Product Description

2016 release. Winner of the 17th International Chopin Piano Competition 2015, one of the most prestigious titles in all of classical music, Seong-Jin Cho presents his first ever studio recording on DG. Combining Chopin's immensely popular 1st Piano Concerto with the almost equally popular 4 Ballades, this coupling displays his brilliant finger work and mastery of characterization. Cho recorded the work at London's famous Abbey Road Studios with the London Symphony Orchestra and it's new Principal Guest Conductor, Gianandrea Noseda. His interpretations of the composers ballades were set down at the Friedrich-Ebert-Halle in Harburg, Germany.

Review

Everything is poetic, introspective, graceful --Financial Times
Nothing is done just for show; it s all about the music --The Guardian
Unequivocally brilliant --The Telegraph