Subito

Subito: suddenly, or immediately. And something else besides – a moment of revelation or transformation, charged with surprise. When Witold Lutoslawski gave this title to the showpiece that he wrote for a violin competition in Indianapolis in 1994, he evoked all these qualities, and more – that delighted astonishment; the brilliant, piercing moment of musical communion between performer and listener that comes with true virtuosity. On her debut album, Julia Hwang has taken that idea – of virtuosity as communication – and embraced it from four very different directions. Grieg’s Violin Sonata No. 3 blends virtuosity with traditions both local and international, to say something unambiguously personal. Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending refines violin technique into expression as pure as the song of a skylark. Lutoslawski’s Subito creates a brief, dazzling moment whose very brilliance is its own meaning; and Henryk Wieniawski, entertainer par excellence, spins fantasy from another man’s tunes in his Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’Opéra Faust de Gounod – enriching them in the process. This release continues Signum’s series of discs with St John’s College Cambridge, following their two critically-praised Choral albums of 2016.

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Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
I. Allegro molto ed appassionato
 
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Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza
 
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Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45
III. Allegro animato
 
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The Lark Ascending
 
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Subito
 
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Fantaisie brillante sur des motifs de l’Opéra Faust de Gounod
 
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