Recordings 1 commercial accompaniments 0 synthesizedmidi 0 3. The middle works start to establish scriabin s individual musical language and the late etudes show the extent that scrabins expressionism and phylosophy were affecting his harmonic language stretched to almost atonality, with very fragmentary and brittle and very short pieces. Mar 28, 2014 russian composer alexander scriabin wanted his music to bring about the apocalypse. Alexeev can blaze out into the light when required but his playing is most notable for the way he tempers scriabins frequently wild excesses with dignity and restraint, a refreshing change. This is a list of compositions by alexander scriabin the list is categorized by genre, with piano works organized by style of piece.
Listen, for example, to sofronitsky, horowitz or richters rendition of scriabin etudes, then you know what i. Classical piano sheet music by scriabin to download. The album also boasts ten beautifully selected etudes by composer, scriabin, executed with flawless finger power. Why present etudes by alexandre scriabine, claude debussy and gyorgy ligeti together on one disk. Another pianist recently asked me why scriabin wrote this piece as an etude at all. Sviatoslav richter plays scriabin etudes selection youtube. He began with a richly romantic and strongly emotional style. Although scriabin s hand could not easily stretch beyond an octave, he developed into a prodigious pianist, launching an international concert career in 1894. The performances on horowitz plays scriabin, a newly remastered 3cd set, document a trajectory from 1950 to 1976, both with regard to the scriabin repertoire horowitz selected and to his powers of interpretation. Valentina lisitsa is a remarkable pianist, with consistent youtube video views reaching over 90 million total and with almost 200,000 subscribers. The list can be sorted by opus number and woo number mostly early works published posthumously and anh number mostly fragmentary works, by clicking on the opus header of the table.
As a couple members have already suggested, i highly recommend the selections recorded by sofronitsky in my opinion, the greatest scriabin interpreter there ever was and ever will be and richter. More than half of them are concentrated in the mid1890s, beginning with the set of 24, op. Mar 05, 2015 the second half of ashkenazys chronological trawl overlaps significantly with garrick ohlssons survey of scriabins poemes, which was released at the beginning of the year by hyperion. I have yet to hear a complete recording of the scriabin etudes to satisfy me. Russian romantic piano music by alexander scriabin. Allegro ma non tanto live at royal albert hall, london 2001 17.
The remaining etudes are from scriabin s mature years. Complete etudes, an album by alexander scriabin, garrick ohlsson on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. In 1910, the effect of the recreated piano performance was quite overwhelming. This volume collects his finest pieces, the complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano. The complete preludes and etudes for pianoforte solo. His scriabin recital of the complete etudes including some miscellaneous works designated as such is a fine addition to the composers discography. The complexity of scriabin s score tend to get muddled and his playing lacks the extra transcendental edge that is so essential to playing any of scriabin s piano works. It was revived by irma duncan in 1927, and restaged by julia levien in 1978.
It is hard to find a more colourful personality than alexander scriabin when trawling through the history of pianistcomposers. The piano sound gives, to my ear, a true representation of scriabin s often brittle textures, interspersed with periods of warmth that recall the atmosphere of the early preludes. Shop and buy the complete preludes and etudes for pianoforte solo sheet music. Whether in the early chopininspired preludes or the foreboding, mystical late works. Philip glass piano etudes stand at the end of a long line of development, starting with exercises by scarlatti, through romantic piano etudes composers such as clementi, czerny, hummel, chopin, schumann, brahms, scriabin, rachmaninoff. Those two scriabin exponents understood scriabins music completely. Mother is part of a trilogy of dances that duncan created around 1923 to the etudes of scriabin. The complete preludes and etudes for pianoforte solo by. Overview v biography v discography v compositions v credits v related v. In celebration of the scriabin centenary in 2015 this new recording presents the complete piano etudes by the russian mystic. Russian composer and pianist scriabin is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures. The piano sound gives, to my ear, a true representation of scriabins often brittle textures, interspersed with periods of warmth that recall the atmosphere of the early preludes. Complete etudes by scriabin, alexander, lane, piers. Alexander scriabin 1872 1915, huit etudes op 42 1903 performed by garrick ohlsson 00.
Scriabin started composing during his conservatory years. However, you can already hear the mature scriabin developing, with the use of extreme keys, complex textures, frequent use of triplet rhythms, polyrhythms 5 against 3, 4 against 3 and so on, imperious summons and the kind of leaping skip characteristic of scriabins music at all periods. List of compositions by alexander scriabin wikipedia. Alexander scriabin music, videos, stats, and photos. Mostly inspired by chopin, his early works include nocturnes, mazurkas, preludes, and etudes for piano. The complete preludes and etudes for pianoforte solo by alexander scriabin 18721915. This 250page volume collects scriabin s finest pieces, the complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano which includes many perfectly spun miniatures chopinesque works include the 12 etudes from op. Complete etudes, an album by alexander scriabin, dmitri alexeev on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Piers lane brings his admired technical bravura and innate musicality to scriabins complete etudes. Scriabin was born in moscow into a russian noble family on christmas day 1871 according to the julian calendar. In 1992 hyperion released piers lanes exemplary scriabin etudes, whetting my appetite for more scriabin from this stalwart pianist. The remaining etudes are from scriabins mature years. The melody is poignant and heartfelt, showing many characteristics of russian gypsy music.
As valery gergiev and the lso start a cycle of his symphonies, heres a selection of his scores that might well. The orchard music on behalf of music online etude no. Reviews surely a prodigious talent by any standards. Born on christmas day, dying at easter, and surrounded by controversy throughout his life, scriabin himself did little to discourage people from seeing him as a kind of messiah.
The interpreters motivation is connected with and bound by. Listen, for example, to sofronitsky, horowitz or richters rendition of scriabin etudes, then you know what i mean. After painstaking adjustments of the pneumatic relays, bellows, valves, etc. This 250page volume collects scriabins finest pieces, the complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano which includes many perfectly spun miniatures chopinesque works include the 12 etudes from op. Listening to the complete cycle of scriabins preludes makes for a fascinating journey through his development as a composer, from the earliest chopinesque works to the final enigmatic, egoled creative outpourings. Alexander scriabin biography, albums, streaming links. The piece is highly chromatic and atonal like scriabin s other late works, although arguably less dissonant than most of his late works. Scriabin s etudes span the whole of his composing career, marking a highly transitional period in classical music. Browse dover publications from dover publications at sheet music plus. Angela tosheva piano etudes by scriabin, debussy and. These are the best recorded performances im familiar with harold schonberg in septemberoctober 2000 issue of the american record guide. Such is the creative concept of the pianist angela tosheva the compositional criteria are as integral to the piece of music as the piece itself is to the programme, both being grounded in an organic synthesis of elements. On the tracks of scriabin as pianist scriabin association. His father nikolai aleksandrovich scriabin 18491915, then a student at the moscow state university, belonged to a modest noble family founded by scriabins greatgrandfather ivan alekseevich scriabin, a simple soldier from tula who made a brilliant military career and was granted.