Bells and decibels: Behzod Abduraimov

By Mark Pullinger, 17 September 2015

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“The coda, in particular, galloped to its conclusion as if pursued by the very devil himself”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 16 September 2015

Schubert, Four Impromptus, D.935

Liszt, Mephisto Waltz no. 1, "Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke", S 514

Mussorgsky, Pictures at an Exhibition

Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini S 141: no. 3 in G sharp minor, "La Campanella"

Behzod Abduraimov, Piano

Noseda and the NY Philharmonic play exhilarating Shostakovich Four

David Wolfson, 7th January

Gianandrea Noseda conducts the New York Philharmonic in a lovingly crafted, exhilarating rendition of Shostakovich’s gargantuan Fourth Symphony.

****1

Maurice Ravel and Dame Ethel Smyth works premiere in Singapore

Chang Tou Liang, 11th April

Maurice Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé and a prelude from Dame Ethel Smyth's opera The Wreckers are heard for the first time in Singapore.

****1

Han-Na Chang makes long-awaited conducting debut in Sydney

Zoltán Szabó, 8th May

Making her debut on the conductor’s podium, Han-Na Chang’s enthusiastic musicality makes a strong impression at the Sydney Opera House, in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto no. 2 and Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony.

****1

Fifty shades of pianistic grey: Behzod Abduraimov at the Folly Theater

Hilary Stroh, 11th May

The Uzbek pianist returns to Kansas City for a wonderful recital including Dilorom Saidaminova’s The Walls of Ancient Bukhara.

*****

Leleux and the CBSO opt for safe and popular

Robert Gainer, 13th April

Behzod Abduraimov impresses in Rachmaninov's evergreen Second Piano Concerto.

***11

Remarkable survey of 20th-century works by the Cincinnati Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 29th October

The Cincinnati Symphony thoughtfully illuminates a diverse cross-section of 20th-century repertoire with conductor Michael Francis and pianist Behzod Abduraimov.

****1

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

Bells and decibels: Behzod Abduraimov at Wigmore Hall