Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28 / Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' / etc
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FREDERIC CHOPIN
Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28 / Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre' / etc
Seong-Jin Cho (piano)
[ Deutsche Grammophon / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 16 March 2017
South Korea's Seong-Jin Cho, aged 21, was announced winner of the prestigious 17th international Frederic Chopin piano competition in the Polish capital, Warsaw on the evening of 20th October 2015.
The competition, held every five years, is one of the few in which pianists play pieces by a single composer. 84 pianists aged 16 to 30, from 45 countries, qualified for the 2015 four-stage series of final recitals held over a three-week period in October.
The competition opened on 1 October with a gala concert featuring Martha Argerich and finished with the Grand Finale recitals by the top 10 pianists on 18-20 October. The Chopin Competition is renowned for discovering the world's most talented pianists. Past winners include Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich, Krystian Zimmerman, Yundi Li and Rafał Blechacz.
This all-Chopin disc was made from live performances from the competition's finals.
"His performance of the 24 Preludes Op 28 is ravishing. The wonderfully crisp, unfussy articulation one quickly takes for granted, but the restraint and subtle discrimination of Cho's playing, combined with his silvery, never fulsome sound, is constantly beguiling." The Guardian
"he really is phenomenal: this music seems to flow out of him with such relaxed and elegant perfection" BBC Music
Tracks:
Preludes (24), Op. 28
Nocturne No. 13 in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35 'Marche funèbre'
Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque'
