Recital
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Recital
Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
[ Decca Music Group / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 11 May 2014
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The debut recording from the superb young pianist, who, at the age of just eighteen, won a sensational victory in the 2009 London International Piano Competition, with an electrifying performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto no. 3.
Born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Behzod Abduraimov is already a mature concert artist who thrills audiences wherever he appears - including an Asian tour with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under Vladimir Ashkenazy, where he was dubbed by the press: "The Western Lang Lang". An extraordinary combination of youthful passion and an astonishing technique gives his performances an irresistible, life-enhancing energy.
His Decca Classics debut album showcases his passionate performance style through the concept of Danses diaboliques, including Horowitz's incredible version of Saint-Saëns/Liszt Danse macabre - wildly virtuosic pieces, which perfectly capture the white-knuckle ride that is Behzod Abduraimov's style.
"He doesn't splash. He doesn't fake. It's real" (The Daily Telegraph)
". . . thought arose: could this fresh-faced child be a new Horowitz?" (The Independent)
"Abduraimov is a young master, that is clear. With luck, time will bring craftier control of musical structures and dynamic shifts...However, he is already well past the point of being brilliant and nothing more. He's also a player who feels and thinks, and still seems to enjoy performing - a quality not visible in some other young gymnasts of the keys...There's a big natural talent at work here." (Times)
"His Danse Macabre has a neurotic, sinister air...and he tackles Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No 6 with both youthful eagerness and maturity. That maturity is even more evident in Liszt's reflective Bénédiction de Dieu dans la Solitude, whose subtle shifts of timing and emphasis he negotiates with apparently effortless command." (Independent)
"an artist not only of extraordinary technical ability, but also one with a terrific musical personality and sensibility. Those qualities come through clearly on this disc...there is no doubt that Abduraimov has the right intellectual and digital equipment...The two contrasting Liszt pieces at the end...glowing testimony of a talent that is already compelling and certainly one to watch." (Daily Telegraph)
"Here is a good-themed programme from this 20-year-old Uzbek newcomer of 'demonic dances, God and war, combining technical virtuosity with music fireworks'...The First Mephisto Waltz is fast, accurate and powerful but it won't have you on the edge of your seat...No, but he's a new face on the scene with bags of talent whose future will be well worth watching." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Liszt:
Benediction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, S. 173 No. 3)
Mephisto Waltz No. 1
Prokofiev:
Suggestion diabolique, Op. 4 No. 4
Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82
Saint-Saëns:
Danse macabre, Op. 40
