Kun-Woo Paik – MOZART: Piano Works 1 (2024)
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South Korean pianist Paik Kun-woo kicked off his Mozart trilogy project Tuesday with the release of “Mozart: Piano Works 1.”
The Deutsche Grammophon album marks the first Mozart album by the 78-year-old pianist, who has an extensive discography of more than 30 albums.
“Mozart’s works are inherently difficult. It feels like bringing pure, natural music just as it is. After much contemplation on how to interpret it, I discovered the ‘as is’ music that Mozart captured in his scores in the innocence of a child,” Paik said in a press release.
“I think I understand pianist Artur Schnabel’s saying that ‘Mozart’s music is too easy for children and too difficult for adults,'” he added.
The album cover is a portrait of Paik drawn by a child. It was chosen from a contest called “Paik ‘Kun-Woo and Mozart’s Musical World, Drawn in My Own Way,” Paik said.
The “Mozart: Piano Works 1” album includes hidden gems such as “Piano Sonata No. 16,” “Easy Sonata,” “Rondo,” “Adagio,” and “Gigue.”
“Mozart is still praised because he depicted the basics and universality of human nature and deep emotions beyond his genius. Paik’s insightful performance offers an opportunity to meet the great composer Mozart (on a profound level),” Universal Music said regarding the album.
The latest album adds to Paik’s discography, which includes recent works such as “Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes” in 2019, “Schumann” in 2020, and “Granados: Goyescas” in 2022.
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Kun-Woo Paik – Schumann (2020)
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Kun-woo Paik (born March 10, 1946 in Seoul) is a South Korean pianist. He has performed with multiple orchestras, including the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic.
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Kun-Woo Paik – Chopin The Complete Nocturnes (2019)
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Kun-Woo Paik made his debut at age ten performing Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the Korean National Orchestra. At 15 he moved to New York to study with Rosina Lhévinne at The Juilliard School, and he also studied in London, with Ilona Kabos, and in Italy, with Guido Agosti and Wilhelm Kempff. His international career took off following his first New York appearance, performing Ravel’s complete piano works at Lincoln Center, as well as his orchestral debut at Carnegie Hall.
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Kun Woo Paik, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit – Prokofiev Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 & 4 (2014)
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Award-winning conductor Antoni Wit leads the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra on this 1992 release of Prokofiev’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 3 and 4. Virtuoso Korean pianist Kun Woo Paik, the soloist on this album, performed all five Prokofiev piano concertos in Poland with the PNRSO and recorded them immediately following the concerts. The Piano Concerto No. 1 is scored for a full orchestra, its percussion section augmented unusually by tubular bells.
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Kun-Woo Paik – Enrique Granados – Goyescas (2022)
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Inspired by the art and times of Spanish painter Francisco de Goya, Goyescas comprises six movements spread across two books, described by the composer as “great flights of imagination and difficulty”. Not only is the work Granados’ crowning achievement, it is also of great significance in Spanish music history for, unlike many of the nationalist creations of his contemporaries, it affirmed the enduring distinctiveness not of Andalusia but rather of the city and region in which Goya spent most of his life: Madrid and Castile, particularly the bohemian characters of the majo and maja that had captivated Goya.
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