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George Frideric Handel

Seong-Jin Cho: The Handel Project: Handel: 3 Suites/Brahms: Handel Variations

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Released: 3rd February 2023. The sensational South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho, the best-selling winner of the International Chopin Competition, 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 favourites 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. Cho finds that Baroque music gives the performer a good deal of leeway. 'You can use a certain amount of pedal and play these works in a very Romantic way'. As a result the Korean pianist has sought as far as possible to avoid using the sustaining pedal 'in order to ensure greater clarity'. On the other hand, he has altered some of the dynamics in order to exploit the possibilities of a modern piano. 'I really worked on my technique a lot as I wanted to bring out all of the voices. I tried to maintain different colours in them all. And I imagined a concerto grosso. The lefthand voice, for example, could sound like a bassoon. Or a voice in the right hand could sound like a violin'. (Seong-Jin Cho)

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    • Details

      Released:
      3rd February 2023
      Category:
      Classical
      Format:
      CD Album
      Barcode:
      28948630189
    • Description

      The sensational South Korean pianist Seong-Jin Cho, the best-selling winner of the International Chopin Competition, 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 favourites 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. Cho finds that Baroque music gives the performer a good deal of leeway. 'You can use a certain amount of pedal and play these works in a very Romantic way'. As a result the Korean pianist has sought as far as possible to avoid using the sustaining pedal 'in order to ensure greater clarity'. On the other hand, he has altered some of the dynamics in order to exploit the possibilities of a modern piano. 'I really worked on my technique a lot as I wanted to bring out all of the voices. I tried to maintain different colours in them all. And I imagined a concerto grosso. The lefthand voice, for example, could sound like a bassoon. Or a voice in the right hand could sound like a violin'. (Seong-Jin Cho)
    • Track listing

      Disc 1

      Track name
      Artist
      1.I. Adagio
      Seong-Jin Cho
      2.II. Allegro
      Seong-Jin Cho
      3.III. Adagio
      Seong-Jin Cho
      4.IV. Allegro
      Seong-Jin Cho
      5.I. Prelude
      Seong-Jin Cho
      6.II. Allegro
      Seong-Jin Cho
      7.III. Allemande
      Seong-Jin Cho
      8.IV. Courante
      Seong-Jin Cho
      9.V. Gigue
      Seong-Jin Cho
      10.I. Prelude
      Seong-Jin Cho
      11.II. Allemande
      Seong-Jin Cho
      12.III. Courante
      Seong-Jin Cho
      13.IV. Air and Variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith'
      Seong-Jin Cho
      14.Aria
      Seong-Jin Cho
      15.Variation 1
      Seong-Jin Cho
      16.Variation 2. Animato
      Seong-Jin Cho
      17.Variation 3. Dolce
      Seong-Jin Cho
      18.Variation 4. Risoluto
      Seong-Jin Cho
      19.Variation 5. Espressivo
      Seong-Jin Cho
      20.Variation 6
      Seong-Jin Cho
      21.Variation 7. Con Vivacita
      Seong-Jin Cho
      22.Variation 8
      Seong-Jin Cho
      23.Variation 9. Poco Sostenuto
      Seong-Jin Cho
      24.Variation 10. Energico
      Seong-Jin Cho
      25.Variation 11. Dolce
      Seong-Jin Cho
      26.Variation 12. Soave
      Seong-Jin Cho
      27.Variation 13. Largamente, Ma Non Piu
      Seong-Jin Cho
      28.Variation 14. Sciolto
      Seong-Jin Cho
      29.Variation 15
      Seong-Jin Cho
      30.Variation 16. Ma Marcato
      Seong-Jin Cho
      31.Variation 17. Piu Mosso
      Seong-Jin Cho
      32.Variation 18. Grazioso
      Seong-Jin Cho
      33.Variation 19. Leggiero E Vivace
      Seong-Jin Cho
      34.Variation 20. Legato
      Seong-Jin Cho
      35.Variation 21. Dolce
      Seong-Jin Cho
      36.Variation 22
      Seong-Jin Cho
      37.Variation 23. Vivace E Staccato
      Seong-Jin Cho
      38.Variation 24
      Seong-Jin Cho
      39.Variation 25
      Seong-Jin Cho
      40.Fugue
      Seong-Jin Cho
      41.III. Sarabande
      Seong-Jin Cho
      42.IV. Minuet
      Seong-Jin Cho
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