nd prize at the International Tchaikovsky Violin
Competition in Moscow, undoubtedly an even more coveted accolade.
This debut
recital disc issued by Universal Music Taiwan shows the confidence of youth in
abundance. Not all of the programme is virtuoso fodder, as he displays a
totally musical and more lyrical side in Mozart's Violin Sonata in B
flat major (K.454), Chopin's Nocturne (Op.27 No.2) in August Wilhelm's
arrangement and Tchaikovsky's Melodie from Souvenir d'un lieu cher.
Even
in flexing his Paganinian prowess, there is much nuance in Tartini's Devil's
Trill Sonata, working from its calm and sanguine opening to an increasingly
frenzied conclusion. In the unaccompanied Last Rose Of Summer Variations
by Heinrich Ernst, the intricacy, detail and perfect intonation of his playing
becomes more apparent, reaching full fruition in Wieniawski's fearsome Variations
On An Original Theme.
The 1732 Guarneri del Gesu violin he plays on, on
loan by a Taiwanese foundation, and veteran piano accompanist Rohan de Silva
prove worthy partners. Heartily recommended.
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