Work: Mazurka in E minor, Op.25 no.3

Armed with extraordinary precision, the Russian pianist brings as much elegance to his compatriots Rachmaninov and Scriabin as he does to Schubert.

A dark thread ran through Yevgeny Sudbin’s recital at London’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, from the sombre B minor sonata by Haydn to Scriabin’s infamous “Black Mass” sonata and Saint-Saens’ virtuosic Danse macabre.

Arcadi Volodos a livré un récital exceptionnel au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Virtuose, prestidigitateur, ascète, le pianiste a happé le public dans Schubert, Rachmaninov et Scriabine.