Composer: Viktor Kosenko, Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Igor Gryshyn
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Orchid Classics
Catalogue: ORC100176
Release: 2021
Size: 146 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Kosenko: Études, Op. 8
01. No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor, Allegro assai
02. No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Andante
03. No. 3 in B Minor, Agitato
04. No. 4 in D Minor, Allegro moderato
05. No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor, Presto con fuoco
06. No. 6 in B Major, Allegro con tenerezza
07. No. 7 in C Major, Allegro vivace
08. No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor, Moderato
09. No. 9 in G-Sharp Minor, Allegro con tanto
10. No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor, Andante lugubre
11. No. 11 in E Major, Allegro maestoso
Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 22
12. No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor, Andante
13. No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Andante
14. No. 3 in B Major, Allegretto
15. No. 4 in B Minor, Andantino
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30
16. I. Andante
17. II. Prestissimo volando
Ukrainian pianist Igor Gryshyn performs the music of one of his greatest compatriots, pianist-composer Viktor Kosenko, alongside repertoire by a figure who inspired Kosenko’s output: Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. This album brings Kosenko’s music into the spotlight and reveals a composer deserving of wider attention. Kosenko’s Études, Op. 8 brim with a wealth of ideas, encompassing the chromatic fluidity and shifting colours that show Scriabin’s influence with other stylistic traits ranging from full-blooded Romanticism to jazz. Scriabin’s Four Preludes, Op. 22 date from early in his career and demonstrate his love of Chopin’s music as he takes elements of Chopin’s style to new extremes of expression. The Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 was composed at a crossroads in Scriabin’s life, and reflects his increasingly vivid treatment of music as a vehicle for his ecstatic, intoxicating visions.