Video: A first taste of Jan Lisiecki’s new album of Chopin Études

Jan Lisiecki recorded all of Frédérick Chopin’s Études at Toronto’s Koerner Hall in January. The album is due to be released by Deutsche Grammophon on April 23. Today, the label released a great promotional video.

Besides hearing some of his playing, we also get Lisiecki’s opinion on what it takes to help “immortal” music speak to the present day:

John Terauds