Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata Op. 31 No. 2 “Tempest”
Sonata Op. 53 “Waldstein”
Sonata Op. 57 „Appassionata“
Recorded in October 2020, Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany
Producer, Martin Sauer
Piano Technician, Thomas Hübsch
Recording Piano, Bösendorfer VC280
Universal Music, 2021 Release
Claude Debussy Douze Études pour le piano:
Étude pour les cinq doigts d’après Monsieur Czerny
Étude pour les tierces
Étude pour les quartes
Étude pour les sixtes
Étude pour les octaves
Étude pour les huit doigts
Étude pour les degrés chromatiques
Étude pour les agréments
Étude pour les notes répétées
Étude pour les sonorités opposées
Étude pour les arpèges composés
Étude pour les accords
Recorded in April 2016, Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany
Producer, Martin Sauer
Piano Technician, Thomas Hübsch
Recording Piano, Bösendorfer VC280
Universal Digital, 2020 Release
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata Op. 31 No. 3
Sonata Op. 81a “Les Adieu”
Sonata Op. 90
Sonata Op. 109
Recorded in November 2015, Teldex Studio Berlin, Germany
Producer, Martin Sauer
Piano Technician, Thomas Hübsch
Recording Piano, Bösendorfer VC280
Decca Korea, 2019 Release
Beethoven Piano Sonatas Nos. 18, 26, 27, 30
“… Choi is more than just at home with the linguistic ductus of this music. She understands this music, reconstruct it and by doing so she can form lots of details to a big entirety. – the biggest challenge for Sonatas. She can subtly untangle Beethoven’s linear work, the deliberate confusion in elaboration of theme for the listener, fill them with life, let them become comprehensible. At the same time her way of playing is connected with magnificent sense of sound, never exaggerate the tempos, (marvelous pacing in Op. 90, the 2nd mvt.!) the dynamic, even the hard accents and eruptions sound mellifluous, without losing their meanings. In op. 81a she traces the pain of statement so convincingly that one could understand the emotions which is transformed in this music. And also, the Op. 109 which is hardly leading to comprehensible flow, she succeeds excellent! What a shame that this CD is released only at Decca Korea.”
Carsten Dürrer [PIANO NEWS] Vol.03/2019
Get to you the “Viennese Feeling”, Beethoven Sonatas
New Album of Pianist HieYon Choi
Performed on ‘Bösendorfer’ born in 1828…Deep and Elegant Sound Contrast to Brilliant Tone Color of ‘Steinway’
“A Beethoven recording which you’d want to keep next to you for long time; an album of Beethoven Sonata No. 18, 26, 27, 30, performed by HieYon Choi (Professor Seoul National University), released by Decca label. A selection of calm and intimate character. A flowing and elegant connections, architecture of an intelligence and without any vanity; it feels like an intimate talk with a thoughtful friend. The abundant acoustic which makes one feel listening to it in a proper-sized living room adds to a perfection of this recording….”
Yoon-Jong Yoo [DONG-A DAILY] Jan-18-2019
Frederic Chopin:
12 Etudes Op. 10
12 Etudes Op. 25
Recorded in July 2001, Ebert-Halle Harbug, Germany
Producer, Cord Garben
Editing, Wolf-Dieter Karwatky
Recording Piano, Steinway & Sons
Aulos Korea, 2005 Release
IDAGIO, 2015 Re-release (exclusive)
Franz Liszt:
6 Grandes Études de Paganini
Recorded in 1987, Südwest Rundfunk, Freiburg, Germany
Parke & Davis, 1988 Release
György Kurtag “…quasi una fantasia….”
Seoul Philharmonic, Markus Stenz conducting
Lotte Concert Hall, Seoul, 2022
Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Camerata Antiqua, Soo-Yeoul Choi conducting
Art Center Incheon, Korea, 2020
Johannes Brahms Intermezzo Op. 118 No. 2
Encore; Solo Recital at Kumho Art Seoul, 2022
Felix Mendelssohn 15 Lieder ohne Worte
Solo Recital at Walter Auditorium [NYCP]
Lincoln Center, New York, 2019
