Scriabin The Complete Works (18CD)

Re-released from 2015 the first ever set of Scriabin The Complete Works. Drawn principally from Decca’s distinguished catalogue, the set also features no fewer than 64 newly-recorded tracks - over 200 mins of music, newly recorded by Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valentina Lisitsa especially for this set.

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Scriabin has in recent years become admired as one of the early 20th century’s most innovative and influential composers. The set concludes with a bonus disc showcasing great pianists across Decca, Philips and DG who have played Scriabin down the years, from Horowitz, Richter and Cherkassky onto Kissin, Grosvenor and Trifonov.

TRACK LIST

CD 1
Waltz in F Minor, Op.1 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
3 Pieces for piano, Op.2 [Vladimir Ashkenazy No.1 NEW / Valentina Lisitsa No.2&3 NEW
10 Mazurkas, Op.3 (1889) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Allegro appassionato, Op.4 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
2 Nocturnes, Op.5 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

CD 2
Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.6 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
2 Impromptus a la Mazur, Op.7 (1892) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
12 Etudes For Piano, Op.8 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
12 Etudes For Piano, Op.8 No.12 – alternative version [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD 3
Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
2 Impromptus, Op.10 (1894) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
24 Preludes for piano, Op.11 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
2 Impromptus, Op.12 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
6 Preludes, Op. 13 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
2 Impromptus, Op.14 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD 4
5 Preludes, Op.15 / 5 Preludes, Op.16 / 7 Preludes, Op. 17 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Allegro de Concert, Op.18 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Piano Sonata No.2, In G Sharp Minor Op.19 "Sonata Fantasy" [Ivo Pogorelich]
Polonaise, Op.21 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
4 Preludes, Op.22 NEW / Piano Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor, Op.23 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

C D5
9 Mazurkas, Op.25 (1899) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
2 Preludes, Op.27 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Fantasy in B minor, Op.28 [Sviatoslav Richter]
Piano Sonata No.4 in F sharp major, Op.30 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
4 Preludes, Op.31 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
2 Poèmes, Op.32 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
4 Preludes, Op.33 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Poème tragique, Op.34 [Jean Louis Steuerman]
3 Preludes, Op.35 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

CD 6
Poème satanique, Op.36 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
4 Preludes, Op.37 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Waltz No.4, Op.38 [Benjamin Grosvenor]
4 Preludes, Op.39 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
2 Mazurkas, Op.40 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Poème, Op.41 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
8 Etudes, Op.42 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
2 Poèmes, Op.44 [Jean Louis Steuerman]
Trois Morceaux, Op.45 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
Scherzo, Op.46 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Quasi Waltz, Op.47 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
4 Preludes, Op.48 (1905) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Trois Morceaux, Op.49
Valentina Lisitsa (No.1) NEW / Gordon Fergus-Thompson (No.2) / Anna Gourari (No.3)
Four Pieces, Op.51 / 3 Pieces, Op.52 NEW [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.53 [Sviatoslav Richter]

CD 7
Quatre Morceaux, Op.56 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
2 Pieces, Op.57 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
Feuillet d'album, Op.58 [ Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
Two Pieces, Op.59 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Poème-Nocturne, Op.61 [Sviatoslav Richter]
Piano Sonata No.6, Op.62 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
2 Poèmes, Op.63 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW
Piano Sonata No.7 ("White Mass"), Op.64 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
Three Etudes, Op.65 [Valentina Lisitsa] Nos.2&3 NEW

CD 8
Piano Sonata No.8, Op.66 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
2 Preludes, Op.67 (1912-13) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]
Piano Sonata No.9, Op.68 "Black Mass" [Pierre-Laurent Aimard]
2 Poèmes, Op.69 NEW / Piano Sonata No.10, Op.70 / Two Poèmes, Op.71 NEW / Vers la flamme, Op.72 NEW [Vladimir Ashkenazy]
2 Danses, Op.73 [Sviatoslav Richter]
5 Preludes, Op.74 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

CD 9
Canon In D Minor, WoO 1 [Anna Gourari]
Romance in F Sharp Major, WoO 2 NEW / Nocturne in A Flat, WoO 3 NEW / Scherzo in E Flat, WoO 4 NEW / Scherzo in A Flat, WoO 5 NEW
[Valentina Lisitsa]
Sonata-Fantasy In G Sharp Minor, WoO 6 [Roberto Szidon]
Valse in G Sharp Minor, WoO 7 NEW / Valse in D Flat Major, WoO 8 NEW / Variations in F Minor on a Theme by Mlle Egoroff, WoO 9 NEW / Duett in D minor, WoO 10 NEW* / Fugue in F Minor, WoO 12 NEW* / Fugue in F Minor, WoO 13 NEW* / Makurka in B Minor, WoO 14 NEW* / Mazurka in B Minor, WoO 15 NEW / Mazurka in F Major, WoO 16 NEW
[Valentina Lisitsa]
*-recorded for the first time
Feuillet d'Album in A flat major op.posth. (1889) [Anna Gourari]
Fantasy in A Minor, WoO 18 [Vovka & Vladimir Ashkenazy]
Sonata in E flat minor (1887-89) [Roberto Szidon]
Fugue in E Minor, WoO 20 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Romance in A Minor, WoO 21 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Feuille d'Album in F Sharp Major, WoO 25 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW
Klavierstücke in B Flat Minor, Anh 16 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD 10
Variations on a Russian folk song for string quartet (1898, by various composers/ Var.2 by Alexander Scriabin)
Kuss Quartet
Andante & Scherzo for Strings
Hamburg Strings
Symphonic Poem in D Minor, WoO 24
Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Igor Golovschin
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20
Vladimir Ashkenazy
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Lorin Maazel
Rêverie, Op.24
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 11
Symphony No.1 in E, Op.26
Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 12
Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.29
Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt
Eliahu Inbal

CD 13
Symphony No.3 in C minor, - "Le Poème Divin"
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 14
Le Poème de l'Extase, Op.54
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev
Promethée - Le Poème du Feu, Op.60
Alexander Toradze
Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg
Valery Gergiev

CD 15
Nuances: Piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Nemtin
Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Nemtin - Part 1 - Universe
Alexander Ghindin
Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin
Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD 16
Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Alexander Nemtin - Part 2 – Mankind

CD 17
Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Alexander Nemtin - Part 3 – Transfiguration

CD 18
Scriabin across the generations – performances by legendary pianists and artists of the younger generation

Etude In C Sharp Minor, Op.2, No.1
No. 12 in D sharp minor from 12 Etudes for piano, Op.8
Vladimir Horowitz
Prelude in D Major, Op.11, No.5 - Live In London / 1975
Shura Cherkassky
Vers la flamme, Op.72
Sviatoslav Richter
Poème Op.32 no.1
Mikhail Pletnev
No. 5 In C Sharp Minor from 8 Etudes, Op.42
Four Pieces, Op.51
Yevgeny Kissin
Nos. 4,6 and 9 from 10 Mazurkas, Op.3 (1889)
Benjamin Grosvenor
Piano Sonata No.2 In G Sharp Minor, Op.19 "Sonata Fantasy" - Live From Carnegie Hall, New York City / 2013
Daniil Trifonov

NEW=New Recording

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Note:
Op.50 & 55 do not exist.