Composer: Franz Liszt, Christoph Willibald Gluck, David Alan Friedman, Sergei Prokofiev, Franz Schubert, et al.
Artist: Yoonie Han (b.1985) piano 韩尹正 (http://www.yooniehan.com/)
Label: Steinway & Sons
Number of Discs: 1
Audio CD (May 27, 2014)
Yoonie Han
Yoonjung "Yoonie" Han (born January 12, 1985 in South Korea) is an award-winning South Korean-born American classical pianist.
The Watkins brothers have reached volume three in their survey of British works for cello and piano. They have already shown a true affinity for this repertoire, Gramophone remarking that ‘[they] have all this music in their very being.’ Vol. 3 concentrates on three works written in a short period immediately after the Second World War, by three composers of very different orientation and personality.
Review
Yoonjung "Yoonie" Han has built an impressive resume - degrees from Juilliard and Curtis, a doctorate in progress at SUNY Stony Brook, and several competition appearances including an appearance at the Van Cliburn. The 29-year-old Korean pianist signed with Steinway in 2012 and with this release, has free reign to present her ideas across a full album. "Love and Longing" features several lush showpieces including Prokofiev's piano arrangement on a bit of Romeo and Juliet, Franz Liszt's extravagant reimagining of the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, plus six songs by Schubert in arrangements by Liszt and a pair of gauzy numbers by Reynaldo Hahn. Han, who has previously been heard on WQXR's McGraw-Hill Companies Young Artists Showcase, shows a willingness to move beyond the standard piano chestnuts and think in thematic terms with her programming. --WQXR Album of the Week, May 2014
Tracks:
01. Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II Dance of the Blessed Spirits, Melodie (Gluck / Arr. I. Friedman)
02. Mullerlieder, S. 565R. 249 No. 5, Wohin (Schubert / Liszt)
03. Schwanengesang, S. 560R. 245 No. 3, Aufenthalt (Schubert / Liszt)
04. Winterreise, S. 561R. 246 No. 1, Gute Nacht (Schubert / Liszt)
05. Le rossignol eperdu I. Première suite. No. 10, La fausse indifference (Hahn)
06. 10 Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75 No. 10, Romeo and Juliet Before Parting (Prokofiev)
07. Goyescas, Book 2 No. 5, El amor y la muerte (Grandos)
08. Müllerlieder, S. 565R. 249 No. 2, Der Müller und der Bach (Schubert / Liszt)
09. Lob der Tranen, S. 557R. 242, Benediction des larmes (Schubert / Liszt)
10. 12 Lieder von Schubert, S. 558R. 243 No. 3, Du bist die Ruh (Schubert / Liszt)
11. Le rossignol eperdu I. Premiere Suite. No. 21, La danse de l'amour et de l'ennui (Hahn)
12. El jaleo (Wiprud)
13. Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde, S. 447R. 280 (R. Wagner / Liszt)