The best interpretation out there of Chopin's beautiful Ballade no. 1 in G minor Op. 23. This is a superb and highly-sensitive reading of Chopin's most popular Ballade. Brilliant.
Cecile Licad is an outstanding Chopin interpreter and her colleagues in the classical music industry acknowledge that. Her Chopin Piano Concerto no. 2 in F minor with the London Philharmonic was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque Frederic Chopin and I think her Etudes opus 10 was given the same honor as well. In fact, she was a judge at the 2005 Chopin International Piano Competition, the Rolls-Royce of piano competitions. Bravo!
She recently released an all-Ravel CD featuring the composer's ivory tower creations, Gaspard de la Nuit, Le Tombeau de Couperin and Sonatine, among the most feared and difficult in the piano repertoire.
I used to have but subsequently lost a recording of her Schumann Carnaval, Papillions and Toccata in C Major. I think that was critically acclaimed as well.
For those of you based in the US, she's actively concertizing again.
She recently released an all-Ravel CD featuring the composer's ivory tower creations, Gaspard de la Nuit, Le Tombeau de Couperin and Sonatine, among the most feared and difficult in the piano repertoire.
I used to have but subsequently lost a recording of her Schumann Carnaval, Papillions and Toccata in C Major. I think that was critically acclaimed as well.
For those of you based in the US, she's actively concertizing again.
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