Chelsea Guo is a musical polymath who brings her dual gifts as pianist and soprano to this, her debut album. Hailed as a Chopin specialist during her prizewinning performances at the 2020 Chopin Piano Competition, Guo performs solo piano works that show all facets of the composer’s style, including the Barcarolle in F-sharp minor, Op. 60 and the four Op. 33 Mazurkas, in which Chopin took existing folk styles to new heights with his nuanced, ground-breaking approach. Chelsea Guo’s unique talents are to the fore in the three songs on this album, in which she simultaneously sings and plays; the programme also includes Chopin’s complete 24 Preludes, Op. 28, an extraordinary set composed in every available key.

• Chopin: Preludes (24), Op. 28
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 2 in A minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 3 in G major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 4 in E minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 5 in D major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 6 in B minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 7 in A major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 8 in F sharp minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 9 in E major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 10 in C sharp minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 11 in B major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 12 in G sharp minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 13 in F sharp major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 14 in E flat minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 15 in D flat major ‘Raindrop'
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 16 in B flat minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 17 in A flat major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 18 in F minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 19 in E flat major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 20 in C minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 21 in B flat major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 22 in G minor
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 23 in F major
• Chopin: Prelude Op. 28 No. 24 in D minor
• Rossini: La gazza ladra