Opis: Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas

Alexander Scriabin, unhinged musical poet, theosophist who saw his calling as no less than forging a unity of Man and Godthrough music, can best be appreciated not perhaps through the lush orchestral music but his still more innovative piano music. The ten Sonatas span his career, from the Silver age outpourings of the four-movement First Sonata to the ever more elliptical, sudden shifts in mood and material which flit through the unique forms of the last four in the cycle, not least the Seventh ('White Mass') and Ninth ('Black Mass'). Diabolically talented pianism indeed is required to keep up with Scriabin's flurries of notes, flying across the page like Siberian snowstorms, and then to see through them to the shape-shifting melodies cloaked in 'mystic harmonies'.

Step forward, then, Dmitri Alexeev, who first came to attention 30 years ago with fast and furious recorded accounts of concertos by Shostakovich and Prokofiev: recordings of sensational facility that have stood the test of time. Alexeev's rigorous Russian education began at the Moscow Conservatoire with Dmitri Bashkirov, and he has retained a specially intimate relationship with the music of his homeland,
while, curiously, never before having recorded one of the great cycles of Russian piano music. This, then, is a first, sure to be noticed and sought after by pianophiles worldwide.

Other information:
- New recordings (2008) of the complete Scriabin piano sonatas are rare, and rightly so, only the greatest have the insight, abilities and guts to explore the cosmic and metaphysic world of these 20th century masterworks. Dmitri Alexeev is such an artist: equipped with a formidable technique he immerses himself in the hyper individualistic style of the eccentric Russian, delving deeply, to get to the bottom of such pieces like the "Black Mass" sonata, or its spiritual opposite, the "White Mass" sonata. A fascinating journey, from the romantic, Chopin-inspired Sonatas 1-4, towards the later sonatas, written in the unique "Scriabinesque" atonal language, inspired by his theosophical ideas, and megalomaniac metaphysics.- Recorded in.
- Dmitri Alexeev is one of today's foremost pianists, having played with the most important orchestras and conductors of the world. His substantial discography on EMI Classics was awarded with numerous international awards.
- Includes comprehensive booklet notes on Scriabin and the Sonatas by Valentina Rubtsova (and translated by Elizabeth Wilson, author of the acclaimed biography of Shostakovich).

Szczegóły: Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas

Nazwa: Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas
Producent: Brilliant Classics
Kod paskowy: 5028421943886
Języki: angielski
Format: 14.0x12.0cm
Oprawa: Plastikowa
Waga: 0.12 kg
Wykonawca: Dmitri Alexeev
Czas trwania: 2:23:53
Typ głównego nośnika: AC
Ilość nośników: 2
Opis nośników:

1. Complete Piano Sonatas CD 1 (CD-Audio)
   1. I. Allegro con fuoco (koncert - utwór 11:57)
   2. II. Crotchet = 40 (Lento) (koncert - utwór 05:13)
   3. III. Presto ? Funebre (koncert - utwór 09:12)
   4. I. Andante (koncert - utwór 07:50)
   5. II. Presto (koncert - utwór 04:08)
   6. I. Drammatico (koncert - utwór 06:36)
   7. II. Allegretto (koncert - utwór 02:40)
   8. III. Andante (koncert - utwór 04:24)
   9. IV. Presto con fuoco (koncert - utwór 06:14)
   10. I. Andante (koncert - utwór 02:52)
   11. II. Prestissimo volando (koncert - utwór 05:05)

2. Complete Piano Sonatas CD 2 (CD-Audio)
   1. Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (koncert - utwór 13:13)
   2. Sonata No. 6, Op. 62 (koncert - utwór 13:45)
   3. Sonata No. 7, Op. 64 ?White Mass? (koncert - utwór 12:48)
   4. Sonata No. 8, Op. 66 (koncert - utwór 15:11)
   5. Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 ?Black Mass? (koncert - utwór 09:38)
   6. Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 (koncert - utwór 13:07)

Recenzje: Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas