Sweet Sorrow

Tommaso Antonio Vitali (Artist), Fryderyk Chopin (Artist), Niccolo Paganini (Artist), Edouard Lalo (Artist), Henri Vieuxtemps (Artist), Nicolo Paganini (Artist), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Artist), Johannes Brahms (Artist), Franz Liszt (Artist), Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Artist), Camille Saint-Saens (Artist), Sir Colin Davis (Artist), Sarah Chang (Artist), English Chamber Orchestra (Artist), Charles Abramovic (Artist), Anthony Caronia (Artist), Jonathan Feldman (Artist), Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (Artist), Charles Dutoit (Artist), London Philharmonia Orchestra (Artist), Sandra Rivers (Artist), Leopold Chalier (Artist), London Symphony Orchestra (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics
• ASIN: B00000K4F0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,063 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #7 in Music > Classical > Forms & Genres > Short Forms > Character Pieces
  • #17 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > General Contemporary
  • #25 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Languages > German

Customer Reviews

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, January 17, 2000

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Zach (Nevada City, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sweet Sorrow (Audio CD)

I received this beautiful CD for christmas, I put it in the CD player and listened to the whole CD from start to finish, amazing. I'm a young violinist myself, I love Sarah's work. The feeling and passion in Vitali's Chaconne is unbeatable. Each of the pieces are contrasting; yet, all of them fit in the same groove. Beautiful and in minor keys. Exciting, tantalizing, beautiful. Her technical mastery is amazing, for such a young age. I love this CD, I hope you love it too.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Caution to the Wind, February 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Sweet Sorrow (Audio CD)

Sarah is my favorite violinist and has been for years. I have most of her CD's. Her technical and emotional mastery is nothing short of miraculous for her age. But be aware that five of these pieces appear on two of her previous releases; "Simply Sarah" and "Debut Recital".

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Easy listening Chang, March 8, 2006

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klavierspiel "klavierspiel" (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sweet Sorrow (Audio CD)

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.