Romance

1	Mélodie for cello & orche
2	Allegro appassionato, for
3	Rondo for cello & orchest
4	Andante cantabile, for ce
5	Cello Concerto in D minor
6	Cello Concerto in D minor
7	Cello Concerto in D minor
8	El Cant Dels Ocells for c
Romance
1.	Mélodie for cello & orchestra in D major, Op. 20/1 8:16
	Composed by Alexander Glazunov
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano
2.	Allegro appassionato, for cello & piano (or orchestra) in B minor, Op. 43 3:49
	Composed by Camille Saint-Saëns
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano
3.	Rondo for cello & orchestra in G minor, B. 181 (Op. 94) 8:50
	Composed by Antonin Dvorák
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano
4.	Andante cantabile, for cello and string orchestra in D major (arr. of 2nd mvt. from String Quartet No.1) 8:34
	Composed by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano
5.	Cello Concerto in D minor 25:24
	Composed by Edouard Lalo
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano
6.	El Cant Dels Ocells for cello & piano 4:37
	Composed by Pablo Casals
	Performed by Han-Na Chang and Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra Rome
	Conducted by Antonio Pappano

All Music Guide

It remains a mystery why EMI consistently omits any mention from its program notes of the many gifted artists recording for the label. It's also a bit of a mystery why a cellist with as vast a technique as Han-Na Chang, whose previous discography focuses on the behemoth works of the repertoire like Shostakovich "Concerto No. 1" and Prokofiev "Sinfonia Concertante," would take on a "Romance" album featuring mainly over-sappy works often conquered by gifted high school players. The only truly "meaty" piece on the program is the Lalo concerto -- a work that is often not given its due credit in the literature. Much like her aforementioned recordings, Chang demonstrates again that she has more than ample technique and virtuosity to conquer anything in the repertoire. Where she falls short is the depth and intricacy of her interpretations and fails to reach the heights of the legendary performers whose footsteps she follows in. In this case, Chang's Lalo is technically flawless, but doesn't come close to the level of Spanish flare, panache, and rhythmic vitality of great performances of the work by Zara Nelsova and Leonard Rose. Conductor Antonio Pappano, who typically accompanies Chang at the helm of the London Symphony Orchestra, is heard here leading the much more sluggish and dull-sounding Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The boomy accompaniment only serves to further dull Chang's straightforward, bare-bones execution of Lalo. Mike Brownell

Gramophone

Warm and expressive readings.... In the Lalo the expressive range of her playing is most impressive in her winning control of flexible rubato, and in the quicksilver lightness of her playing in the Scherzo and the allegro vivace passages of the finale. Edward Greenfield

BBC Music Magazine

A compelling success, with every phrase well characterized and the accompanying passages fantastically rhythmic and light. Joanne Talbot

BBC Online

This is warm, expressive playing, to be savoured again and again. Charlotte Gardner

Toronto Star

1/2 Emotionally fiery, technically dazzling playing.... Chang delivers highly charged readings. John Terauds