ショパン: 練習曲集

ドイツ・グラモフォン125周年記念、初LP化シリーズ 第2弾リリース 3タイトル

みずみずしい生命感迸る17歳のショパン!

カナダ出身、ポーランドの血をひく天才ピアノ少年、ヤン・リシエツキのセカンド・アルバム。ドイツ・グラモフォンにとってショパンの練習曲作品10&25全曲は、1972年のポリーニ盤以来の録音であり、10代でそれを成し遂げたのは快挙と言えます。
ユニバーサル・ミュージック/IMS

Jan Lisiecki's 2013 Deutsche Grammophon album of Frederic Chopin's two sets of Etudes, Opp. 10 and 25, is certainly a bold demonstration of youthful vitality and dynamic virtuosity, but it is also a highly personal interpretation that is surprisingly Romantic in character, if not idiosyncratically so. There's never a worry that he'll miss a note or execute a passage ineptly, for Lisiecki is a fine player who can handle any difficulty these intricate study pieces hold in store. Yet there is always a slight feeling of impending recklessness, as if Lisiecki could turn the music on its head at any moment. Nothing is staid, everything is in motion. After several decades of pianists playing Chopin close to the vest, with a rhythmic regularity and evenness of phrasing that emphasize the Classical impulse, along comes Lisiecki with his flexible dynamics, playful rhythmic teasing, and impulsive expressions, characteristics that are perhaps more suggestive of Liszt's extroverted style than Chopin's introversion. Lisiecki knows that his audience wants bravado and a degree of flamboyance, and these qualities come across fully in his playing here. Deutsche Grammophon's sound is exemplary, with superb clarity and depth.