Sergei Babayan
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We’ve been treated to an original and exhilarating new reading of this wonderful repertoire – a kind of keyboard Regietheater – and even those who aren’t ultimately convinced will agree that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2024, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Chopin Evocations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), with Sergei Babayan (piano)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev
In this work, Trifonov staves off potential sentimentality and produces – as usual – an exquisite tone…Some listeners will undoubtedly miss the epic nature of the original orchestration, but... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 6th October 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - instrumental (piano)
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Prokofiev for Two
RecommendedAll works transcribed for two pianos by Sergei Babayan.
Martha Argerich (piano) & Sergei Babayan (piano)
Argerich and Babayan excel at the hard-hitting stuff, which also includes the opening and closing of Babayan’s idiosyncratic Romo and Juliet sequence. The percussive chords at the beginning... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Chamber Music Recording (20th/21st-Century Music)
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Diapason d’Or, May 2018, Nouveauté
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There’s some extraordinary playing on this beautifully recorded disc. The Armenian-born American pianist exhibits a profound empathy for Rachmaninov’s music, revelling in its richness of sonority,... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Recording of the Month
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New. Argerich A-Z: Mozart – Pärt
Martha Argerich (piano), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Akane Sakai (piano), Friedrich Gulda (cadenzor), Ludwig van Beethoven (cadenzor), Paul Gulda (piano), Rico Gulda (piano), Evgeny Kissin (piano), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Alexander Gurning (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin),...
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The Best of Martha Argerich
Martha Argerich (piano), Piotr Anderszewski (piano), Stephen Kovacevich (piano), Alexandre Rabinovitch (piano), Mirabela Dina (piano), Alexander Mogilevsky (piano), Theodosia Ntokou (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Renaud Capuçon (violin), Anton Gerzenberg (piano), Daniel Gerzenberg (piano), Lilya...
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Special offer. Verbier Festival – Best of 2014
Evgeny Kissin (piano), Daniil Trifonov (piano), Jan Lisiecki (piano), Sergei Babayan (piano), Adrian Brendel, Gautier Capuçon, Lionel Cottet, Amanda Forsyth, Clemens Hagen, Mischa Maisky, Istvan Várdai, Kyril Zlotnikov (cellos), Martha Argerich (piano), Ingela Brimberg (Leonore), Charles Castronovo...
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Special offer. Zzz - Classical Dream. Music for Deep Sleep
Anne Queffélec (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Michael Flanders (narrator), Truls Mørk (cello), Juhani Lagerspetz (piano), Thibaut Garcia (guitar), Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse (vocal ensemble), Alexander Kniazev (cello), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Nathan Milstein...
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Calm Classical
Fred again.. (piano, programmer), Jacob Mühlrad, Dalal (piano), Kathryn Kluge (programmer), Kim Allen Kluge (programmer), Alessio Bax (piano), Étienne Gara (violin), David Bergmüller (lute), David Orlowsky (clarinet), Paolo Grazzi (oboe), Martin Hederos (piano), Tasmin Little (violin), Matteo Myderwyk...
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Peaceful Piano Moods 'Afternoon'
Alfons Kontarsky (piano), Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Van-Anh Nguyen (piano), Chad Lawson (piano), Mikhail Pletnev (piano), André Previn (piano), Moye Chen (piano), Yuja Wang (piano), Lazar Berman (piano), Maria João Pires (piano), Lucas Jussen (piano), Arthur Jussen (piano), Seong-Jin Cho (piano),...
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