Sarah Chang: 5 Classic Albums

Virtuoso violinist Sarah Chang is featured in the second batch of our series comprising five original artist studio albums in one clamshell box and at an unbeatable price. In this five-disc set, Chang performs a variety of pieces that span the classical music gamut.

The first disc in this set features Felix Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor, Op. 46, and Jean Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47. Chang performs both of these works alongside the Berliner Philharmoniker, conducted by Mariss Jansons. Disc two offers an inspired rendition of Vivaldi's famous work, The Four Seasons. Chang performs this seminal work of the baroque era with by the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Disc three showcases a variety of violin works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The first piece on this disc is César Franck's 1886 Violin Sonata in A, followed by Camille Saint-Saëns 1885 Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75. The third and final piece on disc three, Maurice Ravel's 1927 Violin Sonata, ushers the listener into the 20th century. These three works are performed with accompaniment by Lars Vogt on piano. The fourth disc in this set features both Dvorak's Violin Concerto in A Minor, Op. 53, B. 108, and his Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155, performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Colin Davis, and feature Leif Ove Andsnes on piano, Alexander Kerr on violin, Wolfram Christ on viola, and Georg Faust on cello. The fifth and final disc of this wide-sweeping set of violin works offers performances of Dmitri Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 99, and Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D, Op. 19. Chang performs these two works alongside the Berliner Philharmoniker under the direction of Sir Simon Rattle.

Sarah Chang is recognized as one of the world's great violinists. Since her debut with the New York Philharmonic at the age of 8, she has performed with the greatest orchestras, conductors, and accompanists internationally in a career spanning more than two decades. She has recorded exclusively for EMI Classics for the past 21 years.