The young Chinese pianist Yundi, formerly known as Yundi Li, won the 14th International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw this year. This outstanding achievement renders Yundis first EMI release all the more exciting. This is a recording of the up and coming virtuoso playing the complete Chopin Nocturnes in commemoration of the composers 200th birthday in 2010.
Yundi Li, the brilliant young Chinese pianist has proved a technically astounding pianist who is by turns elegant and rambunctious, coolly expressive and white hot. (The New York Times)
'Li's performances are characterized by a striking degree of finesse and tonal shading,
demonstrating a poetic sensibility rare in so youthful a musician. His bravura is equally imposing.' (Miami Herald)
CD 1: Chopin: Nocturnes 1-12
CD 2: Chopin: Nocturnes 13-21