Composer: Frederic Chopin
Performer: Evgeny Kissin
Audio CD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: RCA
Size: 317 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
1. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11: Allegro maestoso
2. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11: Romance. Larghetto
3. Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 11: Rondo. Vivace
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: Maestoso
5. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: Larghetto
6. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F Minor, Op. 21: Allegro vivace
7. Mazurka No. 40 In F Minor (Op. 63, No. 2)
8. Mazurka No. 49 In F Minor (Op. 68, No. 4)
9. Waltz No. 14 In E Minor, Op. posth.
Here is the BEST EVER.
As I listened to this recording, I held back tears, shook my head, put my head in my hands, closed my eyes, then opened them and stared at the photo on the front of the album, trying to reconcile the picture of the boy with the slender arms and rounded cheeks with the power I heard. His left hand plays with the power of a strong adult, his right hand plays with the fleetness, accuracy and nuances of a top-flight pianist. But his technique is not the whole story. Kissin, even at the age of 12, plays with a coherence that I don’t remember hearing from any other pianist of any age. He does not play phrase by phrase, or even movement by movement; it is all one story. It is the first CD I’ve listened to over and over without tiring of it. With each hearing, I discover new things that take my breath away: the way his left hand plays these difficult turns, the expressive dynamics that maintain perfect control, the delicacy here, the power there, and so on. After hearing this CD, I plan to purchase at least one Kissin CD per month until I have them all.