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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'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 “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 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Scriabin - Piano MusicPoems, waltzes & dances
Numbered among the musical elect of her generation, the multi-award-winning Xiayin Wang presents a recital of piano music that virtually spans Scriabin’s career. The mysterious impressionism of Vers la flamme (Towards the Flame) builds to an exhilarating intensity that is matched by the two contrasting Poems. From his early Waltzes and Polonaise, with their echoes of Chopin, via the rhapsodic abandon of the Fantaisie, to the Two Dances, composed shortly before his death, these works chart an almost mystical trajectory through the composer’s life. “Scriabin’s Fantaisie in B minor Op. 28 was a luscious wash of colour, infused with big swirls of sound. [Yang’s] soon-to-be released recording of the composer’s music should be a dandy.” The Washington Post “Wang plays all this music with a special brilliance and refinement… she comes up with a performance of Vers la flamme that moves superbly from a brooding menace to a final apocalyptic blaze. …an unusually perceptive introduction to Scriabin's piano music...” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2009 | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Scriabin: Piano Works
Scriabin: | Waltz in F minor Op. 1 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2 Nocturne in F sharp minor Op. 5 No. 1 Nocturne in D flat major Op. 9 No. 2 2 Impromptus, Op. 12 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 15 in D flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Quasi Valse, Op. 47 Poème tragique Op. 34 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 Prometheus (The Poem of Fire), Op. 60 USSR Academic Russian Choir, State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Moscow State Philharmonic, Sveshnikov Valery, Konstantin Ivanov |
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| |  | The Composer-Pianists
“Here is a cunning and potent mix of every conceivable form of pianistic and musical intricacy (it excludes the merely decorative, salon or ephemeral). Everything is of the most absorbing interest; everything is impeccably per- formed. Hamelin's richly inclusive programme ranges from Godowsky's Toccata, music of the most wicked, labyrinthine complexity, to three of his own projected cycle of 12 Etudes, among them a ferociously witty and demanding Prelude and Fugue and a reworking of Chopin's Op 10 No-5, full of black thoughts as well as black notes. Then there's Alkan's sinister absorption of the Andante from Haydn's Surprise Symphony (loyal to Haydn, Alkan's teasing perversity also makes such music peculiarly his own); a Berceuse by Samuel Feinberg that prompts Francis Pott, in his brilliantly illuminating notes, to question what sort of child would be lulled by such strangeness; some superb Medtner and Scriabin and a cloudy, profoundly expressive Fantasiaafter J. S. Bach by Busoni.
Clearly among the most remarkable pianists of our time, Hamelin makes light of every technical and musical difficulty, easing his way through Godowsky's intricacy with yards to spare, registering every sly modulation of Alkan's 'Le premier billet-doux' and generating a white-hot intensity in Rachmaninov's admirably revised version of his Second Moment musical.
Here, Hamelin's maintenance of a 'line' set within a hectically whirling complexity is something to marvel at. Taut, sinewy and impassioned, this performance is a worthy successor to Rachmaninov's own legendary disc. Every phrase and note is coolly appraised within its overall context and the results are audacious and immaculate as required. Hyperion's sound is superb.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Art of Sofronitsky: Scriabin
Scriabin: | 12 Preludes Op. 11 Prelude, Op. 9 No. 1 in C sharp minor for the left hand Prelude, Op. 22 No. 2 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 15 No. 1 in A major Prelude, Op. 13 No. 1 in C major Poème in C major, Op. 52 No. 1 Poème for piano, Op. 59 No. 1 Poème Aile, Op. 51 No. 3 Poeme languide Op. 52 No. 3 Masque, Op. 63, No. 1 Poeme satanique for Piano, Op.36 Poème, Op. 32 No. 2 Poème in F sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Deux Danses Op. 73 Deux poèmes Op. 71 Fragilite, Op. 51, No. 1 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Poème tragique Op. 34 Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Étude Op. 8 No. 11 in B flat minor |
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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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