Artist: Chloe Chua, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barráez, Mario Venzago Title: Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini Year Of Release: 2024 Label: Pentatone Genre: Classical Quality: flac lossless (tracks) 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet Total Time: 01:14:44 Total Size: 1.42 gb Tracklist 01. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: I. Adagio cantabile 02. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: II. Allegro 03. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: III. Adagio assai doloroso 04. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: IV. Pesante - Più mosso - Duramente 05. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: V. Lagrimoso 06. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: VI. Presto resoluto 07. Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto: VII. Adagio cantabile 08. Sunshine Over Tashkurgan 09. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: I. Allegro maestoso 10. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: II. Adagio 11. Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major, Op. 6: III. Allegro spiritoso Rising star violinist Chloe Chua presents a recording combining Chen Gang and He Zhanhao's Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto with Niccolo Paganini's First Violin Concerto, performed together with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Rodolfo Barraez and Mario Venzago. The Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto was written in 1959, and inspired by a tale often called the Romeo & Juliet of ancient China. Chen and He deftly combine a Western classical idiom with elements from Chinese opera, such as grace notes and portamento effects, and the work has become one of the most famous and acclaimed pieces of Chinese classical music. This album also features an interpretation of Chen Gang's Sunshine over Tashkurgan, which adds Central-Asian maqam to the stylistic palette. The programme concludes with Paganini's First Violin Concerto, musically inspired by Rossinian bel canto. The three works share a richness of melodic invention and orchestral colours, as well as breathtaking virtuosic demands for the soloist. The solo parts are in excellent hands with Chloe Chua, who admires the steadfast love and perseverance of the Butterfly Lovers and feels fully at home in these evocative and exhilarating masterpieces. Chloe Chua and the Singapore Symphony return to PENTATONE after their acclaimed recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons and Locatelli's Labirinto armonico (2023)