Hee-Young Lim & Chuhui Liang – Estrellita

Contents

Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux, XIII. The Swan

Liszt: Liebesträume, S541 Nos. 1-3, No. 3 in A-Flat Major (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Hee-Young Lim)

Debussy: Préludes – Book 1, No. 12, Minstrels

Ravel: Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera

Beach, A: Romance, Op. 23 – Arr. for Cello and Piano by Hee-Young Lim

Tchaikovsky: Valse sentimentale, Op. 51 No. 6, No. 6, Valse Sentimentale

Rimsky Korsakov: Le Coq d’Or: Hymn to the Sun, Arr. for Cello and Piano by Fritz Kreisler

Kreisler: Syncopation

Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, Arr. for Cello and Piano by Maurice Maréchal

Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d’un lieu cher, Op. 42, III. Mélodie

Godard, B: Jocelyn, Berceuse

Arthur Rubinstein: 2 Mélodies, Op. 3, No. 1 in F Major, Moderato assai (Arr. for Cello and Piano by David Popper)

Brahms: Klavierstücke (6), Op. 118, No. 2, Intermezzo in A Major, Andante teneramente (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Hee-Young Lim)

Ponce, M: Estrellita, Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jascha Heifetz

Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant, Op. 14

Schubert: Ave Maria, D839

“Orchid Classics presents an album of encores for cello and piano performed by the outstanding South Korean cellist Hee-Young Lim and pianist Chuhui Liang. Praised by The Washington Post as ‘a deeply gifted musician’ with ‘an exceptional sense of lyricism’ and ‘near-flawless technique’, Hee-Young Lim has quickly established herself as one of the most charismatic, captivating and rapidly rising stars of the younger generation. Hee-Young Lim made her debut album of French cello concertos with the London Symphony Orchestra in 2018, for which she received widespread acclaim: Gramophone magazine praised her ‘exceptionally refined, silkily lyrical sound’ and BBC Music Magazine wrote that ‘Lim outshines her contemporaries in the warmth of expressiveness of her tone, which is of truly rare beauty’. This release with Orchid sees Hee-Young Lim draw together a selection of encores: small but sparkling gems of the repertoire, some composed for the cello and others arranged for this versatile instrument. The programme includes romantic works by Amy Beach, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rubinstein and Brahms, and French Impressionism from Debussy and Ravel; it opens with The Swan by Saint-Saëns and ends with Schubert’s exquisite Ave Maria.”