Russell Hirshfield - Scriabin: Early Works (2020) [Hi-Res]

• Title: Scriabin: Early Works
  
• Year Of Release: 2020
  
• Label: Navona
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: flac lossless / flac 24bits - 96.0kHz
  
• Total Time: 01:03:45
  
• Total Size: 238 / 994 mb
  
• WebSite: Album Preview
  

Tracklist

01. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 1 in C Major, Vivace
02. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 2 in A Minor, Allegretto
03. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 3 in G Major, Vivo
04. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 4 in E Minor, Lento
05. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 5 in D Major, Andante cantabile
06. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 6 in B Minor, Allegro
07. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 7 in A Major, Allegro assai
08. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor, Allegro agitato
09. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 9 in E Major, Andantino
10. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor, Andante
11. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 11 in B Major, Allegro assai
12. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor, Andante
13. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 13 in G-Flat Major, Lento
14. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 14 in E-Flat Minor, Presto
15. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 15 in D-Flat Major, Lento
16. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 16 in B-Flat Minor, Misterioso
17. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 17 in A-Flat Major, Allegretto
18. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 18 in F Minor, Allegro agitato
19. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 19 in E-Flat Major, Affettuoso
20. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 20 in C Minor, Appassionato
21. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 21 in B-Flat Major, Andante
22. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 22 in G Minor, Lento
23. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 23 in F Major, Vivo
24. 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 24 in D Minor, Presto
25. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 Sonata Fantasy I. Andante
26. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 Sonata Fantasy II. Presto
27. 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 No. 1 in B Major, Allegretto
28. 2 Impromptus, Op. 14 No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Andante cantabile
29. 4 Preludes, Op. 22 No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor, Andante
30. 4 Preludes, Op. 22 No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor, Andante
31. 4 Preludes, Op. 22 No. 3 in B Major, Allegretto
32. 4 Preludes, Op. 22 No. 4 in B Minor, Andantino
33. 12 Etudes, Op. 8 (Excerpts) No. 11 in B-Flat Minor, Andante cantabile
34. 12 Etudes, Op. 8 (Excerpts) No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor, Patetico


Russian composer Alexander Scriabin is known to enthusiasts for his theory of musical colors, innovative piano works that pushed the boundaries of tonal writing, and for his untimely demise brought on by an unsanitary razor blade. American pianist and music professor Russell Hirshfield has now recorded an ambitiously-broad selection of the composer's early works which may well provide a novel talking point.

There are relatively few recordings of Scriabin's music these days, possibly because it's a daunting task: The compositions demand a high level of virtuosity, but also a natural musical expressiveness that few performers are able to capture. Often, as in the case of the 24 Preludes, the performer is required to condense the emotional depth of an entire sonata movement into one minute or less. It's a well-crafted but fragile kind of music: if any one component, say, the phrasing, is off-color, the whole piece can fall apart.

Luckily, Hirshfield is more than up to the challenge.

His pianistic sentiment, technical command and interpretive clarity is not only impressive, it's the perfect fit for Scriabin. The level-headed yet profoundly empathetic playing truly brings out the shine in Scriabin's idiosyncratic compositional voice. This rendition isn't drenched in pseudo-Slavic drama which often mars contemporary recordings of Russian composers: instead, it rightfully portrays the pieces as the works of the individual. And it's a success.

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN: EARLY WORKS couldn't be more aptly titled: Even though they constitute a selection, one would be hard-pressed not to imagine them as the sole recordings of the true, unadulterated Scriabin. Russell Hirshfield adds another exceptional merit to his great pianistic mastery: that to be a good musician is not only to be a performer, but to be an ambassador.

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