Chen demonstrates an understanding of how to balance Liszt’s bombast with sensitivity and thoughtfulness in these transcriptions… his playing is crystal clear in the rapid passages that populate these works… an excellent recording.
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It isn’t just Chen’s assured, elegant, and totally effortless technique that blows me away, it’s also his idiomatic flair, his use of color and touch to convey character, plus a gift for textural variety and differentiation that one associates with golden age legends.
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This is Chen's debut recording and it is clear that he possesses an all-encompassing technique and interprets the music with intelligence and feeling.
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Han Chen’s varied touch and tone makes it a journey one is eager to take without a break, though not without making you wonder afresh how on earth Liszt found the time to simply notate the music, never mind actually composing it.
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The clear favourite in the final round was gold medal winner Han Chen , whose explosive Prokofieve Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor displayed extraordinary strength, talent and flair.
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Schnittke’s “Five Aphorisms” (1990), which the pianist Han Chen played with a sure, subtle touch.
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Both are fine pianists who graciously channeled their technical abilities into the demanding parts required of them.
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Mr. Chen played the selections with a graceful touch and attention to the score’s rhythmic precision, and his reading brought out the music’s hypnotic charm.
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