圧倒的才能、さらに極まる! 繊細な抒情を完璧な美音で奏でる名手による至高のショパン。

2015年第17回ショパン国際ピアノ・コンクールで優勝した名手による待望のショパン・アルバム。
4曲のスケルツォは、ショパンの全創作の中でも、その激しさや深刻な曲調において非常に際立った世界を形作っています。ピアノ協奏曲第2番は、若きショパンが満を持して作曲した最初の大作で、随所に創意が凝らされ、片思いの初恋の想いを込めた第2楽章が有名な非常にロマンティックな作品です。チョ・ソンジンは完璧にコントロールされたタッチによる研ぎ澄まされた美音と、抑制の中から溢れる豊かな情感により、ショパン作品の情緒と美しさを最大限にひき出しています。
協奏曲は、2016年録音の「ショパン:ピアノ協奏曲第1番」でも好サポートを示したノセダ指揮ロンドン交響楽団との共演。
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Pianist Seong-Jin Cho won the International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 2015 and was promptly signed to the Deutsche Grammophon label. He soon released a recording of Chopins Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11. Listeners have had to wait five years for its successor, but theyll find that the wait was worth it; the performance of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (actually the earlier of Chopins two youthful concertos), effectively showcases the explosive style of this artist. The two concertos show Chopins style right on the cusp of full development, and it takes a bit of imagination to tease out what was happening. Chos performance is anything but a safe competition entry. From the commanding first entrance of the piano in the concerto, he generates a tumultuous mood in which waves seem to run through the layers of ornamentation. His is a high-contrast reading with calm passagework in the slow central movement and in the lyrical sections, and he applies plenty of tempo rubato. There may be too much for some, but this is notoriously a matter of taste. Cho opens his program with the four Scherzos, and these big and contrasting works fit well with his concerto reading. Online listeners get some bonus tracks that may be recommended; the so-called Revolutionary Etude in C minor, Op. 10, No. 12, an impromptu, and a nocturne serve the function of encores and effectively wind down this offering from an artist who is rapidly becoming a major Chopin specialist.

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