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There’s some extraordinary playing on this beautifully recorded disc. The Armenian-born American pianist exhibits a profound empathy for Rachmaninov’s music, revelling in its richness of sonority,... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2020 More…

Release Date: 7th Aug 2020
Catalogue No: 4839181
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Length: 61 minutes

BBC Music Magazine

October 2020

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10

Work length3:09

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

VIII. Allegro vivace

Track length3:09

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

Work length2:40

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

XII. Allegro

Track length2:40

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Songs (12), Op. 21

Work length3:01

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

V. Lilacs (Transcr. Rachmaninoff for Solo Piano)

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

Work length1:17

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

VI. Allegro appassionato

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

III. Grave

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39

Work length9:21

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

I. Allegro agitato

Track length3:11

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II. Lento assai

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

Work length6:44

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

X. Lento

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Songs (12), Op. 21

Work length3:56

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

IX. Melody (Transcr. Volodos for Piano)

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Rachmaninoff: Morceau de fantaisie in G Minor "Delmo"

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10

Work length4:53

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

IV. Andante cantabile

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39

Work length5:30

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

V. Appassionato

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Excerpt, Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Work length6:31

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

III. Andante (Transcr. Volodos for Piano)

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Rachmaninoff: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16

Work length7:55

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Sergei Babayan (piano)
Recorded: 2009-12-20
Recording Venue: Friedrich-Ebert-Halle, Hamburg

II. Allegretto

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VI. Maestoso

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A selection of lucid, intimate, and short-from Rachmaninoff works, interpreted with pinpoint technical precision.

“Music is born only in the heart and it appeals only to the heart; it is Love! The sister of Music is Poesy, and its mother is Sorrow!” These are the words Sergei Rachmaninoff used to describe his concept of music.

Sergei Babayan’s interpretations of a selection of Rachmaninoff’s short- form jewels mirror this heartfelt sentiment while also showing his deep and unsentimental understanding of the music. Next to the Études-Tableux, the Préludes and Moments Musicaux, the album contains enchanting, lyrical song transcriptions. After the 2018 release of “Prokofiev for two” with Martha Argerich, this project shows Babayan’s essence as an extraordinarily skillful pianist. Babayan is one of the leading pianists of our time, hailed for his emotional intensity, bold energy and remarkable levels of color.

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October 2020

There’s some extraordinary playing on this beautifully recorded disc. The Armenian-born American pianist exhibits a profound empathy for Rachmaninov’s music, revelling in its richness of sonority, its contrasting moods of elation and melancholy, and its structural fluidity. What really binds this recital into an utterly compelling musical experience is the sheer range and tonal variety of his pianism.

March 2021

...the whole hour slips by as if in a dream, and I don’t have the superlatives to do justice to his display of deeply considered pianism. Familiar pieces are imbued with such magic that they seem new-minted; everything is nuanced with a velvet touch. The bells of the B minor Prélude Op 32/10 never sounded more sweetly sad; the transcriptions by that other keyboard poet, Arcadi Volodos, are ravishing.

30th July 2020

There are certainly no doubts about the fluency of Babayan’s playing, nor about his affinity with Rachmaninov, even if that is rather over-egged in the gushing liner notes. There’s a sense of cool refinement about everything he does, keeping plenty in reserve in even the most technically demanding passages, but the impression his playing leaves is often a rather neutral one.

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