Samuel Barbers piano music is rarely heard, for one reason simply because of its enormous challenges in matters of technique. The young Korean pianist Yeseul Moon has not let herself be deterred and on her MDG debut is presenting a breathtaking new recording in MDG's surround sound SACD. The focus is formed by Barbers Sonata op.26, his only contribution to twelve-tone music and which the legendary Vladimir Horowitz premiered not without first asking the composer for a few extra difficulties. The breakneck finale consists of a four-part fugue not the sort of thing for weak nerves!