Composer: Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Dmitri Alexeev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue: 94439BR
Release: 2015
Size: 223 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
3 Pièces, op. 2
01. I. Étude in C-Sharp Minor. Andante
02. II. Prélude in B Major
03. III. Impromptu à la Mazur in C Major
12 Études, op. 8
04. I. Etude in C-Sharp. Allegro
05. II. Etude in F-Sharp Minor. A capriccio, con forza
06. III. Etude in B Minor. Tempestoso
07. IV. Etude in B Major. Piacevole
08. V. Etude in E Major. Brioso
09. VI. Etude in A Major. Con grazia
10. VII. Etude in B-Flat Minor. Presto tenebroso, agitato
11. VIII. Etude in A-Flat Major. Lento, tempo rubato
12. IX. Etude in G-Sharp Minor. Alla balata
13. X. Etude in D-Flat Major. Allegro
14. XI. Etude in B-Flat Minor. Andante cantabile
15. XII. Etude in D-Sharp Minor. Patetico
4 Preludes, Op. 22
16. I. Prelude in G-Sharp Minor. Andante
17. II. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor. Andante
18. III. Prelude in B Major. Allegretto
19. IV. Prelude in B Minor. Andantino
8 Etudes, Op. 42
20. I. Etude in D-Flat Major. Presto
21. II. Etude in F-Sharp Minor
22. III. Etude in F-Sharp. Prestissimo
23. IV. Etude in F-Sharp. Andante
24. V. Etude in C-Sharp Minor. Affannato
25. VI. Etude in D-Flat Major. Esaltato
26. VII. Etude in F Minor. Agitato
27. IX. Etude in E-Flat Major. Allegro
28. Quasi valse in F Major, Op. 47
3 Pieces, Op. 49
29. I. Etude in E-Flat Major
4 Pieces, Op. 56
30. IV. Etude
2 Poèmes, Op. 69
31. I. Allegretto
32. II. Allegretto
3 Etudes, Op. 65
33. I. Allegro fantastic
34. II. Allegretto
35. III. Molto vivace
In celebration of the Scriabin Centenary in 2015 this new recording presents the complete piano Etudes by the Russian Mystic.
The three sets of Études clearly mark the development of Scriabin’s musical language: the Opus 8 is strongly influenced by Chopin and Scriabin’s friend and contemporary Rachmaninoff, the Opus 42 already show signs of his new and completely individual harmonic experiments, while Opus 65 are a blaze with his ideas about the mystical power of music, the forces of darkness and light. No better Scriabin advocate than Dmitri Alexeev, a pianist of unique technical and emotional powers, creeping under the skin of this fascinating music. Alexeev already recorded a highly acclaimed set of the complete Piano Sonatas by Scriabin, on BC 94388.