COMPOSERS: Chopin
LABELS: Hyperion Helios
ALBUM TITLE: Chopin piano works
WORKS: Ballade No. 1; Ballade No. 2; Ballade No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Piano Sonata in B minor
PERFORMER: Nikolai Demidenko (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: CDH 55182
Edge-of-the-seat emotional timing and poetic sensitivity give the Ballades a freshness unheard on disc since Ashkenazy’s mid-1960s Decca classic. The B minor Sonata is at a lower emotional temperature. Julian Haylock
Chopin: Ballade No. 1; Ballade No. 2; Ballade No. 3; Ballade No. 4; Piano Sonata in B minor
Edge-of-the-seat emotional timing and poetic sensitivity give the Ballades a freshness unheard on disc since Ashkenazy’s mid-1960s Decca classic. The B minor Sonata is at a lower emotional temperature. Julian Haylock
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 3:55 pm
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