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Chopin: Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major | Lang Lang (piano)
A study for a piano virtuoso turned into an emotional work of art — this is how one might describe Frédéric Chopin's Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major. And such a dazzling work could hardly be more suitable for anyone other than expressive virtuoso pianist Lang Lang.
Here, he performs it during the encore of his 2010 concert in Vienna's Musikverein, which was a TV broadcast recorded by Sony.
An étude is, literally, a study — a piece designed to develop a particular aspect of a pianist's tech