Paul Huang

Paul Huang, Helen Huang – Kaleidoscope (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 55:26 minutes | 1,02 GB | Genre: Classical
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For his debut album, the violinist Paul Huang has chosen to spotlight the colour and poetry of his instrument in a kaleidoscopic recital of sonatas by Saint-Saëns, Respighi, Chopin and Paganini.

Paul Huang is undoubtedly a virtuoso. A graduate of the Juilliard School in New York, winner of the 2011 Young Concert Artists International Auditions, he is already renowned, and has been a guest at the most prestigious venues such as the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center.

The sonatas by Saint-Saëns and Respighi are also undeniably virtuosic, and among the most difficult works in the violin repertoire. But virtuosity is not the most important quality that Huang focuses on here: he was initially attracted to the instrument as a young boy for “its sonority and its wonderful lyric qualities.”

A subtle, refined violin – the legendary 1742 ‘ex-Wieniawski’ Guarneri del Gesù – ensures a variety of colour and contrast for this vibrant Romantic programme.

Paul Huang deploys a wide, generous palette of emotions bestowing a moving intimacy to Paganini’s famous Cantabile or Chopin’s Nocturne.

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