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Among the monuments of Baroque music, Handel's keyboard music is comparatively rarely played and recorded. Thus, it is unsurprising that pianist Seong-Jin Cho's program here seems so fresh; performers haven't really come to grips with Brahms' homage to Handel in his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24. It is a fascinating work, with small, chaconne-like variations that explore register and melodic shape in profound ways. Cho gives a muscular, arresting performance of the work here, in which the energies built up over the course of the variation set make the final fugue seem almost inevitable. Perhaps even better are Cho's performances of three Handel keyboard suites, plus a pair of Baroque dances included as encores. Cho delves into the suites in great detail. Hear how he digs into the startling harmonic shadings right at the outset, in the opening Adagio of the Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427. His are powerful readings of the suites, with great variety in articulation and tempo. At times, one thinks of Glenn Gould; Cho is much more sparing in his use of the pedal, but he is that commanding and charismatic. This is a strong program, brilliantly executed, and it marks the arrival of Cho in the pianistic top rank.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Suite No. 2 in F Major, HWV 427 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Suite No. 8 in F Minor, HWV 433 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24 (Johannes Brahms)
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Johannes Brahms, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Suite No. 7 in B-Flat Major, HWV 440 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434 (Georg Friedrich Händel)
George Frideric Handel, Composer - Wilhelm Kempff, Arranger, Work Arranger - Rainer Maillard, Producer, Recording Producer - Seong-Jin Cho, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
Among the monuments of Baroque music, Handel's keyboard music is comparatively rarely played and recorded. Thus, it is unsurprising that pianist Seong-Jin Cho's program here seems so fresh; performers haven't really come to grips with Brahms' homage to Handel in his Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24. It is a fascinating work, with small, chaconne-like variations that explore register and melodic shape in profound ways. Cho gives a muscular, arresting performance of the work here, in which the energies built up over the course of the variation set make the final fugue seem almost inevitable. Perhaps even better are Cho's performances of three Handel keyboard suites, plus a pair of Baroque dances included as encores. Cho delves into the suites in great detail. Hear how he digs into the startling harmonic shadings right at the outset, in the opening Adagio of the Suite No. 2 in F major, HWV 427. His are powerful readings of the suites, with great variety in articulation and tempo. At times, one thinks of Glenn Gould; Cho is much more sparing in his use of the pedal, but he is that commanding and charismatic. This is a strong program, brilliantly executed, and it marks the arrival of Cho in the pianistic top rank.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:04
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Seong-Jin Cho
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2023 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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