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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Scriabin: Intégrale des Poèmes
Scriabin: | Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Poeme for Piano, Op.41 Poème tragique Op. 34 Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61 Poème Aile, Op. 51 No. 3 Poème for piano, Op. 59 No. 1 Poeme satanique for Piano, Op.36 Poème in C major, Op. 52 No. 1 Quasi Valse, Op. 47 Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Poeme languide Op. 52 No. 3 Poème fantasque in C major, Op. 45 No. 2 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 44 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Deux poèmes Op. 71 Vers la flamme, Op. 72 |
These pieces with their ‘revolutionary’ harmony took the piano into the 20th century. They are a challenge to the interpreter, as they have to master both the spiritual and technical aspects of this composer’s art. Pascal Amoyel more than rises to the challenge. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire and is both a pianist and composer. “Amoyel makes the 3 minutes of this first Poème blissful to listen to - a sweet polyphony of floating lines, a pure rubato. In the title of Poème languide, the manner is explicit, but there are also heavily insistent, iteratively
chordal items, such as Poème satanique. Vers la flamme memorably combines the approaches. Poème fantasque self-destructs in 29 seconds.” Sunday Times “Amoyel's first-rate pianism puts clarity, proportion, and controlled freedom above all else and keeps the music's volatile undercurrents alive and active” Classics Today “Pascal Amoyel admits he was driven close to neurosis when preparing his Scriabin recording and found it difficult to re-emerge into the world of other composers. Aphoristic or endlessly protracted, seemingly lost in a harmonic limbo or fiercely to the point, such music is indeed challenging to both listener and performer.
For Amoyel the tirelessly extended Poème-nocturne is 'phantasmagorical, ill-defined and confused' (terms he intends as the greatest compliment) and his playing on what he describes as a 'rather sombre-sounding Steinway' amply conveys his enthusiasm.
He is acutely sensitive to the dark mystery at the heart of the Op 41 Poème, its final section a decadent memory of Chopin's Op 10 No 6 Etude, and responds with refinement as well as energy to the Poème tragique with its demands of festivamente, fastoso, irato and fiero. In the Poème satanique (music indelibly associated with Sofronitsky) light is stalked by darkness in a menacing game of tag, while the enchanting Op 38 Valse is an all- Russian extension of the world of Liszt's Valsesoubliées. The Op 69 No 2 Poème is a notably grotesque danse macabre and in the final Vers laflamme Amoyel takes us on a mesmeric journey from threatening shadows to searing brilliance.
Yet even here he resists virtuoso temptations, making it odd that he should be described in France as one of Cziffra's 'spiritual heirs'. Confidentiality and insinuation are his hallmarks rather than wildness or flamboyance. Calliope's sound, like Amoyel's instrument, is subdued but it hardly detracts from an experience that is stifling or exhilarating, according to taste.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Piano Recital: Alexander GhindinWinner, 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition
Scriabin: | Piano Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 6 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 Deux poèmes, Op. 32 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 44 Poème fantasque in C major, Op. 45 No. 2 Poème Aile, Op. 51 No. 3 Poème for piano, Op. 59 No. 1 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Deux poèmes Op. 71 |
Alexander Ghindin (piano) Scriabin’s cycle of Piano Sonatas is one of the most visionary and dramatic in the canon. The First dates from 1892, written at a time of crisis in his life, and is a passionate, emotionally unstable work, whilst No. 4, completed over a decade later, embodies the new developments in his stylistic armoury. The Eighth was the last of the ten to be completed, and it approaches the zenith of Scriabin’s art in its intricacy, poetry and complex tapestry of textures. The Poèmes and Morceaux represent, in even more concentrated form, the harmonic allure of Scriabin’s writing. The youngest ever laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1994, and winner of the 2007 Cleveland International Piano Competition, Alexander Ghindin has established himself as a major pianist of distinction. “The performances of both the later works have a terrific febrile intensity that is true to the spirit, if not always to the letter, of Scriabin's music.” The Guardian, 15th September 2011 *** | | | (also available to download from $6.25) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Scriabin Complete Piano Music
Scriabin: | 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2 Two Nocturnes, Op.5 Preludes, Op. 11 (24) Waltz in F minor Op. 1 12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8 Canon in D minor Fugue in E minor Nocturne in A flat major Albumleaf for Piano in A flat major ’Monighetti’ Fantasy in A minor Op. post. Allegro Appassionato Op. 4 Variations on a theme by Mlle Egorova Albumleaf for Piano in F sharp major Valse in G sharp minor 8 Etudes, Op. 42 Mazurka in B minor Mazurka in F major Ten Mazurkas, Op. 3 2 Pieces for the left hand, Op. 9 2 Impromptus, Op. 7 Two Impromptus Op. 10 2 Impromptus, Op. 12 Preludes, Op. 13 (6) 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 Preludes, Op. 15 (5) Preludes, Op. 16 (5) Preludes, Op. 17 (7) Allegro de Concert for Piano, Op.18 Polonaise, Op. 21 Preludes, Op. 22 (4) Nine Mazurkas, Op. 25 Preludes, Op. 27 (2) Fantasy in B minor, Op. 28 Preludes, Op. 31 (4) Preludes, Op. 33 (4) Preludes, Op. 35 (3) Preludes, Op. 37 (4) Preludes, Op. 39 (4) Preludes, Op. 48 (4) Deux poèmes, Op. 32 Poème tragique Op. 34 Poeme satanique for Piano, Op.36 Poeme for Piano, Op.41 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 44 3 Pieces Op. 45 Scherzo for Piano in C major, Op. 46 3 Pieces for Piano, Op. 49 Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Quasi Valse, Op. 47 Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 Four Pieces, Op. 51 Trois Morceaux Op. 52 Quatre Morceaux Op. 56 Two Pieces, Op. 57 Albumblatt, Op. 58 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 Poème-Nocturne, Op. 61 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Preludes, Op. 67 (2) Valse in D flat major |
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| |  | Scriabin: The Complete Solo Piano Works
Scriabin: | Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-10 Preludes, Op. 11 (24) Preludes, Op. 17 (7) Preludes, Op. 22 (4) Preludes, Op. 27 (2) Preludes, Op. 31 (4) Preludes, Op. 35 (3) Preludes, Op. 37 (4) Preludes, Op. 39 (4) Preludes, Op. 48 (4) Preludes, Op. 67 (2) Preludes, Op. 74 (5) 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2 12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8 8 Etudes, Op. 42 Three Etudes Op. 65 (1911/1912) Waltz in F minor Op. 1 Ten Mazurkas, Op. 3 Nine Mazurkas, Op. 25 Two Mazurkas, Op. 40 2 Impromptus, Op. 7 Two Impromptus Op. 10 2 Impromptus, Op. 12 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 Deux poèmes, Op. 32 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 44 2 Poems for Piano, Op. 63 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Deux poèmes Op. 71 Allegro Appassionato Op. 4 Two Nocturnes, Op.5 2 Pieces for the left hand, Op. 9 3 Pieces Op. 45 3 Pieces for Piano, Op. 49 Four Pieces, Op. 51 Trois Morceaux Op. 52 Quatre Morceaux Op. 56 Two Pieces, Op. 57 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 59 Deux Danses Op. 73 Preludes, Op. 13 (6) Preludes, Op. 15 (5) Preludes, Op. 16 (5) Preludes, Op. 33 (4) Quasi Valse, Op. 47 |
We are pleased to announce that one of Capriccio’s bestsellers is now available again. The young Swedish pianist Maria Lettberg plays all of Scriabin’s piano compositions. The bonus DVD shows fascinating visualisations of the music by the designer Andrea Schmidt. “Obsessive patterns, harmonies and intervals seem to spin in interstellar space… This is an invaluable issue and a formidable achievement finely recorded.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008 “Maria Lettberg can withstand comparison with the most exalted company. She is completely attuned to the hyper-refined sensibility and ecstatic rapture of Scriabin's world...Strongly recommended.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (also available to download from $27.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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