Sensational Pianist Shares His Love for Handel on 180g Double LP!Each Work Is Brilliantly Full of Character & Life!
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The sensational South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho shares his love for an often neglected corner of the keyboard repertoire: Handel’s keyboard suites. Each suite is brilliantly characterful and brimming with life, and Cho has selected his three absolute favorites to play in full. Another lover of Handel’s keyboard suites was Johannes Brahms – so Cho pairs the suites with the later composer’s spectacular Handel Variations op. 24.
His are powerful readings of the suites, with great variety in articulation and tempo. At times, one thinks of Glenn Gould; Cho is much more sparing in his use of the pedal, but he is that commanding and charismatic. This is a strong program, brilliantly executed, and it marks the arrival of Cho in the pianistic top rank.
Features
- 180g Vinyl
- Double LP
- Gatefold Jacket
- Made in Germany
Musicians
| Seong-Jin Cho | piano |
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Selections
LP 1 – Side A:
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Suite No. 2 in F major HWV 427
- Adagio
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro [Fugue]
Suite No. 8 in F minor HWV 433
- Prélude
- Allegro [Fugue]
- Allemande
- Courante
- Gigue
LP 1 – Side B:
George Frideric Handel
Suite No. 5 in E major HWV 430
- Prélude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Air – Double I–V [Air with 5 Variations “The Harmonious Blacksmith”]
- Sarabande in B flat major HWV 440/3
- Minuet in G minor arr. Wilhelm Kempff
LP 2 – Side A:
Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)
Handel Variations in B flat major op. 24
- Aria
- Variation I
- Variation II. Animato
- Variation III. Dolce
- Variation IV. Risoluto
- Variation V. Espressivo
- Variation VI. Sempre legato
- Variation VII. Con vivacità
- Variation VIII
- Variation IX. Poco sostenuto
- Variation X. Energico
- Variation XI. Dolce
- Variation XII. Soave
- Variation XIII. Largamente, ma non più
- Variation XIV. Sciolto
- Variation XV
- Variation XVI. Piano ma marcato
- Variation XVII. Più mosso
- Variation XVIII. Grazioso
LP 2 – Side B:
Johannes Brahms
Handel Variatsion in B flat major op. 24
- Variation XIX. Leggiero e vivace
- Variation XX. Legato
- Variation XXI. Dolce
- Variation XXII
- Variation XXIII. Vivace e staccato
- Variation XXIV
- Variation XXV
- Fuga
