Yevgeny Sudbin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo – Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (2017) [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]

Yevgeny Sudbin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo - Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (2017) [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC] Download

Yevgeny Sudbin, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sakari Oramo – Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 (2017) [MCH SACD ISO + DSF DSD64 + Hi-Res FLAC]
SACD Rip | SACD ISO | DST64 2.0 & 5.0 > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | 75:13 minutes | F/B+ PDF Booklet | 3,36 GB
or DSD64 2.0 Stereo (from SACD-ISO to Tracks.dsf) > 1-bit/2.8224 MHz | F/B+ PDF Booklet | 2,96 GB
or FLAC 2.0 Stereo (carefully converted & encoded to tracks) 24bit/96 kHz | PDF Booklet | 1,37 GB
Features Stereo and Multichannel Surround Sound | BIS Records AB # BIS-2338

Over the course of almost 10 years, Yevgeny Sudbin has been recording Sergei Rachmaninov’s works for piano and orchestra. Reviewers remarked on the soloists transcendental virtuosity and kaleidoscopic keyboard colour (BBC Music Magazine) and enjoyed piano-playing with depth of tone, subtlety and richness of texture, and scintillating dynamism allied to acute lyrical sensibility (Gramophone). The grand finale of Sudbin’s Rachmaninov cycle combines the two best-loved concertos No. 2 in C minor and No. 3 in D minor but it also constitutes a home-coming of a kind, as it was recorded in London, Yevgeny Sudbins base since 1997. For his partners in these monumental and almost iconic concertos, Sudbin has chosen the BBC Symphony Orchestra and its chief conductor Sakari Oramo.Russo-British pianist Yevgeny Sudbin has traversed the Rachmaninov concertos at a deliberate pace, issuing a recording of the Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40 in 2007 and rounding out the set with this reading of the Second and Third in 2018. His Rachmaninov is carefully wrought, subtly intertwined with the orchestral part rather than trafficking in high contrasts, and here the effect is heightened by Sudbin’s unusual interpretation of the opening Moderato of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18. Instead of the usual slower introduction, Sudbin follows Rachmaninov’s notation, resulting in a consistent tempo throughout. This sounds great, but Rachmaninov did not play it this way. At any rate, each movement tends to begin with a kind of studied simplicity and then gains momentum and power as it proceeds. The cooperation of an orchestra attuned to what the pianist is doing is important in Sudbin’s case, and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Sakari Oramo he has one of his most fortunate finds. BIS’ Maida Vale Studio sound is also ideal for the project. This is not Rachmaninov to shake the rafters, but it is sensitive and well made. Recommended.

Tracklist:

01. Piano Concerto No. 2: I. Moderato
02. Piano Concerto No. 2: II. Adagio sostenuto
03. Piano Concerto No. 2: III. Allegro scherzando
04. Piano Concerto No. 3: I. Allegro ma non tanto
05. Piano Concerto No. 3: II. Intermezzo (Adagio)
06. Piano Concerto No. 3: III. Finale (Alla breve)