The prominent pianist Anna Vinnitskaya tells stories with her music. At least that's what it says on her own website. As a promotional text it does not make much of an impression. But it does fit nicely with the impressive Ballades by Chopin, which Vinnitskaya interprets with verve here. After all, ballads are originally stories, of ancient times and heroic entanglements. Chopin was probably the
… first to annex the narrative genre for piano. Anna Vinnitskaya comes from a musical Russian family. In 2007 she made her international breakthrough by winning the Queen Elizabeth Competition. (HJ)more
