Khatia Buniatishvili Chopin 180g Import 2LP

Born in Georgia, Khatia Buniatishvili is described as "a force of nature with a truly staggering technique to generate performances that leave you gasping." Throughout her career, she has performed at venues around the world and won the ECHO Klassik Award twice. Her discography includes the 2012 album Chopin. Buniatishvili presents her very personal approach to the composer with a program encompassing five masterpieces, among them the "Sonata No. 2" with the famous Funeral March as well as the "Piano Concerto No. 2." For these recordings, Buniatishvili was supported by the Orchestre de Paris, which was conducted by Paavo Järvi.

Chopin is available on vinyl for the first time and includes a four-page booklet.

This is Chopin of the old school, with massive interposition of the performer between music and listener. And it's glorious. The Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 35, is an absolutely original reading, with that black belt of classical pianism, a fresh rendition of the famous funeral march, with real involvement in the emotional content of the movement. This is a Chopin funeral march played after someone actually died, and the moment of chilly nihilism that serves as the finale is really a bit scary here....This is the kind of Chopin playing that people used to line up to hear.