Complete Etudes
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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN
Complete Etudes
Dmitri Alexeev (piano)
[ Brilliant Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 26 January 2016
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In celebration of the Scriabin Centenary in 2015 this new recording presents the complete piano Etudes by the Russian Mystic.
The three sets of Études clearly mark the development of Scriabin's musical language: the Opus 8 is strongly influenced by Chopin and Scriabin's friend and contemporary Rachmaninoff, the Opus 42 already show signs of his new and completely individual harmonic experiments, while Opus 65 are a blaze with his ideas about the mystical power of music, the forces of darkness and light. No better Scriabin advocate than Dmitri Alexeev, a pianist of unique technical and emotional powers, creeping under the skin of this fascinating music. Alexeev already recorded a highly acclaimed set of the complete Piano Sonatas by Scriabin, on BC 94388.
"The engineering captures Alexeev's piano from a resonant vantage point that conveys both concert hall realism and sufficient detail. There are edgier, more emotionally engaging Scriabin Etude cycles available, but few so intrinsically beautiful as Alexeev's. If that appeals to you, then go for it." (ClassicsToday Jan 2016)
Tracks:
3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2
12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8
Preludes, Op. 22 (4
8 Etudes, Op. 42
Quasi Valse, Op. 47
Étude Op. 49 No. 1 in E flat major
Étude Op. 56 No. 4
Poèmes, Op. 69 Nos. 1 & 2
Three Etudes Op. 65 (1911/1912)
