Andrew Wan

Andrew Wan, Charles Richard-Hamelin – Schumann: The Three Violin Sonatas (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:11:26 minutes | 2,35 GB | Genre: Classical
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After the recording of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonatas for violin and piano, a triptych that has been awarded numerous prizes, Andrew Wan and Charles Richard-Hamelin continue their fruitful collaboration with the complete sonatas for violin and piano by Robert Schumann (1810-1856). A perfect program to highlight the bond between the concertmaster of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the pianist who won the silver medal at the International Frédéric Chopin Piano Competition in 2015.
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Andrew Wan, Charles Richard-Hamelin – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 4, 9 & 10 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:27:27 minutes | 2,93 GB | Genre: Classical
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With this third album, which includes Sonata No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 23, the famous Sonata No. 9 in A Major, Op. 47 (“Kreutzer”), and Sonata No. 10 in G Major, Op. 96, Andrew Wan and Charles Richard- Hamelin complete their recording of the entire cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven’s (1770–1827) sonatas for violin and piano.
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Andrew Wan, Charles Richard-Hamelin – Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 & 8 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:10:10 minutes | 2,39 GB | Genre: Classical
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Here’s a new album that brings together two of Canada’s most prominent young musicians, Andrew Wan, concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal since 2008, and Charles Richard-Hamelin, Silver medalist and winner of the Krystian Zimerman award at the International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015. For this first studio collaboration, they recorded the three sonatas of Beethoven’s Op. 30, one of the most important works for violin and piano. Wan and Richard-Hamelin’s playing is dynamic and expressive and the result is nothing short of impressive. These works by Beethoven highlight three facets of the composer’s personality. While Sonata No. 6 shows Beethoven’s calmer side, Sonata No. 7 reveals a more tempestuous and tormented man, and the charming Sonata No. 8 displays a touch of humor. This is the first album of three by Wan and Richard-Hamelin that will cover the complete sonatas for violin and piano of Ludwig van Beethoven.
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