℗ 2004 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin under exclusive license to Universal Music Classics, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
| Released | March 16, 2014 |
| Duration | 53m 10s |
| Record Label | DG |
| Genre | Classical |
Chopin: Scherzi - Impromptus
Yundi Li
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Scherzo
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1.1
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No.1 In B Minor, Op.20
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
9:34 | |||
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1.2
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No.2 In B-Flat Minor, Op.31
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
10:07 | |||
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1.3
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No.3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op.39
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
7:55 | |||
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1.4
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No.4 In E Major, Op.54
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
10:39 | |||
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Impromptu
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1.5
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No.1 In A-Flat, Op.29
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
4:04 | |||
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1.6
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No.2 In F-Sharp, Op.36
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
5:40 | |||
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1.7
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No.3 In G-Flat, Op.51
Frédéric Chopin; Yundi Li |
5:11 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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"... stunning playing ... powerful, punctilious and heroic ... the recordings are excellent."
- Gramophone
"... world-class ... a very distinguished recital by an artist with excellent instincts and plenty to say."
- ClassicsToday.com
"There is plenty of white-hot virtuosity in his accounts ... the notes whiz by with uncanny clarity, yet Li brings out bass lines and inner voices beautifully."
- The New York Times
"Despite the many marvellous aspects of the first three works, with the fourth Scherzo Li reaches a new and inspired artistic level, quite amazing in one so young ... it may be possible but it will indeed be difficult to find finer Chopin playing than this. Certainly it will not be possible to find Chopin played with a higher, more Olympian technical finish."
- American Record Guide
Chinese pianist Yundi Li is regarded as such an important exponent of Chopin’s music that he was presented a Gold Medal for Merit to Culture by the Government of Poland in 2010. This highly-acclaimed 2004 release is a vivid example of Li's own sensibility and feeling for Chopin's sense of form.
"While others were playing football or fighting, I worked on Chopin. He was my first great love."
- Yundi Li
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – DG Studio Masters
Recording: Berlin, Siemens-Villa, 6/2004 Production: Christopher Alder Tonmeister (Balance Engineer) and Recording Engineer: Rainer Maillard Editing: Mark Buecker Recording Coordinator: Matthias Spindler Project Management: Anja Rittmöller Booklet Editors: Ulrich Wagner, Barbara Bode Cover Photo: © Gunter Glücklich Artist Photos: © Gunter Glücklich Design: WAPS Art Direction: Fred Münzmaier
Recording: Berlin, Siemens-Villa, 6/2004 Production: Christopher Alder Tonmeister (Balance Engineer) and Recording Engineer: Rainer Maillard Editing: Mark Buecker Recording Coordinator: Matthias Spindler Project Management: Anja Rittmöller Booklet Editors: Ulrich Wagner, Barbara Bode Cover Photo: © Gunter Glücklich Artist Photos: © Gunter Glücklich Design: WAPS Art Direction: Fred Münzmaier
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -3.68 -10.20 to -0.03 | -26.00 -29.43 to -23.25 | -22.11 -26.60 to -19.10 | 14 12 to 16 | |
| 1 | No.1 In B Minor, Op.20 | -2.59 | -24.69 | -20.2 | 14 |
| 2 | No.2 In B-Flat Minor, Op.31 | -2.29 | -23.25 | -19.1 | 13 |
| 3 | No.3 In C-Sharp Minor, Op.39 | -0.03 | -23.64 | -19.1 | 14 |
| 4 | No.4 In E Major, Op.54 | -1.02 | -24.74 | -21.0 | 14 |
| 5 | No.1 In A-Flat, Op.29 | -6.63 | -28.06 | -24.5 | 12 |
| 6 | No.2 In F-Sharp, Op.36 | -3.02 | -28.17 | -24.3 | 16 |
| 7 | No.3 In G-Flat, Op.51 | -10.20 | -29.43 | -26.6 | 12 |