Performer: Paul Ji
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Release: 2020
Size: 1.21 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Frederic Chopin: Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18
02. Franz Liszt: Grandes études de Paganini, S. 141: No. 3, La Campanella
03. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: VI. June – Barcarolle
04. Sergei Rachmaninov: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor
05. Claude Debussy: Children’s Corner, CD 119a, L. 113: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
06. Frederic Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 5 in G-Flat Major, “Black Key”
07. Franz Liszt: Concert Paraphrase on Rigoletto, S. 434
08. Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
09. Alexander Scriabin: 12 Etudes, Op. 8: No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor
10. Frederic Chopin: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posth.
11. Franz Liszt: Consolations, S. 172: No. 3 in D-Flat Major
12. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: 18 Pieces, Op. 72: No. 5, Méditation
13. Frederic Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 3 in E Major, “Tristesse”
14. Franz Liszt: Liebesträume No. 3 in A-Flat Major, S. 541
15. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 14 Pas de deux (Arr. Pletnev)
16. Frederic Chopin: Polonaise in A-Flat Major, Op. 53, “Heroic”
Paul Ji, winner of the Prodiges competition in 2019, is a 16-year old pianist, born in Chicago, USA to a Chinese family and raised in France since the age of five.
His first album, contains a selection of 16 Romantic masterpieces for the piano.
In his note for the booklet he explains: “ I want to bring to you and your family consolation with Liszt’s “Consolation No. 3”, love with “Liebestraum No.3”, empathy with Chopin’s “Tristesse” Étude, illustrating the intense suffering evoked by Scriabin’s 12th Étude, relief with a brilliant Chopin waltz, peace with Tchaikovsky’s Meditation, and purity of long ago memories with a dream of Schumann’s Childhood Scenes and Debussy’s Children’s Corner.
Finally, I want to thank the heroes of this pandemic, the medical care workers who fought so hard for us. My Chopin “Heroic Polonaise” is for you!
To thank the fabulous “Prodiges” which gave me this opportunity, I thought of representing the other categories of Singing and Dance which “Prodiges” wonderfully unites. Thus, I include Verdi’s “Rigoletto” Opera paraphrased by Liszt and Tchaikovsky’s “Pas de Deux” from the Nutcracker Ballet, as all forms of art are connected through our senses.”