Yevgeny Sudbin - Chopin: Fantaisie in F minor - Ballades - Mazurkas - Nocturnes '2011

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Fantasy in F Minor, Op. 49
02. Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27, No. 1
03. Nocturne No. 13 in C Minor, Op. 48, No. 1
04. Mazurka No. 7 in F Minor, Op. 7, No. 3
05. Mazurka No. 23 in D Major, Op. 33, No. 2
06. Mazurka No. 25 in B Minor, Op. 33, No. 4
07. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
08. Mazurka No. 17 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 24, No. 4
09. Mazurka No. 32 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 50, No. 3
10. Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55, No. 2
11. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
12. A la minute



Chopin’s music presents us with a strange paradox writes Yevgeny Sudbin
in his liner notes to this recording. In Sudbin’s own experience, the
music’s direct emotional appeal makes it instantly accessible to most
listeners, but to the interpreter ‘it becomes a tough balancing act: on
the one side, naïvety and blandness threaten, while, on the other side, a
laboured and contrived approach could potentially damage the music. Sudbins own
approach has been influenced by Chopins own words regarding interpretation:
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all
difficulties. But, as he recounts, he is also fascinated by historic recordings
by legends such as Ignaz Friedman and Benno Moiseiwitch – performances
which have made an impact on him on account of the highly personal playing: the
beguiling rhythmic swings, freedom in phrasing, articulation that tickles you
all over… Sudbin opens his own Chopin recital with the expansive Fantaisie
in F minor – sometimes described as the composers grandest work –
continuing with a selection of pieces from three genres that are strongly
associated with Chopin: Mazurkas, Nocturnes and the Ballades Nos 3 and 4.
Following the 2005 release of his second disc, Piano Magazine described Yevgeny
Sudbin in lyrical terms as a fearless technician with an all-encompassing
command of his instrument; a musical dramatist of exceptional acumen and
sophistication; a poet who moves seamlessly between unbridled rhetoric and
extreme intimacy; a stylist who catches the particular spirit of everything he
plays – all qualities which would seem to be conducive to a memorable
Chopin recital, and which Sudbin certainly brings to the fore in the encore
À la minute, his own paraphrase on the composers Minute Waltz.

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