Behzod Abduraimov plays Schubert, Beethoven and Liszt in London

By Paul Kilbey, 23 November 2012

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Reviewed at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London on 20 November 2012

Schubert, Piano Sonata no. 13 in A major, D.664

Beethoven, Piano Sonata no. 23 in F minor "Appassionata", Op.57

Liszt, Scherzo und Marsch, S 177 (arr. Horowitz)

Liszt, Harmonies poétiques et religieuses: Benediction de Dieu dans la Solitude, S 173 no. 3

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

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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Paul Kilbey

Paul was Reviews Editor at Bachtrack from 2012 to February 2014. He has written on music and culture for publications including Culture Wars, the Huffington Post, the Independent and the Guardian. He holds BA and MPhil degrees in music from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and is particularly passionate about contemporary music of all types. His website is here.