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Press Quotes:
Li plays with a rare combination of virtuoso skill and poetic interpretations, each note he plays a reminder of why, in 2000, his music inspired the jury of the 14th International Chopin Piano Competition to give out the first top prize in 15 years to the then 18-year-old boy . . . "His maturity is obvious from the arrangements of the rhythmic transitions to the superb control of strength variations, which is known as the most difficult part of Chopin's compositions", (notes director Zhang Guoyong, who conducted the concert.) "It won't be long before he is a maestro," Zhang predicts.
Concert Review / Eastday. com / 19 January 2004
tracks
Piano Sonata No.3 in B minor, Op.58
Track 1 1. Allegro maestoso [9:14]
Track 2 2. Scherzo (Molto vivace) [2:57]
Track 3 3. Largo [9:32]
Track 4 4. Finale (Presto non tanto) [5:16]
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante in E flat, Op.22
Arr. for Piano Solo
Track 5 Andante spianato [4:59]
Track 6 Grande Polonaise [9:32]
12 Etudes, Op.10
Track 7 No. 2. in A minor "chromatique" [1:25]
Track 8 No. 5. in G flat "Black Keys" [1:41]
12 Etudes, Op.25
Track 9 No. 11 in A minor "Winter Wind" [3:44]
Track 10 Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1 [5:46]
Track 11 Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2 [4:23]
Track 12 Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2 [3:33]
Track 13 Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor, Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu" [4:58]
Total Playing Time: [1:07:00]