Chopin: 24 Preludes - CD (0628588914825)

"This new album by Charles Richard-Hamelin presents two important works from Frédéric Chopin's repertoire, 24 Preludes, Op. 28 and Andante spianato & Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22, and confirms that he is one of the world's elite pianists. Writing about Richard-Hamelin, BBC Music Magazine characterized his playing as ""fluent, multifaceted and tonally seductive… a technician of exceptional elegance and sophistication."" Qualities that are made evident on this brilliant new album. Charles Richard-Hamelin is well known on the international music scene as a ""highly sensitive"" pianist (Gramophone), driven by ""a great depth of feeling without the slightest pretense"" (Le Devoir). He is recognized as ""fluent, multifaceted and tonally seductive… a technician of exceptional elegance and sophistication"" (BBC Music Magazine)."