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Victor Ryabchikov plays Moments Musicaux :
Sergei Rakhmaninov and Franz Schubert

IMCD 089
Recorded at Stavnäs kyrka, Arvika, Sweden
15 - 16 August 2001

Producer:
Vendela Tyndale-Biscoe
Recording Engineer:
Alexander Kalashnikov

Sergei Rakhmaninov (1873-1943)
6 Moments Musicaux
for pianoforte Op. 16 (1896)
  I  B flat minor - Andantino
  II  E flat minor - Allegretto
  III  B minor - Andante cantabile
  IV  E minor - Presto
  V  D flat major - Adagio sostenuto
  VI  C major - Maestoso

Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
6 Moments Musicaux for pianoforte D 780
Op. 94: 1‚6 (1828)
  I  C major - Moderato
  II  A flat major - Andantino
  III  F minor - Allegro moderato
  IV  C sharp minor - Moderato
  V  F minor - Allegro vivace
  VI  A flat major - Allegretto

total time: 61'45

Victor Ryabchikov

Moments Musicaux by Rakhmaninov and Schubert


From the booklet: Comments by the pianist

Dear Listener,

You may wonder why Rakhmaninov's "Moments" come before Schubert's in this recording. I recorded them originally in fact in chronological order, with Schubert's coming before Rakhmaninov's, but then a Swedish friend said: 'You know, if one listens to them in the opposite order they sound even more impressive. Then rather than ending triumphantly - fortissimo and with an exclamation mark (Rakhmaninov's sixth Moment) - the CD would end pianissimo, as if you were saying " . . . . "!' This made sense to me.

Victor Ryabchikov, Russian and now a resident of Moscow, was born in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He studied in the Tashkent Conservatory under Angelina Danilova and subsequently at the Moscow Conservatory under Tatiana Nikolayeva. In 1992 he was voted Pianist of the Year by the Russian Press Organisation (APN) and the following year made his first concert appearance outside the former Soviet Union. Subsequent tours have taken him to France, Switzerland, Sweden, The Netherlands, Italy, South Africa, Germany and the United Kingdom, where he made his Wigmore Hall debut in April 2000.

His highly personal interpretations of Chopin, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, Rakhmaninov, Glinka and lesser known Russian romantic composers such as Arensky, Balakirev, Lyadov and the Rubinstein brothers inspire terms as 'poetic' and 'exquisite touch' from reviewers. Victor Ryabchikov initiated the Glinka festival in Moscow and was co-founder, in 1997, of the Glinka Music Society.

Victor Ryabchikov's web-site:
http://www.victorryabchikov.com/