Cho Seong-jin's new album sold out
Cho Seong-jin
Pianist Cho Seong-jin's second live album has already sold out its initial production run on pre-order before its release.
The 20,000 copies of the album, released Tuesday, have already sold out through online pre-order sales which began Feb. 5 and pre-orders received through offline music stores. The album is currently under production for additional orders.
The newly released album is a recording of Cho’s performance at the International Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition held last October in Warsaw, Poland. It was officially produced by the Fryderyk Chopin Institute which hosted the international piano competition. This is the second album featuring Cho's performance at the Chopin competition, following the first released by the Deutsche Grammophon (DG) label last November. The 50,000 copies of the first album sold out in less than a week and a total of over 90,000 copies were sold solely in Korea.
Cho was the first Korean to win the competition which is one of the oldest and most prestigious in the world.
The new album differs from the 2015 album released last year, with different pieces and format, according to the Chopin Institute.
The new album features Cho's performances from his preliminary competition to the final one including his prizewinning interpretation of Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Etudes Op. 10, Mazurkas, Ballad Op. 38 and Fantasy in F minor, Op. 49.
The previous album released by DG features Nocturne Op. 48-1, Sonata Op. 35, Polonaise Op. 53 and 24 Preludes Op. 28.
His performance of Piano Concerto No. 1 played during the gala concert on Oct. 21 was added to the new album based on Cho and the Chopin Institute's suggestion.