The four Ballades, a form Chopin himself coined, are single-movement piano pieces that share metrical and structural features and a Romantic spirit.
Recording & Production
This Chopin recital was recorded at Hannover's historic Leibniz Saal between October 21-23, 2019.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Chopin expanded the musical vocabulary of his time, arranging it to allow for a wider scope of expression, earning him the title 'poet of the piano'.
Performer Biography
Jae-Hyuck Cho, the pianist on this album, is one of the few musicians who has mastered both the piano and the organ, choosing both as his main instruments.
Compositional Technique
Chopin was considered a revolutionary for inventing new musical forms, such as ballades, nocturnes, mazurkas, and polonaises, or making existing ones his own.
