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Innocent Beauty: Seong-Jin Cho releases Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 - Scherzi / Winnpeg Classic107 interview

Posted: October 1, 2021

For his sixth and latest Deutsche Grammophon album, pianist Seong-Jin Cho returns to the music of Frédéric Chopin with Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 · Scherzi. The album got it's international release on 27 August 2021 and features these best-loved works in interpretations characterised by thoughtful poetry and youthful ardour. For the concerto, Seong-Jin Cho teams up with the London Symphony Orchestra andGianandrea Noseda, a conductor with whom he has enjoyed a productive and stimulating collaboration over the past five years. The digital version of the album will include three bonus solo tracks: the "Revolutionary" Étude, Op. 10 no. 12, Impromptu No. 1, Op. 29 and Nocturne, Op. 9 no. 2.

Winnpeg's Classic 107 host Chris Wolf spoke with SJC and here are some excerpts from the conversation.

"I always hoped that I would complete Chopin's concerto cycle with the same conductor and Orchestra." states Cho. "With the Chopin concertos, the Orchestra needs to be really sensitive and delicate because the pianist always takes a lot of time and rubato, and there are so many tempo changes. Noseda and the LSO are so sensitive…they are perfect for catching my ideas about timing, so yeah, they are really great."

In regards to his interpretation of the 2nd Concerto, innocence is key. "It is very romantic music but I always try to take more of an innocent approach rather than too romantic one because they were written when he was just 20 years old," states Cho.

If you missed WinnipegClassic107 - Chris Wolf's conversation with Seong-Jin Cho, Listen to it here: