Celebrating Eldar Nebolsin. Naxos PR Brochure. August 2020

ELDAR NEBOLSIN ‘Scintillating pianism thatrivalsthegreats inthis repertoire ...rivallingRubinstein.’ ‘Save yoursuperlativesuntilyouhave heard EldarNebolsin.’ ‘He maywell betheRichterof hisgeneration.’ Celebrating – American Record Guide – Gramophone – LATimes

Described by the Gramophone Magazine as ‘virtuoso of Orchestra and Jun Märkl at the Gewandhaus Leipzig, and power and poetry’, Eldar Nebolsin is considered one of the a tour throughout Spain performing Liszt’s Second Piano most versatile and interesting musicians of his generation. Concerto with the Royal Seville Philharmonic Orchestra. Eldar also returns regularly to perform with London’s Royal A former student of renowned Russian pianist and teacher Philharmonic Orchestra, most recently sharing the stage Dmitri Bashkirov, Eldar currently records for the Naxos with Josep Caballé-Domenech, while he enjoyed debuts in label. His debut album, Rachmaninov’s Preludes, Opp. 23 both recital and concerto repertoire in Berlin’s Konzerthaus, and 32 earned from ClassicsToday.com the praise ‘close in Budapest, Winterthur, Brisbane, and in Taiwan. to stunning … Nebolsin’s is a truly exceptional excursion into the music of Rachmaninov’, while his second album In the chamber music field, Eldar collobarates with some of released the following year, both Liszt Piano Concertos the world’s most renowned musicians such Julian Rachlin, Nos. 1 and 2 and Totentanz with the Royal Liverpool Maxim Rysanov, Alexey Ogrintchouk, Ilya Grintgolts or Philharmonic Orchestra and Vasily Petrenko, earned Gustav Rivinius. Recent chamber music engagements top place on Naxos’ Bestseller’s Digital Platform for six include performances with the Leipziger Streichquartett, consecutive months. Barnabas Kelemen, Miklós Perényi, Alexander Melnikov and Wolfgang Emmanuel Schmidt. The next albums for Naxos were Ernst von Dohnanyi’s Variations of Nursery Theme, with the Buffalo Philharmonic In 2005 Eldar Nebolsin was unanimously awarded Orchestra and JoAnn Falletta, Chopin’s complete works the Sviatoslav Richter Prize in the 1st edition of the for piano and orchestra with the Warsaw Philharmonic International Piano Competition in Moscow, where he was and Antoni Wit, a solo album of works by Schubert, also honored with the special award for the Best Classical and the Lopes-Graça Piano Concertos with Orquestra Concerto Performance. During the 2009–10 season Eldar Sinfonica do Porto and Matthias Bamert. The three enjoyed the honor of being Artist in Residence for Musis piano quartets by Brahms coupled with Mahler’s Piano Sacrum in Arnhem, Netherlands. Quartet were followed by two albums released by Naxos in collaboration with Spectrum Concerts Berlin – albums Eldar’s earlier international performances have taken him of Arensky and Sculhoff’s Chamber Works. Tchaikovsky’s to the stages of some of the most famous orchestras Piano Concerto No. 2 and Concert Fantasia with the New of the world – the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Michael Stern received Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie stunning reviews declaring it to be the definitive version Orchester, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, of this repertoire. Most recently IBS Classical released Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, Orchestra di Santa his collaboration with cellist Asier Polo, Brahms Cello Cecilia in Rome, Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra, Sydney Sonatas. Earlier recordings include two albums for Decca Symphony Orchestra, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic – a solo works by Chopin and Liszt, and Chopin’s Piano Orchestra and Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, with Concerto No. 1 with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester outstanding conductors such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Berlin and Vladimir Ashkenazy. In October and November Ricardo Chailly, Yuri Temirkanov, Leonard Slatkin, 2020, Naxos will release two Korngold albums presenting Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Vasily Petrenko, Eldar with Spectrum Concerts Berlin – Piano Trio, Op. 1, Nikolaj Alexeev, Vladimir Spivakov and Lawrence Foster, Piano Quintet, Op. 15 and Suite, Op. 23. amongst many others.

Some of Eldar’s more recent engagements are re- From 2012 Eldar has held the position of Professor of invitations to the Buffalo and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Piano at the Hanns Eisler Musik Hochschule, Berlin where Orchestras, his debuts with the Kansas City Symphony, he now lives. He previously lived in Spain and for the last Helsinki and Turku Philharmonics and New Zealand 11 years held a place on the faculty of the International Symphony Orchestras, an all-Liszt evening in Lisbon with Institute of Chamber Music in Madrid teaching alongside Jaime Martin, continuing chamber collaborations with Ralf Gothoni where he regularly presents master classes Janine Jansen and Friends in Utrecht and with Spectrum both in piano solo repertoire and chamber music. Concerts at the Philharmonie, Berlin, a recital tour in Canada and USA with Eldar’s frequent partner, violist August 2020 Maxim Rysanov, as well as his debut with MDR Symphony

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OCT 2020 KORNGOLD, E.W.: Piano Trio, Op. 1 • String Sextet, Op. 10 Spectrum Concerts Berlin

Korngold’s breathtaking precocity is everywhere in evidence in these two chamber masterpieces. The Piano Trio was composed when he was just twelve years old but its symphonic breadth and brilliantly demanding piano writing reveal myriad tonal colours and a mischievous reinvention of conventional Viennese form. Audacious yet rooted in lyricism, the String Sextet was written almost five years later and possesses memorable themes as well as a refined, theatrical intimacy. Spectrum Concerts Berlin has also recorded acclaimed discs of Hindemith (8.572213) and Toch (8.559324 and 8.559282) for Naxos. 8.574008

NOV 2020 KORNGOLD, E.W.: Suite, Op. 23 • Piano Quintet, Op. 15 Spectrum Concerts Berlin

Erich Korngold was described as ‘arguably the most remarkable prodigy in history’, whose transition into artistic maturity was almost seamless. The successes of his youth continued with works such as the Piano Quintet, Op. 15, in which the brilliant interplay of the instruments, songful expressiveness and dramatic power create a masterpiece of weight and substance. The Suite, Op. 23 is a highly virtuosic piece in which Korngold leads us on a monumental stroll through a gallery of European musical history, from Bach via Beethoven to the early 20th century. Spectrum Concerts Berlin has also recorded Korngold’s Piano Trio,

8.574019 Op. 1 and String Sextet, Op. 10 for Naxos (both on 8.574008).

OTHER RECORDINGS WITH THE SPECTRUM CONCERTS BERLIN

‘Piano Trio No. 1, the best ‘There’s not much one known of these works, is given needs to say about these a pleasant performance.’ fine performances. Tempos – BBC Music Magazine ★★★★ and balances are excellent, Nebolsin plays sensitively and with style.’ – Fanfare NOMINEE CRITIC’S CHOICE

★★★★★

NOMINEE FOR RECORDING OF THE YEAR 8.572799 8.573317

‘All four are terrific players, ‘This is clearly the work of a but I was most taken with great musical imagination, pianist Nebolsin, who plays and I can’t imagine it being with subtle grace and played any better than it is admirable clarity.’ here.’ – The Art Music Lounge – American Record Guide

RECORDING OF ★★★★★ THE MONTH CD-TIPP 8.572798 8.573525

‘Nebolsin…proves himself a ‘The kaleidoscopic shifts scintillating and persuasive of rhythm and emotion Chopinist, alive to every detail.’ are simply breathtaking.’ – Gramophone – Limelight Magazine ★★★★★

★★★★★ GRAMOPHONE RECOMMENDS 8.572335 NBD0011 [Blu-ray Audio] 8.570327

‘Nebolsin carries all before him with ‘Nebolsin’s grasp of structure, sparkling, life-enhancing playing.’ simplicity of approach with clear, – Classic FM ★★★★ natural phrasing, and the song-like purity of the recorded sound make this a very special Schubert disc.’ ★★★★★ – Classic FM ★★★★★

8.572336 NBD0012 [Blu-ray Audio] 8.572459 EDITOR’S CHOICE

‘Eldar Nebolsin offers an interpretation ‘This disc is a real winner, not just for that is perfect in style and colour.’ Nebolsin’s playing, but because of – ResMusica.com the addition of the totally overlooked Concert Fantasia.’ – Classic FM

NOMINEE

CD OF THE WEEK ALLMUSIC EDITOR’S CHOICE 8.573462 8.572303

‘Clearly Nebolsin has this music ‘Both concerto performances in his fingers… There is sheer are quite fine … you won’t pyrotechnic display on offer here be disappointed with these that rivals the best.’ performances.’ – Classical Net – American Record Guide 8.570517

GRAMOPHONE RECOMMENDS

‘Eldar Nebolsin brings precise phrasing and visceral intensity 2.110284 (DVD) to his performance of both concertos.’ – Scene Magazine

★★★★★ WANT LIST 8.572817

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