Pianist David Khrikuli presents a recording of Fryderyk Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, and four Scherzi. Written largely during Chopin’s time in Mallorca, the Preludes explore diverse emotional landscapes across all twenty-four keys. Comprising structural ambition and dramatic contrast, the Scherzi range from the turbulent B minor of Scherzo No. 1 to the major-mode radiance of Scherzo No. 4. Khrikuli approaches these foundational masterworks with careful study and honesty.

David Khrikuli: “I have spent more time with Chopin over these last years than with almost anyone else. He has been remarkably patient about it. People sometimes ask why a Georgian pianist ends up devoting so much of his life to a Pole who wrote most of his music in Paris. I do not have a good answer. What I do know is that at some point he stopped being a composer I studied and became something closer to a friend—the kind you argue with, return to, misunderstand for a while, and then understand slightly better than before.”