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Sweet Sorrow | 
| Artists: Tommaso Antonio Vitali, Fryderyk Chopin, Niccolo Paganini, Edouard Lalo, Henri Vieuxtemps, Nicolo Paganini, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Camille Saint-Saens, Sir Colin Davis, Sarah Chang, English Chamber Orchestra, Charles Abramovic, Anthony Caronia, Jonathan Feldman, Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, Charles Dutoit, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Sandra Rivers, Leopold Chalier, London Symphony Orchestra
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 39738
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 56791
UPC: 724355679123
EAN: 0724355679123
ASIN: B00000K4F0
Release Date: September 14, 1999
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| Tracks:
| • | Chaconne | | • | Mélodie | | • | Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor | | • | Symphonie Espagnole, Op. 21/4. Andante | | • | Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37 in a Minor/2. Adagio | | • | Violin Concerto No. 5, Op. 37 in a Minor/3. Allegro Con Fuoco | | • | Sonata No. 12, Op. 3 in E Minor/1. Canzonetta: Andante Innocentemente | | • | Cantabile in D | | • | Belshazzar's Feast/Nocturne, Op. 51 No. 3 | | • | Nocturne No. 20 Op. Posth. In C Sharp Minor | | • | Consolation No. 3 in D Flat | | • | Violin Concerto, Op. 35 in D/2. Canzonetta: Andante | | • | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28 | | • | Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 28 |
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 14
 Fantastic Album March 16, 2007
E. Arzu Ozatalay (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great album that I listen to over and over again. It really makes me feel... Sarah Chang is one of the greatest violin players and she has done a fabulous job on this album.
Easy listening Chang March 9, 2006
klavierspiel (TX, USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This collection, consisting mostly of reissues, showcases Chang's expressive qualities, with the emphasis being mostly on the slow and dreamy side of her art. One has the feeling that the producers envisioned this disc as background music for a romantic candlelight dinner or some such, and for that purpose it is perfectly sufficient. Chang, of course, is a major violinist and none of the playing here is less than topnotch. As a musical experience for connoisseurs, however, "Sweet Sorrow" has its drawbacks, chief among them being the sameness of mood and tempo. Also, the inclusion of fragments of works such the Vieuxtemps Fifth Concerto and the Tchaikovsky Concerto is musically unsatisfying; the latter is particularly irritating as it leaves the end of the slow movement simply hanging. It may be of some significance that some of the most engaging playing from Chang is heard on the earliest tracks, the Chopin Nocturne and Liszt Consolation, recorded in her child prodigy days; here a genuine love for the music comes through that is somewhat muffled in most of the other selections.
 total disappointment August 14, 2005
Carlos Icaza Estrada (South America)
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
In Chang's performance of the Vitali Chaconne, the feeling and passion initially apparent in her playing was wiped out by her
almost total lack of energy, expressed in a thin sound that often
made it difficult to distinguish the solo violin from the orchestra strings. By the second quarter of the piece, I was shocked to find the sound of her violin fading out in mid melody. It was so terrible, so embarrassing, I had to stop listening.
I think a much better interpretation of the Vitali is the one by Oistrakh, but sadly it is with piano accompaniment while Chang's is with orchestra - one that performs superbly... So that the aesthetic crime that is Chang's anemic, thin playing is doubly terrible.
 some ways to go in knowing sorrow... September 4, 2004
Ying Lu (Detroit, MI United States)
4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Sarah Chang is no doubt technically brilliant on her instrument, however, her playing lacks depth and consistency of style. In the piano piece by Lizt re-arranged for violin for example, she has great difficulties in transitions and is therefore subdued in her musicality. The orchestral interpretation/edition of Saint Saens piece on this album is awful. Similar recordings by Anne Sophie Mutter or Midori Goto show greater maturity and are much more pleasing to the ear.
emotionally riveting vitali January 13, 2004
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
The Vitali is worth the price of the cd. The rest is also very good - although obviously all very similar pieces. HOWEVER, this rendition of the Vitali with full orchestra (which is hard to find) is emotionally riveting. I usually stop the cd at that point because it's hard to listen to anything else immediately after that. Kind of like Jacqueline DuPre's Elgar - you need quiet after it to return yourself to everyday life.
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