Yejin Noh - Chopin: 24 Etudes, Op.10 & Op.25 (2023) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.1
02. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.2
03. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.3
04. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.4
05. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.5
06. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.6
07. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.7
08. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.8
09. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.9
10. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.10
11. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.11
12. Chopin Etude Op.10 No.12
13. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.1
14. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.2
15. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.3
16. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.4
17. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.5
18. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.6
19. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.7
20. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.8
21. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.9
22. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.10
23. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.11
24. Chopin Etude Op.25 No.12

As a pianist who enjoys playing the works of Liszt and Rachmaninov, Noh Jin-jin has been showing off his virtuosic piano techniques on stage and through albums for the past few years. In particular, her album released in 2021 received great praise from enthusiasts and is still consistently streamed by listeners around the world. Now, in the summer of 2023, Noh Jin-jin has made another mark as a pianist by completing the recording of all Chopin Etudes, Op.10 and Op.25.
It is not easy to record all 24 Chopin Etudes at once, no matter how good a pianist is. As if passing through a minefield, he feels relieved that he has passed a few songs safely, but feels frustrated when he encounters a large mountain that is difficult to overcome in the next song. This is the Chopin Etude. It is not easy for even professional pianists to master all 24 songs.
In order to overcome such a large mountain, Noh Yo-jin began preparing step by step several months before recording began.
“I started with songs I had never played before and songs I had tried before but were uncomfortable with. At first, it was not easy to practice just one song, but after some time, several songs started to be grouped together. Gradually, I was able to practice 3 to 4 songs a day, and once I got used to this, I practiced 6 songs at a time, and as the recording schedule approached, I practiced all of Op. About two weeks before recording, I was able to play all 24 songs naturally. It was such a difficult song that if I hadn't prepared it like this several months in advance, I would have strained my arms or had problems. “I think it was possible because we planned and prepared in advance.”
As such, recording all 24 etudes requires considerable technique, patience, and constant practice. In addition, in some songs, severe arpeggio leaps of 10 to 11 degrees appear, and to play them properly, you must follow physical conditions such as finger length. Fortunately, Noh Yo-jin had a particularly long little finger, allowing her to play fluidly.
While preparing this album, Noh Yo-jin recalled the memory of buying and studying etude albums of many performers when she was in middle and high school 20 years ago. At the time, he was listening to records by Pollini and others, and the dream of one day trying to compose the entire etude naturally developed. However, with so many recordings and performances by great pianists available, releasing another album of complete etudes that could be compared to them could not have been more enjoyable.
“There are so many great musicians, so when I first started practicing, I was a little worried about what specialness my album could give. But the more I practiced, the more confident I became as I thought that my story could be included and that it could be an album with a different charm than those albums. Of course, everyone's technique is very good, and recording an etude seems to require technique, but I thought that I could deliver an etude that had some kind of emotional, heartfelt feeling. “I would say that I pursued an etude that had some kind of musical emotion that wasn’t just focused on technique.”...

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