Anton Batagov - Anton Batagov. Schubert (2021) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Four Impromptus, op. 90, D. 899: No. 3 in G-Flat Major
02. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: I. Molto moderato
03. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 1 in E-Flat Minor
04. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: II. Andante sostenuto

CD2
01. 17 Ländler, D. 366
02. 3 Klavierstücke, D. 946: No. 2 in E-Flat Major
03. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: III. Allegro vivace con delicatezza
04. Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 6 in A-Flat Major
05. Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-Flat Major, D. 960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
06. Du bist die Ruh, D. 776



“I played the compositions from the album in different programs, in different combinations – and Schubert always coexisted with some other music, written either before or after him. And then I wanted to record an album with only Schubert. The album turned out to be long – 2 hours and 20 minutes: the Sonata in B-flat major, written two months before his death, when Schubert already knew that he had very little time, and some other pieces that I placed between the movements of the Sonata. This form is most similar to a novel: we go through a segment of the path with our hero, then we are transported to a place where something else, no less important, happens, and then we return and continue from the point where we left the hero at the end of the previous chapter”. (A.B.)

The album SCHUBERT is Batagov’s sixth ‘classical’ program in the Melodiya collection recorded by him in the XXI century. The attitude to the music of the past and to the music of the present alike, which is characteristic of all Batagov’s works as a pianist, is preserved here as well: “All the notes written by the composer, of course, remain in their places. Anyhow, we bring a modern worldview and modern experience to the performance of classical works. We do it even when we pretend to be ‘period musicians’ playing the instruments of those times in wigs. This album is an attempt to hear Schubert from our frantic 21st century undertaken by a minimalist composer”. (A.B.)

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