Chopin's 24 Preludes, while covering all major and minor keys like Bach's 'Well-tempered Clavier,' emancipate from their model by ordering pieces according to the circle of fifths, not chromatically.
Performer Biography
Behzod Abduraimov, the pianist on this album, began playing piano at age five in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Album & Artwork
The album's title, "Kaleidoscope of Miniatures," reflects pianist Behzod Abduraimov's view that each movement is a miniature forming a kaleidoscope of human emotions and images.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in January 2020 at the TELDEX Studio in Berlin.
Interpretation
Pianist Behzod Abduraimov views Chopin's Preludes as an integral set, aiming to see them as a whole, despite each having a different musical essence and atmosphere.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Modest Mussorgsky and Viktor Hartmann, the artist whose exhibition inspired 'Pictures at an Exhibition,' shared an aesthetic belief in a specifically Russian art that depicted real life.
Performer Biography
In 2009, Behzod Abduraimov won first prize at the London International Piano Competition with his performance of Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3.
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