Title: spend a little more...
Product review: I bought this cd because I enjoyed the pianist's playing of the two chopin concertos, available on the Naxo's label. However, this recording in no way matches the artistry of lugansky, pollini, ashkenazy, or perahia. If someone is looking for a budget recording, berezovsky's is worth every penny and much more. The sound on Szekely's recording is marred by a murkiness, but it does not hide the pianist's wrong notes, which one would overlook in a live recording given the difficulty of the chopin etudes, and his hestiation to inhabit these works. Instead, these interpretations seem, like the recording, distant and unfocused. Save some money and spend a little more on the pollini, lugansky, perahia, or berezovsky.
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