Seong-Jin Cho
Reflecting on our divisive politics, BSO music director Andris Nelsons told the concert audience that “Every tunnel has light at the end.”
A pair of pleasant traversals of the French master’s complete piano music, or thereabout, from the still-relative-newcomer Seong-Jin Cho and the established Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
The South Korean pianist possesses technique to burn. His tone is pearly and deep, capable of both haunting distance and grandeur.
Leann Osterkamp’s playing is rhythmically alive and sympathetic to Leonard Bernstein’s style; Seong-Jin Cho shows that he is an important pianist to watch.
Among the three CDs reviewed is a particular treat — a new recording that really, truly matters.
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