Search - Ludwig van Beethoven, Ethella Chuprik :: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 15 "Pastoral", No. 21 "Waldstein"

From out of the Eastern European Talent Pool

Leonard J. Zoutendyk | Bellingham, Washington United States | 11/01/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"The facts that Ms. Chuprik came in third in the 1990 Moscow International Piano Competition with a similar distinction in the 1991 Budapest Ferenc Liszt Competition only demonstrates the degree of talent in the European communities out there available to us. Her performance of these sonatas is understated while having strength and articulaton. Strong attacks when called for and light touches as needed. She has a point of view with the technique to back it up in both of these sturdy Beethoven works with recorded sound adequate to underly her accomplishments and her potential."