Cesar Franck, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Kyung-Wha Chung, Radu Lupu, Osian Ellis, Melos Ensembel - Franck - Sonata for violin and piano A· Debussy - Sonatas A· Ravel - Introduction and Allegro / Chung A· Lupu A· Ellis A· Melos Ensemble

a nice collection well played

This group of works of French Impressionism is enjoyable from begining to end and can be highly recommended. The sound quality given its vintage is excellent. I have competing versions of the Ravel and Debussy and this version more than holds its own. The Franck is one of those works any fan of western art music should not be without. I purchased this after reading about it in the NPR guide which also recommended it highly. October 3, 2005

Fabulous!

Possibly my favorite classical music CD. I have listened to this more times than I could count, and I still love it. August 19, 2005

Solid performance

A good solid recording, but not as exquisite as Anne-Sophie Mutter's or as warm as Josh Bell's. April 1, 2004

No regret to bring it to an island!

Tom Hanks won't have a regret on what CDs he should have brought to the island in the movie "Cast Away", only if he had this Chung & Lupu sonata! January 15, 2001

Marvellous (but slightly mislabelled)

This CD unites two sets of classic performances: The Franck and Debussy Violin Sonatas by Kyung Wha Chung and Radu Lupu, dating from 1977, and two 1962 recordings by the Melos Ensemble (Ravel's Introduction and Allegro and Debussy's Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp). At the time of thisreview,it is listed Kyung Wha Chung as a performer on the latter Debussy Sonata, which is not the case, though the fault probably lies with the way the disc is labelled and documented (you have to read the fine print to see exactly who is performing what). But all four of these are classic performances, with excellent sound (though analogue recordings), and there is no better buy in the catalog than this disc for chamber music lovers! September 27, 2000

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