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May 2025
26m 35s

Pianist Yevgeny Sudbin on returning to S...

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In 2007, Yevgeny Sudbin released an album of music by Alexander Scriabin. Reviewing it in Gramophone, Bryce Morrison described it as a 'disc in a million'. Now, Sudbin has returned to the composer for his 25th recording for BIS, and offers a wide-ranging survey of music that includes two more of the piano sonatas.

James Jolly caught up with Yevgeny Sudbin recently to talk about his relationship with the composer and his unique musical world.

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