Four Ballades
Chopin was the first composer to write "Ballades" for solo piano. In  these works the lyricism and virtuosic figuration of the instrument is brought to new  artistic heights. Listen to a wonderfully sensitive artist, a first class Steinway Model D 9- foot instrument in a glorious performance hall [Zipper Auditorium at the Colburn School  in Los Angeles] and experience the extension of sound provided by the 5.1 channel  surround mix. Imagine the sound of 16 microphones strategically placed in stereo pairs  within the instrument and around the hall. Choose your point of view - either fully  immersed in the sound or from the "best seat in the house". Recording a piano is one of  the toughest challenges for a recording engineer, this DVD captures all of the sound and  then some...