Triumfator Konkursu Chopinowskiego 2021
Winner of the 18th International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition Warsaw 2021 Review by James Manheim [-] The International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition is a grueling event with many rounds, a test of endurance occurring once every five years. Some of its winners -- Maurizio Pollini, Martha Argerich -- went on to fame and fortune. Sometimes the top prize is not awarded at all, so Deutsche Grammophon's releases of recent winners' performances have attracted a good deal of attention. This one, by the 2021 winner Bruce Liu, has hit classical sales charts. Liu is a student of 1980 winner Dong Thai Son, so he may have picked up pointers on impressing the jury, but his style is his own, and it's very exciting. He's both restrained and highly lyrical, with the result that the big tunes have listeners on the edge of their seats. Consider the opening Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22: there's nothing fancy about it, but it's absolutely compelling. Liu is a superb technician (try the "Torrent" Étude in C sharp minor, Op. 10, No. 4), but even when he is in the midst of rapid passagework, the long line is foremost in his mind. In general, his dynamics reside in the lower ranges, but he can shift this as needed. The album concludes with the Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni, Op. 2, a work Chopin premiered in Vienna, spreading his wings beyond Warsaw for the first time: here, where flashiness is called for, Liu delivers it. There are apparently more volumes of Liu's performances coming from Deutsche Grammophon, and one awaits them rather breathlessly.
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