Pablo de Sarasate:
Introduction et Tarantelle

Edward Elgar:
Salut d’amour

Fritz Kreisler:
La Gitana
Tambourin chinois

Antonín Dvorák:
Songs My Mother Taught Me

Nathan Milstein:
Paganiniana (Variations) for violin solo

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky:
Souvenir d’un lieu cher - Mélodie

Henryk Wieniawski:
Scherzo-Tarantelle

Sergei Rachmaninov:
Vocalise

Manuel de Falla:
La vida breve - Danse espagnole

Edwin Grasse:
Wellenspiel

Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst:
Die letzte Rose

Johannes Brahms:
Contemplation (Wie Melodien zieht es mir)

SueyeParkintroduced herself to the general public in 2017 with no less a calling-card than Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin. On the present disc, the South-Korean violinist (born in 2000) has a pianist at her side, namely Love Derwinger, himself known from a number of recordings. The repertoire is also a more varied offering this time, with violin favourites such as Elgar’s tender Salutd’amourand Tchaikovsky’s Mélodie, as well as more virtuosic fare, for instance in the fireworks of Wieniawski’s Scherzo-Tarantelle.

Sueyealso includes two solo works on the disc: Ernst’s much-loved Last Roseand – in a nod to her previous disc – Paganiniana, Nathan Milstein’s fantasy on themes by Paganini. Performed with equal measures of poetic sensitivity and effortless virtuosity, this is a recital to dip into as well as to listen to from start to finish – from the fiery passion of Pablo de Sarasate’s Introduction et Tarantelleto Contemplation, Heifetz’ transcription of Brahms’s song Wie Melodienzieht es mir.

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Recording: August 2017 at Studio Acusticum, Pitea, Sweden. Instrumentarium: Violin: Ferdinando Gagliano, Naples 1758; Grand Piano: Steinway D.