Sonatas

"A superlative pianist but an even finer musician... playing of exceptional clarity and expressive beauty." – BBC Music Magazine "Still so young and already so perfect!" – Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung "Deeply felt music-making of mature pianistic insight" – Süddeutsche Zeitung Recording: Hanover, Congress Centrum, Beethovensaal, 7/2008 Recorded and mastered by Emil Berliner Studios ℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg © 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg Cover Photo: © Felix Broede Artist Photos: © Felix Broede Printed in the E. U. In his second Deutsche Grammophon album, the winner of the 2005 Chopin International Piano Competition reveals his love for the great classical masters, presenting three sonatas that have long been central to his repertoire. "Still so young and already so perfect!... Haydn's Sonata no. 52 showed that here is a player with bit, someone at one with the instrument. And Beethoven's Sonata no. 2 was alive with driving energy, cheeky accents and delight in the depth of sound. As I said before: Perfect!" (Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, recital review). [61'01] ℗ 2008 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY Made in the E. U. Cover and back photos: © Felix Broede Comes in a digipak with 32-page booklet; liner notes in English (Rafał Blechacz plays Haydn, Beethoven and Mozart / A few words about this programme), German (Rafał Blechacz spielt Haydn, Beethoven und Mozart / Einige Worte zu diesem Programm), and French (Rafał Blechacz joue trois sonates classiques / Quelques mots sur ce programme) Release version in Polish (Polski) available as "".