Composer: Manfred Kelkel, Alexander Scriabin
Performer: Vincent Lardaret
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2500
Release: 2022
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Scriabin: 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2
01. Etude in C sharp minor
Scriabin: 12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8
02. II. Etude in F-Sharp Minor
03. XI. Etude in B-Flat Minor
Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne, Op. 9
04. I. Prelude: Andante
05. II. Nocturne: Andante
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 ‘Sonata Fantasy’
06. I. Andante
07. II. Presto
08. Scriabin: Étude Op. 42 No. 5 in C sharp minor
09. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 ‘White Mass’
10. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ‘Black Mass’
11. Scriabin: Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Scriabin: Preludes, Op. 74
12. I. Douloureux, déchirant
13. II. Très lent, contemplatif
14. III. Allegro drammatico
15. IV. Lent, vague, indécis
16. Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 74 No. 5
Kelkel: Tombeau de Scriabine, Op. 22
17. I. Prelude
Scriabin: Deux Danses Op. 73
18. I. Guirlandes
19. II. Flammes sombres
“Larderet makes every chord shine in all its complexity, compellingly builds up the small sound dramas, gives the large pieces that aura of sublime violence” (Neue Musikzeitung)
“The Scriabin Mystery” is brought to vivid life by French pianist Vincent Larderet and celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian composer. Here, Larderet presents a comprehensive survey of the scope of Scriabin’s output and the evolution of his style, from his early, post-Romantic works influenced by Chopin and Liszt, through to the modernism of the 20th century in his final works. His harmonies famously coloured by his synesthesia, Scriabin’s craft was a revolutionary fusion of freedom of expression underpinned by a sense of unity and geometric proportion, his psychologically complex constructions infused with incandescence and mysticism.
Scriabin’s music has long held pride of place in Larderet’s repertoire. He offers a brilliant and broad overview of the composer’s evolution in chronological sequence, revealing the mystery of one of the most visionary composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Scriabin’s life was tragically cut short at the age of 43, leaving his final work, Acte préalable, unfinished. Long thought lost, the sketches were re-discovered by composer and musicologist Manfred Kelkel, who used the material for his composition Tombeau de Scriabine. Vincent includes the Prelude of this work as a touching encore to “The Scriabin Mystery”.