Chopin: The Complete Preludes (2007)

Although there is some lovely playing here, there is more in Chopin's music than can be found in most of Rafal Blechacz's performances. It isn't that the young Polish pianist lacks the technique. Blechacz can rip through the rippling filigree of the D minor Allegro appassionato that closes Opus 28 Préludes as quickly as the best pianists of the past. And Blechacz surely has soul. His sustained Lento in the A minor Prélude from Opus 28 is beautifully phrased and pedaled. But listeners who know these pieces may find ... Read More

Although there is some lovely playing here, there is more in Chopin's music than can be found in most of Rafal Blechacz's performances. It isn't that the young Polish pianist lacks the technique. Blechacz can rip through the rippling filigree of the D minor Allegro appassionato that closes Opus 28 Préludes as quickly as the best pianists of the past. And Blechacz surely has soul. His sustained Lento in the A minor Prélude from Opus 28 is beautifully phrased and pedaled. But listeners who know these pieces may find themselves wanting more. There's a lack of tempo rubato in the rising and falling lines of the C sharp minor Prélude, Op. 45 that makes the work seem oddly inflexible, and a want of depth in the sonorities of his E major Nocturne, Op. 62, that shows the performer's youth. Yet Blechacz clearly has it in him to be a great Chopin player. The controlled pacing of his E minor Prélude, Op. 28, and the affecting simplicity of his A major Prélude from the same set are remarkably poised and poetic.... Read Less

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2008, Deutsche Grammophon UPC: 028947778509 CD See All