Composer: Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin, Modest Mussorgsky
Performer: Behzod Abduraimov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Release: 2021
Size: 2.61 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Claude Debussy:
Children’s Corner, L. 113
01. I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
02. II. Jimbo’s Lullaby
03. III. Serenade for the Doll
04. IV. The Snow Is Dancing
05. V. The Little Shepherd
06. VI. Golliwog’s Cake-walk
Frédéric Chopin:
24 Préludes, Op. 28
07. No. 1 in C Major – Agitato
08. No. 2 in A Minor – Lento
09. No. 3 in G Major – Vivace
10. No. 4 in E Minor – Largo
11. No. 5 in D Major – Allegro Molto
12. No. 6 in B Minor – Lento Assai
13. No. 7 in A Major – Andantino
14. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor – Molto Agitato
15. No. 9 in E Major – Largo
16. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor – Allegro Molto
17. No. 11 in B Major – Vivace
18. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor – Presto
19. No. 13 in F-Sharp Major – Lento
20. No. 14 in E-Flat Minor – Allegro
21. No. 15 in D-Flat Major – Sostenuto
22. No. 16 in B-Flat Minor – Presto Con Fuoco
23. No. 17 in A-Flat Major – Allegretto
24. No. 18 in F Minor – Allegro Molto
25. No. 19 in E-Flat Major – Vivace
26. No. 20 in C Minor – Largo
27. No. 21 in B-Flat Major – Cantabile
28. No. 22 in G Minor – Molto Agitato
29. No. 23 in F Major – Moderato
30. No. 24 in D Minor – Allegro Appassionato
Modest Mussorgsky:
Pictures at an Exhibition
31. Promenade I
32. 1. Gnomus
33. Promenade II
34. 2. Il Vecchio Castello
35. Promenade III
36. 3. Tuileries (Dispute d’enfants après jeux)
37. 4. Bydło
38. Promenade IV
39. 5. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
40. 6. “Samuel” Goldenberg und “Schmuÿle”
41. 7. Limoges, le marché (La grande nouvelle)
42. 8. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
43. 9. The Hut on Fowl’s Legs (Baba-Yagá)
44. 10. The Great Gate of Kiev
Behzod Abduraimov joins Alpha for several recordings, starting with this ‘kaleidoscope of miniatures’ – miniatures that are in fact fairly gigantic, and showcase the Uzbek pianist’s extreme virtuosity and sensitivity. ‘Each movement is in itself a miniature, and taken together they form a kaleidoscope of human emotions and images of all kinds’, says Behzod Abduraimov.
In his view, the pieces in Debussy’s Children’s Corner are not intended for young piano students, but ‘for adults, so that they can immerse themselves in the world of children with a little nostalgia and a lot of humour’. When it comes to Chopin, ‘each prelude has a different musical essence, creates its own atmosphere. Together they form an arc spanning the distance from the first prelude to the last. So I tried to consider them as a whole’.Finally, Mussorgsky evokes in ten highly expressive movements the paintings at an exhibition held in posthumous tribute to his friend Viktor Hartmann. A ‘Promenade’ heard several times suggests Mussorgsky himself strolling through the exhibition. For Behzod Abduraimov, ‘the “Promenades” play a key role in this cycle: they create the atmosphere before each painting’.
Born in 1990, Behzod Abduraimov is one of the most promising pianists of his generation.