Vsevolod Zavidov, the pianist on this album, was a child prodigy who began piano lessons at age four and made his US debut at Carnegie Hall's Weill Recital Hall at age ten.
Interpretation
Vsevolod Zavidov created his own piano transcription of Rachmaninoff's Vocalise for this album, aiming to capture the essence of Rachmaninoff's own transcriptions.
Performer Biography
Vsevolod Zavidov won the 2025 Prix UBS Jeunes Solistes, awarded to the most outstanding student of a Swiss music academy, and in 2024, he received the inaugural Prix Radu Lupu.
Interpretation
The Bach transcriptions by Rachmaninoff on this album are described as astonishingly delicate and refined, yet joyful and light, with a salon-like quality.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rachmaninoff's Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, written before major historical upheavals, are seen as foretelling the demise of his Russia and an attempt to preserve what would soon be lost.
Compositional Technique
Rachmaninoff's Variations on a Theme of Corelli are described as a complex mythology, interwoven with links to his other works, and filled with disguises, transformations, and ironies.
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