Title: chopin/sverdlov
Review: This is a terribly disapointing recording. The young performer lacks maturity, sincerity, and energy. In fact, the performances are (seemingly unintentionally) pompous and narcissistic. The sixth prize winner at Queen Elizabeth clearly has technical gifts, but there is very little here worth listening to. It is surprising he won any prize at all, considering the self-congratulatory personality coming through. There is no overall direction, but lots of trivial rubati going on which ruin the beauty of the compositions.
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