SACD, Scriabin (composer)
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Throughout, Sudbin's deeply flexible playing captures the scope of the composer's adventurous and otherworldly moods and textures. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 9th May 2025
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Record Review, 10th May 2025, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2025, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Scriabin: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedEkaterina Sergeeva (mezzo-soprano) & Alexander Timchenko (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus, Valery Gergiev
there’s a great sense of freedom in this music that Gergiev manages to create ... Gergiev’s volatility really works in this Scriabin. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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This is Schubert as a natural Romantic, rather than as a Classic straining at the leash. Which makes the transition to Chopin easy and natural. —
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Special offer. Rachmaninov & Prokofiev: Works for Cello and Piano
Johannes Moser (cello) & Andrei Korobeinikov (piano)
Johannes Moser and Andrei Korobeinikov bring both muscle and imagination to these two epic Russian sonatas —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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This is music that demands pianism of superlative quality, and here Yevgeny Sudbin miraculously combines the volcanic intensity of Vladimir Horowitz with the cat-and-mouse tonal reflexes of... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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Scriabin & Medtner: Piano Concertos
RecommendedYevgeny Sudbin (piano)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Litton
These are superb performances of two underestimated concertos...this is unquestionably an engaging account, Sudbin's glistening and expressive virtuosity matched by Andrew Litton and the Bergen... —
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2015, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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International Classical Music Awards, 2016, Winner - Concerto
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Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy, Op. 54, Prometheus, Op. 60 & Piano Sonata No. 5, Op. 53
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Youth Choir, Singapore Symphony Chorus, Lan Shui
The Russian mystic’s most layered, outlandish scores need state-of-the-art sound. Trust BIS to provide it from producer Robert Suff and sound engineer Fabian Frank, working in Singapore’s Esplanade... —
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto Nos. 1 & 3 & Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor
Xiayin Wang (piano)
This is one of the freshest and most enjoyable accounts [of Tchaikovsky 1] I have heard for a long time. In Xiayin Wang’s hands and supported superbly by the impressive Scottish players and... —
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Special offer. Scriabin: Symphony No. 1 & The Poem of Ecstasy
Russian National Orchestra & Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory, Mikhail Pletnev
there is a good deal which is captivating in Mikhail Pletnev's excellent performance: in the thistledown Scherzo, the Russian National Orchestra demonstates polished and tight ensemble playing... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2015, Editor's Choice
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Gergiev has clearly taken a fresh look at the Third Symphony's score, driving to the first movement's first climax without the usual (unmarked) dramatic pause; the pay-off comes with an all... —
