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2-Paisajes-El Lago

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16-Sonatine - II

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1. Préludes, Op.28: No.1 in C major

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15. Préludes, Op.28: No.15 in D flat major

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24. Préludes, Op.28: No.24 in D minor

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« Best Classical Album » by the Gramophone Magazine

Julien Brocal, a young French composer and pianist born in Arles, has studied with Erik Berchot and Rena Shereshevskaya at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. Since 2013 he has worked closely with Maria João Pires and I fancy her beneficent influence is evident. Last year Brocal made his recording debut in

Record Review on BBC Radio 3 by Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor and guests review the best recordings of classical music on BBC Radio 3. Julien’s debut album is reviewed with an extract of the Sonata n°2 Op. 35 at 1:56:00 of the podcast : http://bbc.in/2kd01T2 “You can hear the qualities Pires admires in his playing, there is a kind of meditative poetry to the Op.

A great review of Chopin's debut album from Opus Klassiek, in Netherland

‘This is great Chopin, transparent and warm at the same time, fabulously played in both the left and the right, dosed with masterful touch and filled with an inexpressible longing for something that is impossible and yet lets it materialise somehow. In short, we are in the unfathomable realm of a Lipatti, Pollini, Blechacz …