Evgeny Starodubtsev

Hindemith | Schoenberg | Stravinsky | Szymanowski

Excerpt from CD notes

Evgeny Starodubtsev in conversation with Eric Friesen

The music that Evgeny Starodubtsev has chosen for this CD, most of it written in the 1920’s, is now almost a century old, and yet it still sounds modern to our ears. Maybe we don’t find it as shocking as listeners did at the time, but there’s no doubt that audiences today still don’t embrace this music with the warmth they give to Brahms and Wagner, who came just before. Which is why the music of the early 20th century needs champions, artists who believe in the music, who understand its essences and who can convince us to pay attention.

Program
Szymanowski	Masques Op. 34
Hindemith	Suite ‘1922’ Op. 26
Schoenberg	Klavierstücke Op. 23
Stravinsky	Sonata (1924)

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Review: The New York Times

Review: The New Yorker