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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 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 $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Cyprien Katsaris Archives Volume 19: Scriabin The Complete Dances
“The Nine Mazurkas, Op 25, are particularly successful, Katsaris's enchanting, quasi-improvisational coaxing prompting the irreverent thought that he (or is it Scriabin?) might have made a good jazz pianist.” Gramophone Magazine, September 2007 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Rarities of Piano Music at the Husum Festival 1990
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| |  | Halida Dinova Plays Scriabin
Scriabin: | Etrangeté, Op. 63 No. 2 Étude Op. 42 No. 5 in C sharp minor Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Fragilite, Op. 51, No. 1 Mazurka in E minor, Op. 25 No. 3 Mazurka, Op. 40 No. 2 Poème, Op. 32 No. 2 Poeme for Piano, Op.41 Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Polonaise, Op. 21 Prelude, Op. 13 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 15 No. 1 in A major Prelude, Op. 15 No. 2 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 15 No. 4 in E sharp minor Prelude, Op. 15 No. 5 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 1 in B major Prelude, Op. 22 No. 1 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 74 No. 3 Quasi Valse, Op. 47 Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 |
“Liquid tone and flexible frasing...acute sensitivity to Scriabin's often acrid harmonies and to the jumpy way his ideas develop...well equiped to convey both the faded regret of the earlier pieces and the hallucinatory suggestions of the elusive late works...this [Scriabin}recital is both seductive and convincing...well worth your attention” Fanfare | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Sofronitzky plays Russian Music
Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 1 in C major Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23 Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19 'Sonata Fantasy' Poème, Op. 32 No. 2 Poem for Piano, Op. 44, No. 1 Ironies Op. 56 No. 2 Désir, Op. 57 No. 1 Polonaise, Op. 21 Étude Op. 42 No. 4 in F sharp major Étude Op. 42 No. 6 in D flat major Waltz in A flat major, Op. 38 Prelude, Op. 11 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 7 in A major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 12 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 17 in A flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 20 in C minor Prelude, Op. 13 No. 1 in C major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 2 in A minor Prelude, Op. 13 No. 3 in G major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 4 in E minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major Prelude, Op. 13 No. 6 in B minor Prelude, Op. 15 No. 1 in A major Prelude, Op. 9 No. 1 in C sharp minor for the left hand Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 22 No. 2 in C sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 2 in G sharp minor Prelude, Op. 16 No. 5 in F sharp major Prelude, Op. 16 No. 4 in E flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 15 in D flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 16 in B flat minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 19 in E flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 21 in A flat major Prelude, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor Prelude, Op. 11 No. 24 in D minor Poème in C major, Op. 52 No. 1 Poème for piano, Op. 59 No. 1 Poème Aile, Op. 51 No. 3 Masque, Op. 63, No. 1 Poeme satanique for Piano, Op.36 Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass' Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2 Flammes sombres, Op. 73 No. 2 Guirlandes, Op. 73 No. 1 Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 Fragilite, Op. 51, No. 1 Feuillet d'album, Op. 45 No. 1 Étude Op. 42 No. 5 in C sharp minor Mazurka, Op. 40 No. 2 Étude Op. 8 No. 12 in D sharp minor |
Vladimir Sofronitzky (piano) ‘He played like a god – he looked like a god’ Heinrich Neuhaus Vladimir Sofronitsky was born in St Petersburg in 1901, the youngest of 6 children. He studied in Warsaw with Anna Lebedeva-Getsevich, a pupil of Anton Rubinstein, and, on the recommendation of Glazunov, further studies with Alexander Michalowski. Michalowski was a pupil of Moscheles, Reinecke and Tausig, so the Beethoven – Mendelssohn – Liszt line was seamless. Composition classes with Maximillian Steinberg (Rimsky’s son-in-law) followed as did a period of study with Leonid Nikolayev, who also taught Shostakovich. In 1917, Scriabin’s daughter Elena enrolled under Nikolayev, and she and Sofronitzky married in 1920 and moved to Paris, where their circle included members of the Scriabin family, Glazunov, Prokofiev (a good friend), Medtner and Cortot. In July 1945 he played for Stalin, Gromyko, President Truman and Churchill at the Potsdam Conference. His career revolved around concerts, recording and teaching, and his repertoire was broad – from Bach and Scarlatti, Clementi, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, to Chopin and Liszt, Schumann, a little late Brahms, a little Ravel and Debussy and Poulenc. Russian repertoire included Balakirev’s Islamey, and Tchikovsky’s Seasons and some Liadov. Scriabin reigns supreme (except the 7th Sonata ‘White Mass’ Sofronitzky was superstitious), Glazunov, Medtner, Prokofiev, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich also figure prominently. During the Cold War, he took a shine to Glenn Gould, and Van Cliburn, and Lazar Berman was a disciple. ‘I would proceed to the concert as if going on a blind date, anticipating something completely unknown, mysterious and wonderful, in other words, a miracle! He approached the piano and the magic began’ Stanislav Neuhaus, Recollections | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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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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