Chopin's Scherzos feature striking contrasts, moving from stormy, virtuosic passages to lyrical, tender, and introspective episodes.
Performer Biography
Antonio Pompa-Baldi, the pianist on this recording, won the Cleveland International Piano Competition in 1999 and a silver medal at the 2001 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.
Compositional Technique
The central sections of Chopin's Scherzos often provide moments of repose, like chorale-like episodes, that intensify the dramatic tension rather than diminish it.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Frédéric Chopin transformed the scherzo, a term meaning 'joke' and typically a light movement, into something far more dramatic and expansive.
Performer Biography
Antonio Pompa-Baldi has recorded 35 CDs for various labels, including complete piano and chamber music works of Grieg and complete Hummel Piano Sonatas.
Recording & Production
This recording was made in 2025 at APB Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, using a Steinway Model D piano, serial number 590904.
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