Mussorgsky & Scriabin Antonii Baryshevskyi

• Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881): Pictures at an Exhibition (A Rememberance of Viktor Hartmann) (1874)
• 1 I. Promenade [I] 01:37
• 2 II. The Gnome 03:00
• 3 III. Promenade [II] 01:04
• 4 IV. The old castle 05:20
• 5 V. Promenade [III] 00:31
• 6 VI. Tuileries 01:09
• 7 VII. 7 Cattle 03:21
• 8 VIII. Promenade [IV] 01:14
• 9 IX. The Ballet of Unhatched Chicks in their Shells 01:09
• 10 X. Samuel Goldberg and Schyule 02:42
• 11 XI. Promenade [V] 01:34
• 12 XII. The market at limoges 01:31
• 13 XIII. Catacombs 02:10
• 14 XIV. Promenade [VI] 02:03
• 15 XV. The Hut of Fowl's Legs 03:42
• 16 XVI. The Great Gate of Kiev 06:16
• Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
• 17 24 Preludes, Op. 11: I. Vivace 00:54
• 18 24 Preludes, Op. 11: II. Allegretto 02:51
• 19 24 Preludes, Op. 11: V. Andantge cantabile 02:26
• 20 24 Preludes, Op. 11: X. Andante 01:08
• 21 24 Preludes, Op. 11: XII. Andante 01:38
• 22 24 Preludes, Op. 11: XIV. Presto 00:58
• 23 24 Preludes, Op. 11: XXI. Andante 01:54
• 24 24 Preludes, Op. 11: XIX. Affetuoso 01:17
• 25 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45: I. Andante piacevole 01:34
• 26 Sonata for Piano No. 5, Op. 53 13:26
• 27 Poème Op. 59: I. Allegretto 01:48
• 28 Prelude Op. 59: II. Sauvage belliqueux 01:42
• 29 Feuillet d'album, Op. 58: Con delicatezza 01:48
• 30 Poème, Op. 69: II. Allegretto 01:32
• 31 Prelude, Op. 67: I. Andante piacevole 02:46
• 32 Poème, Op. 71: I. Fantastique 02:47
• Total Runtime 01:18:52

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“The most important thing is to play on a good instrument”, Antonii Baryshevskyi confided to Ukrainian journalist Olha Kizlova in an interview given in 2013. “Furthermore, you need truly good schooling – an environment that allows for music education. Our [Ukrainian] piano culture is based on the teaching of [Heinrich] Neuhaus, who paid special attention to timbre and tone quality. Sonority is extremely important for an interpreter – something I’ve been working on for a long time.” Baryshevskyi reflects further on the subject of piano literature: “The choice of repertoire has to be just right. But even that aspect wouldn’t be enough if one wasn’t capable of expressing oneself earnestly and authentically. If you’re able to hold all of those elements in balance, nothing can ever go completely wrong. But if an artist just wants to put himself on display and express himself by means of music, the result will be a caricature. The most important thing is to achieve balance between the composer’s written intentions and the performer’s inner world of reflections and emotions. If you get that balance right, everything is right.”

In her magazine feature on the young pianist, Olha Kizlova wrote of his “thoroughly well-conceived, deeply felt, authentic interpretation. He is guided by his perfect taste; heart-warming, thrillingly enchanting playing and a seemingly endless palette of colours and dynamics all inspire his listeners to concentrate along with him, obtaining their trust from the very first note. This young soloist has incredible potential and will consistently follow his own path, always guided by a self-critical endeavour to achieve perfection.”

Born in 1988 in Kiev (Ukraine), Antonii Baryshevskyi started studying the piano when he was seven and ventured his first steps at Donska State Specialized Music School No. 14. After having obtained his diploma at Lysenko Music School in 2007, he pursued post-graduate studies at the Tchaikovsky National Music Academy of Ukraine in the class of Valerii Kozlov. At the age of 16, Baryshevskyi was already selected as “A Man of the Year 2005” for a specialized training scholarship, and as one of the participants in the Euro Radio Youth Concert in Munich one year afterwards. Antonii’s musical path then took him to Paris, where he concluded his studies in 2015 in the class of Marian Rybicki at the École Normale de Musique (ENM). He also participated in masterclasses imparted by Alfred Brendel, Daniel Pollack and Lily Dorfman. In 2012, the National Philharmonic Society of Ukraine awarded him the “Soloist” distinction.

Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano

Antonii Baryshevskyi
was born in Kiev. At the age of seven he began to learn the piano. In 2007 he entered the Tchaikovsky National Academy of Music of Ukraine (class of Valery Kozlov). He is currently undertaking an assistant traineeship at the National Academy of Music of Ukraine and studying at the École Supérieure de Musique in Paris (class of Marian Rybicki).

He has taken part in master-classes given by Alfred Brendel, Daniel Pollack and Lily Dorfman. At the age of sixteen he was a prize-winner of the All-Ukrainian programme Man of the Year, and one year after that he took part in a youth concert of Radio Europe in Munich.

Since 2012 he has been a soloist with the National Philharmonic of Ukraine.

Prize-winner at numerous international competitions, among them the competition Performer-Composer in St Petersburg (1st prize, 2004), the International Piano Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev (2nd prize, 2005), the International Piano Competition in Jaén (1st prize, 2009), the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition (2nd prize, 2011) and the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv (1st prize, 2014).

Regularly gives recitals and performs with symphony orchestras in Ukraine and internationally. Has toured to France, Italy, Switzerland, Denmark, Iceland, Russia, Belarus, Serbia, Romania, Poland, Spain, Germany, Israel and the USA.

Has produced recordings on radio and TV in Ukraine, Serbia, Italy, Denmark and Spain. Featured in a recording of music for a film produced by the Dovzhenko Film Studios. Naxos has released a solo disc by the pianist.

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