Special offer. Rachmaninov & Medtner Piano Concertos
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
…exhilarating, barnstorming, spine-tingling performance [of the Rachmaninov]… Sudbin… stresses the work's connection to… Medtner's… Second Concerto… Sudbin… sets his individual stamp on this...
Special offer. Rachmaninov & Medtner Piano Concertos
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)
North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
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…exhilarating, barnstorming, spine-tingling performance [of the Rachmaninov]… Sudbin… stresses the work's connection to… Medtner's… Second Concerto… Sudbin… sets his individual stamp on this...
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With his second concerto disc, Yevgeny Sudbin celebrates the close relationship between two great Russian composers: Sergei Rachmaninov and Nikolai Medtner. Medtner would encourage his more famous colleague during the latter’s bouts of self-doubt, while Rachmaninov early on recognized Medtner’s unique gifts, pronouncing him the ‘greatest composer of our time’. The most sincere testament to their friendship is embodied in these two concertos, which the composers dedicated to one another.
Contents and tracklist
Medtner:
Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 50 in C Minor
Work length39:00
- Yevgeny Sudbin
- North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
- Grant Llewellyn
- Recorded: November 2008
- Recording Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
I. Toccata. Allegro risoluto
Track length18:10
II. Romanza. Andante con moto
Track length9:23
III. Divertissment. Allegro risoluto e molto vivace
Track length11:27
Rachmaninoff:
Piano Concerto No. 4, Op. 40 in G Minor
Work length30:53
- Yevgeny Sudbin
- North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
- Grant Llewellyn
- Recorded: January 2008
- Recording Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
I. Allegro vivace (alla breve) (Original 1926 Version)
Track length11:10
II. Largo (Original 1926 Version)
Track length7:15
III. Allegro vivace (Original 1926 Version)
Track length12:28
Rachmaninoff:
12 Songs, Op. 14, Vesenniye vodi (Arr. Y. Sudbin for piano)
Work length3:55
- Yevgeny Sudbin
- Recorded: January 2008
- Recording Venue: Meymandi Concert Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
XI. Vesenniye vodi (Arr. Y. Sudbin for piano)
Track length3:55
Awards and reviews
January 2010
…exhilarating, barnstorming, spine-tingling performance [of the Rachmaninov]… Sudbin… stresses the work's connection to… Medtner's… Second Concerto… Sudbin… sets his individual stamp on this rhythmically vital and superbly constructed score. BIS's recording is absolutely outstanding. The North Carolina Symphony play as if possessed...
February 2010
…Sudbin's relatively low-key playing, never leaves you in doubt of his musicianship and dexterity.
27th November 2009
Sudbin's playing is vivacious
23rd November 2009
It is a huge asset to have a pianist of Sudbin’s stature and sensitivity championing music that can lie unpardonably overlooked by the wayside... Sudbin’s compelling performance... gives new life to a version [of the Rachmaninov] that has a breadth and passionate dynamism all its own.
