The Tchaikovsky Competition 1986: Anton Bagatov

A strange issue that displays Batagov’s fiery playing live at the Tchaikovsky Competition 1986, with presentation seeming to argue against the notion of competitions. Passionate Beethoven, vivid if slightly bangy Prokofiev.

Jessica Duchen

 

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Jessica Duchen

Published: September 5, 2018 at 1:05 pm

COMPOSERS: Beethoven and Prokofiev,Chopin,Scriabin,Tchaikovsky
LABELS: Melodiya
ALBUM TITLE: Anton Bagatov
WORKS: The Tchaikovsky Competition 1986: works by Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Chopin, Beethoven and Prokofiev
PERFORMER: Anton Bagatov (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: MEL CD 10 02464 (1986)

A strange issue that displays Batagov’s fiery playing live at the Tchaikovsky Competition 1986, with presentation seeming to argue against the notion of competitions. Passionate Beethoven, vivid if slightly bangy Prokofiev.

Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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