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Scriabin: Early Works
Navona

Scriabin: Early Works

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Composer
SCRIABIN, ALEXANDER
Artist
Russell Hirshfield
Format
CD
Label
Navona
Released
Aug 14, 2020
Catalog #
NV6302
UPC
896931006026

About

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.

Tracklist 34 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1 in C Major 01:07
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1 in C Major
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  2. 2 No. 2 in A Minor 02:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2 in A Minor
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  3. 3 No. 3 in G Major 01:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3 in G Major
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  4. 4 No. 4 in E Minor 01:50
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4 in E Minor
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  5. 5 No. 5 in D Major 01:25
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5 in D Major
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  6. 6 No. 6 in B Minor 00:50
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6 in B Minor
    Duration
    00:50
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  7. 7 No. 7 in A Major 01:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7 in A Major
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  8. 8 No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor 01:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  9. 9 No. 9 in E Major 01:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9 in E Major
    Duration
    01:32
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  10. 10 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 01:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  11. 11 No. 11 in B Major 01:40
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11 in B Major
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  12. 12 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor 01:35
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  13. 13 No. 13 in G-Flat Major 01:16
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 13 in G-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  14. 14 No. 14 in E-Flat Minor 01:12
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  15. 15 No. 15 in D-Flat Major 01:54
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 15 in D-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  16. 16 No. 16 in B-Flat Minor 02:36
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  17. 17 No. 17 in A-Flat Major 00:35
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 17 in A-Flat Major
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  18. 18 No. 18 in F Minor 01:03
    Track
    18
    Title
    No. 18 in F Minor
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  19. 19 No. 19 in E-Flat Major 01:22
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 19 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  20. 20 No. 20 in C Minor 01:08
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 20 in C Minor
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  21. 21 No. 21 in B-Flat Major 01:17
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 21 in B-Flat Major
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  22. 22 No. 22 in G Minor 01:02
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 22 in G Minor
    Duration
    01:02
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  23. 23 No. 23 in F Major 00:46
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 23 in F Major
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  24. 24 No. 24 in D Minor 01:03
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 24 in D Minor
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  25. 25 I. Andante 08:26
    Track
    25
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    08:26
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  26. 26 II. Presto 04:47
    Track
    26
    Title
    II. Presto
    Duration
    04:47
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  27. 27 No. 1 in B Major 02:46
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 1 in B Major
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  28. 28 No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor 03:55
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  29. 29 No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor 01:35
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  30. 30 No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor 00:48
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  31. 31 No. 3 in B Major 00:55
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 3 in B Major
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  32. 32 No. 4 in B Minor 01:01
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 4 in B Minor
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  33. 33 No. 11 in B-Flat Minor 04:06
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 11 in B-Flat Minor
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield
  34. 34 No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor 02:37
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Alexander Scriabin
    Performer
    Russell Hirshfield