Behzod Abduraimov – Shadows of My Ancestors (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:44 minutes | 1,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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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’. Under Valery Gergiev’s direction, Behzod has already recorded with the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and (during the 2016 BBC Proms) the Munich Philharmonic. Born in 1990, Behzod Abduraimov is one of the most promising pianists of his generation.
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Behzod Abduraimov, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della Rai, Juraj Valcuha – Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.3 (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:04:20 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Completed in 1921 in a rural summer retreat at Étretat on the coast of Normandy, the Third Piano Concerto nevertheless contains not a hint of anything that could be called pastoral. It is one of those works that seem to reflect not the actual surroundings of the moment, but a quite other environment that the composer is hankering after. The atmosphere it breathes is of a world that Prokofiev had left only temporarily: the world of musical centres, busy concert life, excitement, exuberant virtuosity, and applause.
The First Piano Concerto is one of the most popular of all Tchaikovsky’s works, to the extent that it has completely eclipsed the other two concertos for piano. A skillful mixture of ardour and melancholy, of simple Ukrainian folk tunes and brilliant passage work, of wistful melodies and waves of orchestral sound worthy of a symphony. One might criticize it for an excess of grandiloquence, but one cannot deny its success in at least two respects: the variety of its inspiration and the verve of the piano part, which guarantees an instant triumph to any virtuoso capable of playing it.
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Behzod Abduraimov, Concertgebouworkest, Valery Gergiev – Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 45:33 minutes | 409 MB | Genre: Classical
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Serge Rachmaninoff himself played his Third Piano Concerto in 1911 in the Netherlands with the Concertgebouworkest and Willem Mengelberg. He noted at the time: “The musicians thought it was beautiful, but the audience and the critics did not.” In the end, pianist Vladimir Horowitz was able to inspire the audience for the work, and today ‘Rach 3’ is considered to be one of the warhorses in the repertoire. With this notoriously difficult concerto the young Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov made his dazzling Concertgebouworkest debut under the direction of Valery Gergiev.
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Behzod Abduraimov – Rachmaninoff in Lucerne – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3 (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:09:21 minutes | 1,14 GB | Genre: Classical
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Die Schweiz übte schon immer auf russische Komponisten eine große Anziehungskraft aus. So waren Peter Tschaikowsky, Sergei Prokofjew und Igor Strawinsky von der Schönheit der Schweizer Alpenlandschaft angetan. Der Komponist Sergei Rachmaninoff sollte hier sogar sein neues Zuhause finden. Unweit von Luzern, am Vierwaldstättersee ließ sich der berühmte Komponist und Pianist 1930 ein prachtvolles Haus, die “Villa Senar” bauen und fand hier die Ruhe, um heute berühmte Werke zu komponieren. Im Sommer 1934 schrieb er dort seine hochvirtuose “Rhapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini” für Klavier und Orchester, ein Jahr später seine 3. Sinfonie. Beide Werke hat nun das hervorragende Luzerner Sinfonieorchester unter der Leitung von James Gaffigan aufgenommen. Der usbekische Pianist Behzod Abduraimov spielt dabei die “Paganini-Rhapsodie” für Klavier und Orchester. Für die Aufnahme dieses Stücks durfte der originale Steinway-Flügel von Rachmaninoff, der seit 1934 in der Villa Senar steht, genutzt werden. Besonders hochwertig ist die limitierte Erstauflage dieses Albums: Es ist ein kleines Hardcover-Büchlein mit CD und einem über 70- seitigen aufwändig gestalteten Booklet. Dieses enthält einen umfangreichen Text über Rachmaninoff und die Werke, die von Spezialisten und der Rachmaninoff-Stiftung geschrieben wurden sowie Zitate aus Briefen des Komponisten. Seinen besonderen Reiz erhält das Booklet der limited edition, weil es zahlreiche bisher unveröffentlichte Fotos des Komponisten enthält, welche die Familie des Komponisten und die Rachmaninoff Stiftung nur für diese Ausgabe zur Verfügung gestellt haben.
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Behzod Abduraimov – Debussy, Chopin, Mussorgsky (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 01:23:49 minutes | 2,65 GB | Genre: Classical
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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’.
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