I was given a series of Harmonia-Mundi sampler CDs last year. Frederic Chiu was featured on two of them. I had not heard of him prior to receiving these CDs, but I immediately took notice of both the brilliance of his playing and the sound captured by the Harmonia-Mundi engineers. Further research showed that Chiu had given a controversial performance at the International Tchaikovsky piano competition in the early 1990s, bu there was no question about the brilliance of his technique. I have been trying to pick up any Harmonia-Mundi CDs with Frederic Chiu playing, and his playing, especially to someone used to listening to Rubinstein play the same repertoire, is sometimes controversial. Having said that, the combination of brilliant playing, a different interpretation than other pianists, and outstanding sound from the Harmonia-Mundi engineers, has made the Chopin Etudes a CD I listen to with some frequency. I am in the hall where Frederic Chiu is playing, and that, for me, is the highest praise I can give to a recording.Read full review
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