Product Description Critically acclaimed pianist Yevgeny Sudbin here presents a recital of music from Fryderyk Chopin. Sudbin opens this disc with the expansive Fantaisie in F minor sometimes described as the composer's 'grandest work' continuing with a selection of pieces from three genres that are strongly associated with Chopin: Mazurkas, Nocturnes and the Ballades Nos 3 and 4. Sudbin's approach to Chopin s music has been influenced by the composer's own words regarding interpretation: 'Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.' In his own paraphrase of the composer's Minute Waltz, entitled A la minute, Sudbin displays all of his skills that led Piano Magazine to describe him as 'a fearless technician with an all-encompassing command of his instrument; a musical dramatist of exceptional acumen and sophistication; a poet who moves seamlessly between unbridled rhetoric and extreme intimacy; a stylist who catches the particular spirit of everything he plays'. Review Endlessly fascinating. Performance *** Recording **** --BBC Music Magazine,Christmas'11 Among many outstanding Chopin recitals in the past two years celebrating the composer's bicentenary, this one is among the very best, meticulously prepared yet spontaneous and freshly-minted. Another feather in the Sudbin cap. ***** --Classic fm Magazine,Dec'11 This is Chopin playing of the first rank, never exaggerated or overwrought but speaking with a natural eloquence that marks out the finest of Chopin interpreters, from the likes of Dinu Lipatti to modern exemplars such as Murray Perahia. --IRR,Dec'11 Review Sudbin's Chopin selection with a personal twist. --Gramophone,Jan'12