I remember Yundi mentioned this Scherzo in an interview with NPR News, describing it as: The base is like a man, asking and talking very seriously, like a father's talk. And the higher part is like a crying, you very miss something, you remember something makes you……you want to cry.
The First Scherzo (for Anton Rubinstein ‘the infernal banquet’) is an awe-inspiring chase and explosion of events, and the final pages of the Third are formidably trenchant and articulate. Yet even as you marvel at such mastery you become aware of an almost clinical detachment, as if Chopin’s inner life and spirit could safely be allowed to look after themselves. Record Review By Bryce Morrison, Gramophone (2004)
