Piano+ CD releases

Jeonghwan Kim in Recital

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Jeonghwan Kim won the Ernest Hutcheson First Prize, Miriam Hyde Best Concerto post-1800 Prize and the Eileen Joyce Best Overall Concerto Prize. Listen to one of the world’s most exciting emerging artists and rediscover this year’s competition.

Decca Australia is proud to release, a 2-CD set of Jeonghwan Kim’s solo performances from the 2023 competition. 

The 2-CD set, as well as digital downloads and albums for streaming are out now.

Featured on the CD
J.S. BACH: Prelude and Fugue No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865 (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I)
MOZART: Ten Variations on ‘Unser dummer Pöbel meint’, K. 455
BEETHOVEN: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a ‘Les Adieux’
GRANDISON: Broken Threads (world premiere recording)
MESSIAEN: Regard de l’esprit de joie (from Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus)
CHOPIN: Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
SCHUMANN: Nachstücke, Op. 23; Der Dichter spricht (from Kinderszenen, Op. 15)
PROKOFIEV: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

Uladzislau Khandohi in Recital

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Uladzislau Khandohi won the Percy Grainger Second Prize, Edward Cahill Best Preliminaries Round 1 Recital Prize, Ignaz Friedman Best Semi Final Recital Prize, and Best Encore in the Semi Final. Uladzislau became a laureate of many international competitions, and  since 2020, has been a student at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, studying with Professor Natalia Trull.

Final CD Track listing to be confirmed.

Estimated release date 15 March 2024.

Wynona Yinuo Wang in Recital

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Wynona Yinuo Wang won the Arthur Benjamin Fifth Prize, Board of Directors’ Prize for Excellence, and Hephzibah Menuhin Best Performance of a Sonata for Violin and Piano Prize.

Wynona has already performed concertos with numerous orchestras in the US, and has also appeared at major venues including Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall, Carnegie’s Weill Hall, Dallas Opera House, the Metropolitan Museum’s Rogers Auditorium and Merkin Hall at the Kaufman Center.

Final CD Track listing to be confirmed.

Estimated release date 15 March 2024.

Alexander Gadjiev Live

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An album of ‘live’ recordings from the 2021 Sydney International Online Piano Competition will be released on the Decca Eloquence label on 17 September.

Look forward to a range of repertoire from Haydn to Vine, performed as part of First Prize winner Alexander Gadjiev’s Preliminary, Semi Final and Final recitals. A new partnership between The Sydney and Universal Music Australia.

Featured on the CD
Joseph Haydn: Sonata in C major Hob.XVI:48
Frédéric Chopin: Ballade No.4 in F minor Op.52
Oliver Messiaen: from Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus XV. Le Baiser de l’enfant-Jésus
Alexander Scriabin: from 3 Morceaux Op.45 No.1 Feuillet d’Album
Dimitry Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue No.4 in E minor Op.87
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No.7 in B♭ major Op.83
Carl Vine: from Five Bagatelles V. Threnody
Franz Liszt: from Harmoniques poétiques et religieuses S.173 VII. Funérailles

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VIRTUOSO Boxset of 11 CDs

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“an unexpected treasure trove for pianophiles, and one that will provide hours of pleasurable and illuminating listening.” – Jed Distler, read full review

A specially curated VIRTUOSO Boxset of 11 CDs, showcasing the best pianists of the Sydney International Piano Competition from 1992 to 2016. This unique retrospective chronicles more than 100 fascinating performances, recorded by 77 pianists during seven events over two decades.

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The limited edition boxset encompasses music by 55 composers from Agnew to Zaderetsky, of more than 100 fascinating works. The anthology is organised in seven categories: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Twentieth Century, Transcriptions & Encores, Australian Piano Music and Piano Concertos.

VIRTUOSO features the most outstanding playing across several Sydney winters and is a collection guaranteed to entertain those unfamiliar with the competition performers and to bring back fond memories for those who were there.

The booklet includes full recording details, and introduction by The Sydney’s chairman Virginia Braden OAM, and notes by Artistic Director Piers Lane AO, and Cyrus Meher-Homji OAM

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