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Chopin - Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor
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Instrumental » Piano Solos » Preludes
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he really is phenomenal: this music seems to flow out of him with such relaxed and elegant perfection —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th November 2015
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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This is more than a flawless recital played with technical bravura and a born soloist’s confidence. Abduraimov is a major pianist, worth talking about in the same breath as the international... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2021
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2021, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recording of the Week, 22nd January 2021
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Record Review, 23rd January 2021, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Piano
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Put the score to one side and there is so much to think about in these performances. Love them or loathe them, you will surely never have heard anything quite like them. —
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Eric Lu is a young pianist blessed with what sounds like an ‘old soul’…The programme is both effective and unsettling…Lu’s playing is in a rare class – one that has a vacancy since Radu Lupu’s... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Instrumental Choice
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Even in a very crowded field there are new things to say. Even more to the point is the fact that this young French pianist says them with complete naturalness, for there is nothing contrived... —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, Instrumental Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2018, Jury Award - Newcomer
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he plays [the Mozart] with restraint, albeit micromanaging the music so that no phrase sounds the same twice...[in the Chopin] Sokolov ranges from introspective musing to his native Russian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 19th January 2015
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Instrumental
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Murray Perahia plays Chopin
RecommendedMurray Perahia (piano)
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta
A self-recommending six-disc set...which includes the Gramophone Award-winning disc of the Etudes. As Bryce Morrison said of that disc: 'From Perahia there is order and lucidity at the heart... —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2014, Re-issue of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 1995, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 45th Awards (2002), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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Daring, insouciance, brilliant fingers? Yes. Precision? No. More importantly, Cortot's depth of expression, tonal beauty and unique musical imagination put him in a school of his own. —
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The Op 25 Études are of special interest, the real prize being No 7 in C sharp minor, a reading of the rarest refinement and flexibility...Lortat’s exquisite touch draws from the instrument... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2023, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Each of the Preludes is vividly characterised, with Lim running the gamut between dark turbulence and pastoral tranquility with absolute assurance. He doesn't waste energy trying to find novel... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2015, Editor's Choice
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