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Vladimir Horowitz

Horowitz plays Scriabin

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« My own interest in Scriabin's piano music dates back to my earliest student years. At that time, the great piano masters including Rachmaninoff and Hofmann played Scriabin's works in concert and recital. After Scriabin's death in 1915, Rachmaninoff himself dedicated a series of recitals exclusively to Scriabin in Russia, in memory of the composer. Then it was my great colleague and friend Artur Rubinstein who gave the first performances of essential works in the major cities of Europe. After that, there is no doubt that Scriabin's music was somewhat absent from recital programs. But I think the time has now come to rediscover his music which has so exemplarily enriched the piano literature of his time. » Vladimir HorowitzLet us simply recall that Scriabin is one of the last giants of piano literature between the two centuries that mark his existence. Influenced in turn by Chopin, Liszt, and Wagner, he quickly evolved towards a writing of a profusion of expressive gestures with stunning modernity. His writing is reputed to be extremely complex and scholarly but also of a unique philosophical dimension. It contains the most beautiful pages of all piano music and constitutes the spearhead of the Russian pianistic school in particular. Vladimir Horowitz (himself born in Kiev in 1903) remains historically its most eminent representative and its greatest interpreter. CDs 1 & 2 have been remastered from the original analog tapes using 24 bit/96 Khz technology.

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Disc 1

  1. Piano sonata n°3 in F sharp minor, opus 23 : i. drammatico
  2. Piano sonata n°3 in F sharp minor, opus 23 : ii. allegretto
  3. Piano sonata n°3 in F sharp minor, opus 23 : iii. andante
  4. Piano sonata n°3 in F sharp minor, opus 23 : iv. presto con fuoco
  5. Prélude in C major, opus 11/1 : vivace
  6. Prélude in C sharp minor, opus 11/10 : andante
  7. Prélude in E major, opus 11/9 : andantino
  8. Prélude in G major, opus 11/3 : vivo
  9. Prélude in B flat minor, opus 11/16 : misterioso
  10. Prélude in G flat major, opus 11/13 : lento
  11. Prélude in E flat minor, opus 11/14 : presto
  12. Prélude in F sharp minor, opus 15/2 : vivo
  13. Prélude in B major, opus 16/1 : andante
  14. Prélude in B minor, opus 13/6 : presto
  15. Prélude in E flat minor, opus 16/4 : lento
  16. Prélude in G minor, opus 27/1 : patetico
  17. Prélude in A minor, opus 51/2 : lugubre
  18. Prélude in D flat major, opus 48/3 : capricciosamente affannato
  19. Prélude opus 67/1 : andante
  20. Prélude opus 59/2 : sauvage, belliqueux
  21. Prélude in D major, opus 11/5 : andante cantabile
  22. Prélude in G sharp minor, opus 22/1 : andante
  23. Etude in C sharp minor, opus 2/1 : andante

Disc 2

  1. Poème in F sharp major, opus 32/1 : andante cantabile
  2. Etude in C sharp minor, opus 2/1 : andante
  3. Etude in D sharp minor, opus 8/12 : patetico
  4. Feuillet d'album in E flat major, opus 45/1 : andante piacevole
  5. Etude in F sharp minor, opus 8/2 : a capriccio, con forza
  6. Etude in B flat minor, opus 8/11 : andante cantabile
  7. Etude in D flat major, opus 8/10 : allegro
  8. Etude in A flat major, opus 8/8 : lento (tempo rubato)
  9. Etude in F sharp major, opus 42/3 : prestissimo
  10. Etude in F sharp major, opus 42/4 : andante
  11. Etude in C sharp minor, opus 42/5 : affannato
  12. Poème, opus 69/1 : allegretto
  13. Poème, opus 69/2 : allegreo moderato
  14. Vers la flamme, poème opus 72 : allegro moderato
  15. Feuillet d'album, opus 58 : con delicatezza
  16. Etude, opus 65/3 : molto vivace

Disc 3

  1. Piano sonata n°9, opus 68 "black mass" (1965) : moderato quasi andante
  2. Poème in F sharp major, opus 32/1 : andante cantabile
  3. Etude in C sharp minor, opus 2/1 : andante
  4. Piano sonata n°10, opus 70 : moderato
  5. Piano sonata n°5, opus 53 : allegro
  6. Etude in D sharp minor, opus 8/12 : patetico
  7. Etude in B flat minor, opus 8/11 : andante cantabile
  8. Etude in C sharp minor, opus 42/5 : affannato
  9. Piano sonata n°9, opus 68 "black mass" (1953) : moderato quasi andante

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