Chopin: Piano Sonata 3, Andante Spianato / Wunder

Ingolf Wunder

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58 Polonaise No. 7 in A flat major, Op. 61 'Polonaise-fantaisie' Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

For his Deutsche Grammophon debut album Ingolf Wunder, the audience-favourite at the 2010 Chopin International Competition, presents here the repertoire which thrilled his Warsaw listeners. With his elegant, cultivated and at the same time unpredictable playing, great stage presence and friendly open personality he quickly became the darling of the audience, the critics in Poland and the international press. In Warsaw, Ingolf Wunder was also awarded prizes for the best performance of a concerto and of the Polonaise-Fantasy. Wunder is the first German-speaking finalist and prize winner of the Chopin Competition in 73 years. Reporting from the competition, Sunday Telegraph critic John Allison declared that Wunder has “everything one wants to hear in a Chopin player . . . an absolutely beautiful sense of tone and huge musical imagination, coupled with incredible virtuosity” “His playing perfectly balanced stylish, aristocratic restraint with surging power and passion” Gramophone online.

Price: $15.98