{"product_id":"fou-tsong-beethoven-chopin-schubert-debussy-1989-92-pakm091","title":"FOU TS'ONG Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Debussy (1989-92) - PAKM091","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 31\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eCHOPIN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eImpromptu No. 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDEBUSSY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSix Preludes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eLive digital recordings, 1989-1992\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 78:59\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eFou Ts'ong\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e, piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PAKM091.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e“In the first Impromptu of Schubert’s second set, Fou suggested the ongoing figure of a symphonic movement and the tonal richness of an orchestra. The variations of the third Impromptu had an exceptional sense of momentum, too, with liquid pianissimo in the second variation yet no undue straining after incidental felicities … He chose the last six Preludes of Debussy’s second book, which gave him the opportunity to revel in cat-like athleticism and gestural caprice. He had already shown the discreet warmth of his pedalling and control of nuance in Mozart, but here, at the end of ‘Canope’, there was the most delicate and exact diminuendo possible and, at the other extreme, a scintillating sequence of shocks in ‘Feux d’artifice’.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e– \u003cb\u003eAdrian Jack\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e, 12 June 1991\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What Paderewski said to Malcuzyuski is the advice of a great master: you must listen to yourself. It's not easy, it takes time, and for me, the learning never stops. I have to learn a particular sound and try to produce it in a thousand different ways. Of course, it's useful to follow a routine, to play without the pedals or to play in strict time, slowing down the piece and learning it in chords, so as to grasp it harmonically. With Debussy, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, all the great composers, everything written on the page is important. What else do we have? If you ignore notation, you produce a non-effect that is completely detached from the composer's intention. Music can be played in many different ways, as long as it is played convincingly. But nothing is convincing, nothing is correct unless it is grammatical, and nothing is grammatical unless the language of the score is reproduced. We must at least try to follow this path.” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin-left: 25px;\"\u003e– \u003cb\u003eFou Ts’ong\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePiano Le Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, January 2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe life story of Fou Ts’ong, born in 1934 in Shanghai, China, is complex and difficult to summarise in what little space I have here. Classical music came naturally to him. It was part of the sound world of his home and John McCormack and Elizabeth Schumann were key influences from his father’s record collection. He studied piano with an Italian conductor in China and, at the age of nineteen,  travelled to Warsaw in the 1950s for further immersion in the music of Chopin and others with Zbigniew Drzewiecki, giving hundreds of concerts behind the iron curtain. In the early 1960s he defected to the West, settling in London, and collaborating with the likes of Giulini, Solti and Krips, in Europe, Japan and the US. In the decade that followed he married his first wife, Zamira, daughter of Yehudi Menuhin, with whom he formed a close bond, playing often together, and become a household name. But unlike his friends Daniel Barenboim and Vladimir Ashkenazy, his career then entered a quiet phase, not helped by a wrist injury. A return to the Queen Elizabeth Hall in 1991, under the management of Giovanna Horowitz, led to his playing being more widely appreciated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe musical content derives from three concerts held at Dublin’s National Concert Hall in 1989, 1991 and 1992 promoted by his friend Peter Charleton. The selection presented here aims to offer the best possible introduction to key repertoire within the time restrictions of a single-CD release. The pianist generally preferred to play his concert programmes in order of composition, but the exception to this was Chopin and in particular the Bb minor sonata, after which he would only offer the quietest of encores, such as the early C sharp minor nocturne or the last mazurka in F minor. Hence, we begin with Schubert and Beethoven, but the Debussy comes before his unique conception of the great Chopin sonata.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Rose\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eFOU TS'ONG in Concert in Dublin, 1989-1992\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eImpromptus, D935 - No. 3 in B-flat major\u003c\/span\u003e  (10:21)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eConcert of 4 May, 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. 1st mvt. - Moderato cantabile molto espressivo  (6:32)\u003cbr\u003e3. 2nd mvt. - Allegro molto  (2:21)\u003cbr\u003e4. 3rd mvt. - Adagio ma non troppo  (3:51)\u003cbr\u003e5. 4th mvt. - Fuga. Allegro ma non troppo  (7:27)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eConcert of 4 May, 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. \u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDEBUSSY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eÉtudes, Book 2, Pour les degrés chromatiques\u003c\/span\u003e  (2:32)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eConcert of 4 May, 1991\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eDEBUSSY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePreludes, Book 2\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune  (4:50)\u003cbr\u003e8. Ondine  (3:06)\u003cbr\u003e9. Hommage a S Pickwick Esq  (3:00)\u003cbr\u003e10. Canope  (3:42)\u003cbr\u003e11. Les tierces alternées  (2:27)\u003cbr\u003e12. Feux d'artifice  (4:28)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eConcert of 31 October, 1992\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eCHOPIN \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 35 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. 1st mvt. - Grave - Doppio movimento  (7:38)\u003cbr\u003e14. 2nd mvt. - Scherzo  (5:50)\u003cbr\u003e15. 3rd mvt. - Marche funèbre  (9:07)\u003cbr\u003e16. 4th mvt. - Finale. 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