Cho-Liang, Lin

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Anthony Newman

1 CD / Naxos Blu-Ray / 2011-04-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo i...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Newman, Anthony

Vivaldi's universally popular Four Seasons, with its virtuoso part for solo violin, depicts the changing seasons in a pastoral landscape with dazzling variety. The composer...continue...
Recording information: Church of Holy Trinity, New York City (09/06/2005-09/09/2005)....continue...

Postcards From China

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-04-12

Works: Fu-Tong Wong: Xi Shi Fantasy, for violin & piano; Variations on the theme of Anping Ballade, for violin & piano; Variations on the theme of Hoyahue, for violin & piano; Chinese Dance, for violin & pi...
Performers: Chen, Evelyn; Cho-Liang, Lin

Personnel: Cho-Liang Lin (violin); Evelyn Chen (piano).

Recording information: Concert hall of Rice University, U.S.A. (05/17/2010-05/18/2010)....continue...

Zhou Long - Spirit Of Chimes / Zhou Long

1 CD / Delos / 2009-11-17

Works: Zhou Long: Secluded Orchid, for erhu, pipa, cello & percussion; Spirit of Chimes, for piano trio; Wu Kui, for piano; Taiping Drum (for violin and piano); Partita, for violin & piano
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Huang, Helen; Ni, Hai-Ye

Recording information: The Performing Arts Center (Recital Hall), SUNY Purchas (02/09/2007-02/11/2007)....continue...

American Classics - Gerber: Gershwiniana, Notturno, Piano Trio / Bue

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-06-30

Works: Steven R. Gerber: Gershwiniana; Folksong Transformations (3); Pieces (3); Notturno; Elegy on the Name "Dmitri Shostakovich"; Songs Without Words (3) for Violin solo; Fantasy for Violin solo; Duo for ...
Performers: Beroukhim, Cyrus; Buechner, Sara Davis; Cho-Liang, Lin; Nikkanen, Kurt; Smith, Brinton

Each of Steven Gerber's works is "an important addition to music... its sense of evolution from previous generations welcome at a time when change seems...continue...

Sheng: Spring Dreams, Tibetan Dance, 3 Fantasies / Yeh, Lin, Schub, Sheng, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Bright Sheng: Spring Dreams for Violin; Fantasies (3) for Piano; Tibetan Dance
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Schub, Andre-Michel; Sheng, Bright; Svaboda, Erin
Conductors: Yeh, Tsung
Ensemble: Singapore Chinese Orchestra

Chinese-American composer Bright Sheng acknowledges no aesthetic borders, weaving together haunting melodies and sonorities from sources as diverse as Chinese, Kazakhstani and Tibetan music, or...continue...

Tsontakis: Violin Concerto no 1, Mirologhia, October / Miller, Lin, Currie, Albany SO

1 CD / Koch International / 2008-10-28

Works: George Tsontakis: Mirologhia, for voice, percussion & orchestra; October, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Calenos, Eleni; Cho-Liang, Lin; Currie, Colin
Conductors: Miller, David A.
Ensemble: Albany Symphony Orchestra

George Tsontakis' catalogue continues to grow dramatically as prominent orchestras and musicians commission and record his works. In recent seasons, his works have been heard...continue...

The Essential Isaac Stern

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-04-29

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Quintet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 111; Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in C minor, Op. 101; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violi...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Casals, Pablo; Cho-Liang, Lin; Istomin, Eugene; Katims, Milton; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; McDonald, Robert; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Rose, Leonard; Rostropovich, Mst...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Zukerman, Pinchas; Stern, Isaac; Bernstein, Leonard; Katims, Milton; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Isaac Stern changed the world he lived in, both as a violinist of dazzling virtuosity and immense soul, and as a tireless, joyous humanitarian. Even...continue...

The Essential Wynton Marsalis

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-07-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D major; Ode on Union of King and Parliament; Jean Joseph Mouret: Suite de Symphonies no 1; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Organ; Ma...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William [flute]; Black, Neil; Burr, Jon; Cho-Liang, Lin; Hurst, Robert Leslie III; Koch, Philip; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Riley, Herlin; ...
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Hunsberger, Donald; ; Marsalis, Wynton
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

The name Wynton Marsalis has become almost a metaphor for music in our time, be it visionary jazz or beautifully wrought performances of classical works...continue...

Tintner: Violin Sonata, Chopin Variations, etc / Lin, Huang

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-04-24

Works: Georg Tintner: Sonata for violin & piano; Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano; Sehmsucht (Longing), prelude for piano; Auf den Tod eines Freundes (On the death of a Friend), for piano; Sonata ...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Huang, Helen

"Tintner's earlier, tonal works begin in the middle of the album with the Variations on a Theme of Chopin and conclude with the single-movement F...continue...

Chin: Double Concerto for Violin and Cello, etc / Lin, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-02-27

Works: Gordon Shi-Wen Chin: Double Concerto for violin, cello & orchestra; Formosa Seasons, for violin & strings
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Fan, Felix
Conductors: Stern, Michael
Ensemble: Kansas City Symphony Orchestra

"Formosa Seasons" is based on a series of Haiku-like poems, and is dedicated to the celebrated Taiwanese-American violinist Cho-Liang Lin. It follows the format of...continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc / Cho-Liang Lin, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo i...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Newman, Anthony
Conductors: Newman, Anthony
Ensemble: Sejong Soloists

Vivaldi's universally popular 'Four Seasons' has become one of the most recorded pieces of classical music. The four concertos, with their virtuoso part for solo...continue...

Mozart 250 - A Celebration

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-02-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 6 in E flat major ("String ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Cho-Liang, Lin; Cieslewicz, Philipp; Clevenger, Dale; De Larrocha, Alicia; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Szell, George; Bruno, Weil; Lockhart, James; Brico, Antonia; Leppard, Raymond; Kubelik, Rafael; Faerber, Jörg; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Kuhn, Gustav; Zukerman, Pinchas; Maazel, Lori...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds; Cleveland Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; London Symp...

Sibelius, Nielsen: Violin Concertos

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Violin Op. 33 (FS 61)
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Two glorious concertos, gloriously played. Cho-Liang Lin handles technical hurdles with dazzling assurance yet there is a simple eloquence and tonal purity which excite admiration...continue...

Expanded Edition - Schubert, Brahms, Bach / Stern, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-07-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op 99; Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 111; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B m...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Istomin, Eugene; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Rose, Leonard; Stern, Isaac; Tree, Michael
Conductors: Stern, Isaac
Ensemble: Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra

"The interplay of lines and voices, the aplomb with which the theme is passed and received, suggest the sort of wholly integrated artistry one expects...continue...

Expanded Edition - Wynton Marsalis - The London Concert

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-02-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Leopold Mozart: Concerto for Trumpet in D major; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Concerto for trumpet, 2 oboes, strings & continuo in D ma...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; English Chamber Orchestra; Marsalis, Wynton; Tunnell, Charles; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Newman, Anthony
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Marsalis' Haydn shows considerably more depth of thought and variety in phrasing than on the earlier hit record; the finale, in particular, gains in expressiveness......continue...
This selection is a Super Audio CD, which is designed for use only on Super Audio CD players. It is also available in standard CD format.

Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Cho-Liang Lin (v...continue...

Expanded Edition - Haydn: Favorite Concertos/ Ma, Lin, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op 101/H 7b no 2; Concerto for Violin no 1 in C major, H 7a no 1; Concerto for Keyboard in D m...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Cho-Liang, Lin; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marsalis, Wynton
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ax, Emanuel
Ensemble: ; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Marsalis has to be taken seriously as a classical artists, and this performance shows why. His control of his instrument makes it sound like he...continue...

Chen Yi: Momentum / Shui, Lin, Hou, Marshall, Singapore SO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2003-09-30

Works: Chen Yi: Momentum; Chinese Folk Dance Suite for Violin and Orchestra; Fantasy for Organ and Wind Ensemble "Dunhuang"; Romance and Dance for 2 Violins and Strings; Tu
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Hou, Yi-Jia Susanne; Marshall, Kimberly
Conductors: Shui, Lan
Ensemble: Singapore Symphony Orchestra

"Like her compatriot Bright Sheng, Chen Yi survived the Chinese Cultural Revolution and came to America to study at Columbia University in the late 80s....continue...

The Essential Igor Stravinsky

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-03-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4; Firebird; Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Rag-time for 11 instruments; Histoire du soldat - Trois danses; Piano-Rag-Music,...
Performers: Albert, Adrienne; Anderson, Linda; Baker, Israel; Berberian, Cathy; Bressler, Charles; Cho-Liang, Lin; Craft, Robert [Conductor]; Entremont, Philippe; Garrard, Don; Goodman, Benny; Gramm, Donald; Hei...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stravinsky, Igor; ; Craft, Robert
Ensemble: C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Jazz Combo; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Isaac Stern - In Tribute and Celebration

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-07-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Divertimento for String Quartet in D major, K 136 (125a); Divertimento for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings no 11 in D major, K...
Performers: Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Cho-Liang, Lin; Istomin, Eugene; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Rose, Leonard; Stern, Isaac; Tree, Michael

Rouse: Der Gerettete Alberich, Rapture, etc / Glennie, et al

1 CD / Ondine / 2000-02-23

Works: Christopher Rouse: Der gerettete Alberich, fantasy for solo percussion & orchestra; Rapture, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Glennie, Evelyn
Conductors: Segerstam, Leif
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Rouse himself is a percussionist, and Evelyn Glennie has been presented with few more effective-sounding vehicles for her virtuosity than this entertaining and often extremely...continue...

Classic Wynton

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-11-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: King's March; Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Trumpets and Strings in D major; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Orga...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; Stillman, Judith Lynn; Tunnell, Charles; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Hunsberger, Donald; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

This new compilation from Sony of some of Wynton Marsalis' finest classical recordings is for anyone who is not yet convinced that he may well...continue...
Personnel: Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Kathleen Battle (soprano); Cho-Liang Lin (violin); William Bennett (flute); Neal Black (oboe); Judith Lynn Stillman (piano); Ian On Awi Watson (harpsichord); An...continue...

Chamber Music of Weber / David Shifrin, et al

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat major, J 182/Op. 34; Grand Duo Concertante for clarinet & piano in E flat major, J. 204 (Op. 48); Variations (7) for Clarinet and Pian...
Performers: Bachmann, Maria; Cho-Liang, Lin; Golub, David; Hoffman, Gary; Hoffman, Toby; Kavafian, Ani; Neubauer, Paul; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Shifrin, David

Schubert, Boccherini: Quintets / Stern, Lin, Laredo, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-11-12

Works: Franz Schubert: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956; Luigi Boccherini: String Quintet for 2 violins, viola & 2 cellos in E major, G. 275 (Op. 11/5)
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Robinson, Sharon [Cello]; Stern, Isaac

"Now here's music-making at its best. In the Schubert, each soloist, exquisitely framed and projected by the engineers, is in top form, and Schubert gives...continue...

In Gabriel's Garden / Wynton Marsalis, Newman, English CO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Jean-Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfares; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; The King's March; Work(s); Sonata for trumpet, strings and continua no 2 in D major; Giuseppe Torelli: Sonata a ...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Marsalis, Wynton; Tunnell, Charles; Watson, Ian
Conductors: Newman, Anthony
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

This selection is also available in MiniDisc format.

Once again planting himself in London's St. Giles Church, Wynton Marsalis performs a program of heroic pan-European Baroque music that permi...continue...

Sibelius - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26; Kuolema; Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Pelléas et Mélis...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Hove, Carolyn; Krosnick, Joel; Leonard, Ronald; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Smirnoff, Joel
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Ormandy, Eugene; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Lane, Louis; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Sinfonietta; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orc...

Mendelssohn - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words; Athalie, incidental music, Op. 74; Song without words, Op...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Beths, Gijs; Beths, Vera; Bylsma, Anner; Cerutti, David; Cho-Liang, Lin; Dann, Steven; Entremont, Philippe; Gatwood, Jody; Hogner, Gunter; Jansen, Rudolf [Piano]; Koya...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; ; Szell, George; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Davis, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Wien-Berlin

Violin - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for o...
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Francescatti, Zino; Horigome, Yuzuko; Lamon, Jeanne; Maehashi, Teiko; Stern, Isaac; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Katims, Milton; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Brieff, Frank; ; Szell, George; Koizumi, Kazuhiro; Mehta, Zubin; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orche...

Tan Dun: Out of Peking Opera, etc / Tang, Lin, Helsinki PO

1 CD / Ondine / 1994-01-11

Works: Tan Dun: Out of Peking Opera (Violin Concerto no 1); Death and Fire; Orchestral Theatre II
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin; Olli, Kalevi
Conductors: Tang, Muhai; Kropsu, Kari
Ensemble: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

"Tan Dun's star continues to rise. The young (b.1957) Chinese composer has attracted audiences and commissions with music that exhibits a keen sense of color,...continue...

Brahms: Sextets / Stern, Lin, Laredo, Tree, Ma, Robinson

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-06-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sextet for Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 18; Theme and Variations for Piano in D minor; Sextet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 36
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Cho-Liang, Lin; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Robinson, Sharon [Cello]; Stern, Isaac; Tree, Michael

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Concertone / Lin, Laredo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-01-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E)
Performers: Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Laredo, Jaime; Tunnell, Charles
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Bruch: Violin Concerto no 1, Scottish Fantasy / Lin, Slatkin

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-03-24

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 46
Performers: Cho-Liang, Lin
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra