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Chopin (1810-1849)

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The 180g analog double vinyl LP set of Im Dong-hyuk's Chopin album, which opens up an infinite world within each piece, will be produced in limited quantities. He is a young musician of exceptional quality. He has already matured and has an outstanding dignity, and at the same time, he exudes the dignity that only the chosen ones possess. ...an exceptional talent...moving freely between expressive richness, sincerity, dignity, and simplicity. (Diapason, France). He has the dazzling light that shines through when real music is created. He maintains a perfect balance of poetic sentiment and clarity, and this gives all of his performances a fluidity. ...He can no longer be compared to the "masters" of the past. The beauty, ease, and nature of his playing brings me to my knees. (Born in 1984 in Seoul, Korea. After studying at the Korean National Conservatory of Music, he studied at the Moscow Central Conservatory and the Moxhwa State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. In 2005, he graduated from the Hanover College of Music, where he studied with Lev Naumov. In 2000, he won a prize at the Busoni International Piano Competition, and in 2000, he won second prize at the Hamamatsu International Piano Competition.In October 2010, he won the third prize at the International Chopin Piano Competition, further garnering international attention as the highest-placed Korean pianist ever to win the prize. His performance of "Chopin: Preludes" was excellent when he won the Chopin Competition in 2005, but this recording of the Preludes again, almost 10 years later, is even more brilliant, more expressive, and more majestic. Hats off to the infinite world that unfolds within each short piece, and to the sharply honed touch with which he uses both hard and soft techniques. The variations at the beginning of the piece are not often performed, as it was written by a young Chopin, but it is a masterful performance that reminds us how interesting the piece actually is. And the "Lullaby" and "Boat Song" have a dreamlike expanse of world. This album is released as a 180g analog LP disc in limited quantities. Warner Music Japan