Ballades, Berceuse, Barcarolle, Fantaisie

Ever since his debut on Globe as a solo pianist, Paul Komen has received outstanding reviews for his performances on historic instruments as well as on the modern piano. His Beethoven performances on period instruments are considered by leading international critics to be among the best ever, as are his recordings of piano works by Mompou and by Scriabin. Here he presents himself as an equally great interpreter of some of the greatest works by Chopin: the to this day amazing four Ballades in which the composer exploited the whole range of his discoveries in the domain of piano technique; the poetic Berceuse; the lyrical Barcarolle, which is in fact the finest and most beautiful Nocturne he ever conceived, and the great Fantasy, the most extended single composition Chopin ever wrote. A CD with which Paul Komen will take his rightful place among today's greatest Chopin interpreters.