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These Rachmaninoff recordings by pianist Sergei Babayan were made in Hamburg in 2009. The graphics are silent on what caused the 11-year time lag before they were released by the Deutsche Grammophon label in 2020, and on whether Babayan made them as a set or recorded other material at the same time. This is too bad, for someone deserves the credit. It may be Babayan himself, who is an exceptional Rachmaninoff interpreter. The words "delicate" and "spontaneous" aren't commonly raised in talking about Rachmaninoff, but they apply here. Babayan avoids the mighty Rachmaninoff of the giant hands, selecting quieter pieces that only intermittently build to fortissimo. Instead, he ties the composer to a tradition that was reaching its tail end in his time: that of improvisation by concert pianists. In these performances, one can feel the thrill Rachmaninoff's audiences must have experienced even when he was not spanning and pounding the keyboard: the rippling, shimmering runs, the free rhythms, the sense that even greater mysteries than those heard are being held back and promised for later. The presence of three transcriptions (two by Arcadi Volodos and one by Rachmaninoff) further suggests that Babayan shaped the program himself, for they fit into the remarkable sense of flow that the music has overall. In a marketplace filled with unimaginative beginning-to-end traversals of the Rachmaninoff Preludes or Etudes-Tableaux, here is a program that Rachmaninoff might have offered.
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10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
12 Songs, Op. 21 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer, Contributor, Transcription - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
13 Preludes, Op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
12 Songs, Op. 21 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Arcadi Volodos, Contributor, Transcription - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
10 Preludes, Op. 23 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Cello Sonata, Op. 19 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Arcadi Volodos, Contributor, Transcription - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Karl-August Naegler, Producer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Christopher Alder, Producer - Wolf-Dieter Karwatky, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sergei Babayan, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
These Rachmaninoff recordings by pianist Sergei Babayan were made in Hamburg in 2009. The graphics are silent on what caused the 11-year time lag before they were released by the Deutsche Grammophon label in 2020, and on whether Babayan made them as a set or recorded other material at the same time. This is too bad, for someone deserves the credit. It may be Babayan himself, who is an exceptional Rachmaninoff interpreter. The words "delicate" and "spontaneous" aren't commonly raised in talking about Rachmaninoff, but they apply here. Babayan avoids the mighty Rachmaninoff of the giant hands, selecting quieter pieces that only intermittently build to fortissimo. Instead, he ties the composer to a tradition that was reaching its tail end in his time: that of improvisation by concert pianists. In these performances, one can feel the thrill Rachmaninoff's audiences must have experienced even when he was not spanning and pounding the keyboard: the rippling, shimmering runs, the free rhythms, the sense that even greater mysteries than those heard are being held back and promised for later. The presence of three transcriptions (two by Arcadi Volodos and one by Rachmaninoff) further suggests that Babayan shaped the program himself, for they fit into the remarkable sense of flow that the music has overall. In a marketplace filled with unimaginative beginning-to-end traversals of the Rachmaninoff Preludes or Etudes-Tableaux, here is a program that Rachmaninoff might have offered.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Sergei Babayan
- Composer: Serge Rachmaninoff
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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