The long awaited CD with the 24 Chopin Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25, and the unfortunately rarely performed, wonderfully poetic "Trois Nouvelles Études" recorded in March 2009 in the historic and acoustically superb concert hall 'Reitstadel' in Neumarkt, Upper Palatinate / Bayern is finally available in stores. Lev Vinocour, born in 1970 in St. Petersburg, comes from a family with great intellectual culture, the father in German studies, the mother and grandmother pianists, the latter had played with Vladimir Horowitz piano duets. At the age of seven years played the young Lev, the F minor Etude op. 25 Nr. 2 'It was in December, in the context of a whistling of the wind, of snow, intense cold and herzbeklemmender darkness Petersburg (then Leningrad ) Winter '. Since that time, the Chopin Etudes have impressed him, accompanied and worked intensively. The famous pianist Alexis Weissenberg, Charles Rosen, Leon Fleisher and Murray Perahia he has worked for decades to pass these small masterpieces, and they presented repeatedly in concert and competition programs. For many years, was the inclusion of the 24 Chopin Etudes, Op. 10 and Op. 25 of 1972 with Maurizio Pollini with Deutsche Grammophon as a benchmark exceptional skill. The production for those responsible, legendary sound engineer Heinz Wildhagen (1928 Etude take 'literally' 2013) it, the Lev Vinocour recommended that the name was'. 'Thus, the present total intake of Chopin Etudes is my attempt to implement the principles written by the composer, often apparently contradictory issues on a modern wing. And I went to the following rules: In case of an etude received manuscripts and accessible, I followed as far as possible these originals, which are part artwork, part incomplete copies and sometimes album entries '' The result: a grandiose recording on technical and artistic high level. For CD a very informative booklet with very wise comments the pianist on the individual studies. This CD belongs in the top list of the classical charts.
Roland R. Ropers Cultural and linguistic philosopher
