Phoenix Story

All three artists show impressive technical accomplishment… As to the interpretations: all three players have the right instincts - projecting the intense lyricism of the Chopin and responding... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2009 More…

Release Date: 25th Aug 2008
Catalogue No: MR301113
Label: Melba Recordings

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Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65

Pei-Jee Ng (cello) & David Tong (piano)

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Pei-Sian Ng (cello) & David Tong (piano)

Kats-Chernin: Phoenix Story, for two cellos

world premiere
Pei-Jee Ng & Pei-Sian Ng

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• A recital featuring some of Australia’s finest young musicians all in their early 20s, including the stunning twin cellists Pei-Jee Ng and Pei-Sian Ng who are beginning to make names for themselves internationally

• Pianist David Tong’s second album for Melba following his spectacular debut CD (of Rachmaninov, Chopin and Liszt – MR301086) in 2005

• Beautiful Romantic repertoire – the Sonatas for cello and piano by Chopin and Rachmaninov – plus the world premiere recording of noted Australian composer Elena Kats-Chernin’s Phoenix Story for two cellos

• Recorded direct to disc using DSD (direct stream digital) technology – the same technology behind the SACD and one that ensures absolute maximum performance from a CD

• Striking artwork from the renowned Ken Cato

• Digipak with picture disc and 26-page colour booklet with essays and translations

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January 2009

All three artists show impressive technical accomplishment… As to the interpretations: all three players have the right instincts - projecting the intense lyricism of the Chopin and responding to the more dramatic contrasts of Rachmaninov's idiom.

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