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Met Opera Carnegie Hall Contemporary Classical Music Period

Sergei Babayan Recital at Carnegie Hall

Kentaro Ogasawara October 27, 2023

2.11.2023 New York

Sergei Babayan showcased his meticulous technique and expressive depth in a recital at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall. The highlight was Vladimir Ryabov’s Fantasia, dedicated to Maria Yudina, in which Babayan’s control of both hands and delicate tonal shading was striking. He also delivered richly colored and emotionally nuanced performances of works by Rachmaninoff and Liszt. While his improvisatory approach in Schumann’s Kreisleriana occasionally dominated the structure, the program overall demonstrated Babayan’s exceptional artistry and virtuosity.

Despite all his virtuosity, Babayan's playing rejects the cliché of the late romantic gesture. This technically brilliant pianist responds to the emotional turmoil of the first (Allegro agitato) or the fifth (Appassionato) piece from the Etudes Tableaux op. 39 with a turbulently speaking musical design, rather than with a thundering paw. This sounds like a seething, eruptive outburst of an inner monologue. At the same time, his playing can get lost in a wonderfully glittering manner in the impressionistically lit inner landscapes of the slow pieces. All beauty is at the same time permeated by deep melancholy, according to Rachmaninoff's statement that music is the sister of poetry, but its mother is grief. (Deutsche Grammophon)

Sergei Babayan is one of the leading pianists of our time. Hailed for his emotional intensity, bold energy and remarkable levels of color, Sergei Babayan brings a deep understanding and insight to an exceptionally diverse repertoire. Le Figaro has praised his “unequaled touch, perfectly harmonious phrasing and breathtaking virtuosity.” Le Devoir from Montreal put it simply: “Sergei Babayan is a genius. Period.”

Thursday, November 2, 2023 7:30 PM Zankel Hall

Sergei Babayan, Piano

Program

LISZT Ballade No. 2 in B Minor

VLADIMIR RYABOV Fantasia in C Minor

RACHMANINOFF Étude-tableau in E-flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5

RACHMANINOFF Étude-tableau in C Minor, Op. 39, No. 1

RACHMANINOFF Allegretto in E-flat Minor from Moments musicaux, Op. 16, No. 2

RACHMANINOFF Maestoso in C Major from Moments musicaux, Op. 16, No. 6

LISZT "Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert

LISZT "Aufenthalt" from Lieder aus Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang

LISZT "Auf dem Wasser zu singen" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert

LISZT "Die Stadt" from Lieder aus Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang

LISZT "Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert

R. SCHUMANN Kreisleriana

Note

セルゲイ・ババヤンはカーネギー・ホールのザンケル・ホールでのリサイタルにおいて、緻密な技巧と深い表現力を披露した。ハイライトはマリア・ユディナに捧げられたウラジーミル・リャボフの『ファンタジア』であり、ババヤンは両手の制御と繊細な音色の表現に優れていた。また、ラフマニノフやリストの作品においても、豊かな色彩感と感情の深みにあふれる演奏を行った。シューマンの『クライスレリアーナ』では即興的なアプローチが時に構造を支配する場面もあったが、全体としてババヤンの卓越した芸術性と技巧の高さを示すものであった。

卓越した技巧を誇るにもかかわらず、ババヤンの演奏は後期ロマン派的なジェスチャーの陳腐さを拒否する。彼はラフマニノフの《絵画的練習曲》op.39の第1曲(アレグロ・アジタート)や第5曲(アパッショナート)の情緒の嵐に対し、轟音で押し通すのではなく、内的独白のような激しい音楽的構想で応答する。また、遅い曲の印象派的に照らされた内面の風景では、煌めくような演奏に迷い込むこともある。すべての美しさは深い哀愁に満ちており、ラフマニノフの「音楽は詩の姉であり、その母は悲しみである」という言葉を思わせる。(ドイチェ・グラモフォン)

セルゲイ・ババヤンは現代を代表するピアニストの一人である。情感の強さ、大胆なエネルギー、驚くべき音色の幅で称賛され、極めて多様なレパートリーに深い理解と洞察をもたらす。『ル・フィガロ』は彼の「比類なきタッチ、完璧に調和したフレージング、息をのむような技巧」を称賛し、モントリオールの『ル・ドゥヴォワール』は簡潔に「セルゲイ・ババヤンは天才である」と評している。

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