Introducing Shannon Lee
Young violinist Shannon Lee makes her Telarc debut with Introducing Shannon Lee, a recital packed with gems by a range of 19th and 20th century composers, including Wieniawski, Kreisler, Ernst and Bazzini. Reviews
Released: July 22, 2008
Telarc International
Shannon Lee, violin
Pamela Mia Paul, piano
- Scherzo-Tarantelle, Op. 16
Henri Wieniawski - Tambourin Chinois, Op. 3
Fritz Kreisler - Recitativo and Scherzo, Op. 6
Fritz Kreisler - Beau soir
Claude Debussy, transcribed by Jascha Heifetz - Salut d'amour, Op. 12
Edward Elgar - Etude in Thirds, Op. 8, No. 10
Alexander Scriabin, arranged by Joseph Szigeti - Sonatensatz (Sonata Movement)
Johannes Brahms - Chaconne in g minor
Tommaso Vitali, transcribed by Léopold Charlier - Sea-Shell
Carl Engel, arranged by Efrem Zimbalist - Nocturne in c# minor, Op. Posth
Frédéric Chopin, transcribed by Nathan Milstein - Flight of the Bumble-Bee from The Legend of Tsar Saltan
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, transcribed by Jascha Heifetz - Der Erlkönig (after Schubert)
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst - La Ronde des lutins (Dance of the Goblins)
Antonio Bazzini
Reviews
"Shannon Lee plays both very brilliantly and very engagingly... Urgently recommended." Fanfare
"Just 16, she displays a technical command and fearless virtuosity that would be astounding in someone twice her age, let alone a musician in her mid-teens. " Gramophone
"... Ms. Lee is a dazzler. No technical challenge seems beyond her, and her shining tone is gorgeous... listen how expressively she shapes Elgar's Salut d'amour, complete with juicy and stylish slides, and the lyric middle section of the Kreisler Tambourin chinois." Dallas Morning News
"...she [Shannon Lee] already shows blazing technique and fine musical instincts. The album is mostly a sampler comprising short pieces designed to showcase Lee's across-the-board virtuosity. With the exception of Vitaly's 'Chaconne,' selections range from a little over a minute to just over five minutes. The desired effect is achieved. Lee's suave, singing tone enchants in Debussy's 'Beau soir' and Carol Engel's 'Sea-Shell,' and she negotiates impossibly difficult finger-twisters by Wieniawski and Bazzini with grit and confidence...one track shouldn't be missed -- Lee's heartrending rendition of Elgar's 'Salut d'amour' will soften the most ardent prodigy skeptics." Birmingham News
"...Shannon Lee, a wizardly musician who makes her way around the fiddle with easy virtuosity. But there's more than an acrobat here. Lee also makes music, going to the emotional and structural core of such pieces as Ernst's 'Der Erlkönig (after Schubert),' and Vital's Chaconne in G minor. For sheer charisma there are works by Kreisler, Rimsky-Korsakov, Bazzini, Wieniawski, Scriabin and others. Grade A" Cleveland Plain Dealer