Ray Chen Archive
Ray Chen – The Golden Age – Decca
The Golden Age—Ray Chen plays works by Kreisler, Bruch, Debussy, Gershwin, Scott, and others. Ray Chen (violin), Julien Quentin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. Robert Trevino; Made in Berlin (quartet)—Decca 483-3852—53:26, *****: The promise of music from the “Golden Age” of violinists—namely by the likes of violinists such as Kreisler, Heifetz, and Joachim and composers […]
MOZART: Violin Concerto No. 3 in G Major; Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major; Violin Sonata No. 22 – Ray Chen, violin/ Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Orch./Christoph Eschenbach, p. & cond. – Sony
Ray Chen transcends his ‘virtuoso’ status with these elegantly stylized versions of two Mozart concertos and one of his sonatas.
Ray Chen Virtuoso = TARTINI: Violin Sonata “The Devil’s Trill”; BACH: Chaconne from Partita in D Minor; WIENIAWSKI: Legende in G Minor; Variations on an Original Theme in A Major; FRANCK: Violin Sonata in A Major – Ray Chen, v./ Noreen Polar, p. – Sony
This debut album from Berlin (rec. June 2010) “represents who I am,” claims Chen.
STRAVINSKY: Diversions – Music for Violin and Piano = Suite after Pergolesi; Divertimento; Duo concertante; Chanson russe; Danse russe – Ray Chen, violin/ Timothy Young, piano – Melba
A very attractive recital of Stravinsky’s “on tour” violin and piano music, easy on the ears and very digestible.
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
