Debussy Images I & II; Suite Bergamasque; Children's Corner

There’s no question in my mind that Seong-Jin Cho has a long career ahead of him. He is, quite simply, a great pianist with an exquisite sense of rhythm and understanding for a work’s architecture. The positives aside for a minute and the reason I’m allotting this recording with three 3-stars (actually, 3 & ½) is, while Cho does play “Suite Bergamasque” quite well, I’m not as convinced by his performances of “Children’s Corner” or “Images, Series I & II”. It seems the energy found in “Suite Bergamasque” is missing in these two other performances. Cho handles all of the technical demands of these pieces, but I don’t really hear anything personal being displayed nor do I hear him digging deeper into the music. Of course, Cho is young and will have plenty of time to mature. I do hope he records more Debussy, but I also hope that he has something a bit more personal to express next time around, so 3 & ½ stars for the performance of “Suite Bergamasque” which is great and the superb audio quality that Deutsche Grammophon has given Cho.Reference performances:“Images, Series I & II” - Paul Jacobs, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Zoltán Kocsis“Children’s Corner” - Zoltán Kocsis, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli“Suite Bergamasque” - Zoltán Kocsis, Philippe Cassard

I love Seong Jin Cho's Debussy. It's so00000 beautiful!!!

He is in love with music. I am in love with him.

I had been listening to Seong's version of Clair De Lune for months, on YouTube, on my laptop. I bought the CD, and first played it on my old 'bomb box'. It sounded muffled and I had to turn it up quite a bit. The next day, I played it on my old Bose, which is still an excellent machine, and the sound quality just wasn't there! I returned the CD. I love his rendition and am disappointed. It sounded awful in my car also.

He has wonderful touch.

Talented pianist

Best Debussy Album I have ever had

This is Debussy that I really enjoy. Kudos to Seong-JHin Cho.

Malgré les commentaires élogieux, cette interprétation est beaucoup trop évanescente et on s'endort à l'entendre. Le piano n'est pas net.

It was a gift I didn’t hear it

Zum Teil ruhige und sehr besinnliche musik, macht mich nachdenklich. gefällt mir sehr!

excellent recording

毎年一回はコンサートで聞くことにしています。落ち着いて、しっかり聞きたい演奏です。