Chin, U
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East Meets West
Aftab Darvishi - Unsuk Chin - Jörg Widmann - Thomas Adès
Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Nancy Zhou, Ye-Eun Choi, Muriel Razavi, Pablo Ferrández (cello), London Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Adès
However we rate Mutter's proxy contributions to the new violin literature as a commissioner - and however classy her playing here - it's the sense of a beautifully conceived album that impresses... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Unsuk Chin: Orchestral Works
RecommendedBerliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle, Myung-Whun Chung, Sakari Oramo
All six works included here underline what a diligent, imaginative and consistently engaging composer Chin is. Hers is music that deserves the parallel qualities brought to it by this illustrious... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Contemporary
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Contemporary Music
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Musical Toys, above all, delights in the importance of being playful...the work that makes the CD essential is Unsuk Chin’s set of Six Piano Etudes: music that magnificently fuses contemporary... —
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Building a Library, May 2017, Recommended Recording
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2013, Newcomer Award
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Unsuk Chin
Samuel Favre, Dimitri Vassilakis (piano), Ensemble Intercontemporain (chamber ensemble), Pierre Bleuse
few ensembles can animate her precision-engineered fantasies with such poise...A superb entry into Chin's ensemble world and a stylish counterpart to the best in the catalogue. —
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Unsuk Chin: Three Concertos
RecommendedWorld Premiere Recordings
Sunwook Kim (piano), Alban Gerhardt (cello), Wu Wei (sheng)
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung
Chin is one of the best contemporary exponents of purely instrumental music drama, and these concertos provide absorbing listening...The music inevitably acquires a ritualistic aura but there... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2015, Premiere Winner
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Contemporary
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International Classical Music Awards, 2015, Winner - Contemporary Music
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Ravel’s Miroirs is the starting point for this keyboard essay, and it’s all rather breathtaking...Fu’s approach is intelligent but fuelled by a deep emotion and understanding of the repertoire... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2024, Winner - Newcomer
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Unsuk Chin - Violin Concerto & Rocana
Viviane Hagner (violin)
Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Kent Nagano
Beside this, other recent violin concertos shrivel: this is a work that sings and soars with a visionary beauty rare in contemporary music. Against a vague, swirling background, the violinist... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Finalist - Contemporary
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The young British pianist Clare Hammond is fast building a reputation as a stylish interpreter of the new or less familiar... The real interest is the set of six Etudes by Unsuk Chin (b.1961),... —
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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