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Track(s) taken from CDA67057/8

Deux préludes, Op 27

composer
1900

Piers Lane (piano)
Recording details: June 2000
Henry Wood Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Amanda Hurton
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: February 2001
Total duration: 3 minutes 14 seconds

Cover artwork: Halos (1894) by Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910)
 

Reviews

‘Everything about this two-disc set is ideal. Few pianists could show more sympathy and affection for such volatile romanticism, or display greater stylistic consistency. This new set of the Preludes should be in any serious record collection’ (Gramophone)

‘Lane certainly knows how to tease out the music's textural subtleties; his emotional commitment is undeniable, as is his grasp of the poetic/virtuosic dichotomy inherent in Scriabin's music’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘Lane is the perfect guide to Scriabin’s shimmering miniature masterpieces’ (The Independent)

‘To find contemporary performances that convey … aspects of the music more vividly and with greater sympathy, as well as with a good deal more technical refinement, one need look no further than Piers Lane’s recent traversal’ (International Record Review)

‘Lane's technical brilliance and assurance captures the most elusive qualities of this music, as one dream-vision dissolves into another … [his] control and balance of their veiled sonorities is wonder-filled’ (The Times)

‘Piers Lane is easily the master of all this … you get the sense this music is in his blood. The preludes have been well worth waiting for’ (Amazon.co.uk)

‘Lane's flawless finger and inspired brain are totally attuned to Scriabin's hyper-expressive sound world. Gorgeous, flattering sonics help elevate this recording to reference version status among complete Scriabin cycles. Bravo!’ (Classics Today)
In 1900 Scriabin was working on his First Symphony; the two preludes Op 27 date from this time, showing complementary moods of heroic assertion and luxuriant abandon similar to the popular Poèmes of Op 32. An increased harmonic richness is already noticeable, and this is taken a step further with no fewer than nineteen preludes in 1903 – a year when Scriabin abandoned teaching and worked on piano music which was to include the Etudes of Op 42 and the Fourth Sonata, and on the Third Symphony (the ‘Divine Poem’).

from notes by Simon Nicholls © 2001

En 1900, Scriabine travaillait à sa Première Symphonie; les deux préludes de l’opus 27 datent de cette époque, et s’illustrent par des tempéraments complémentaires, entre affirmation héroïque et abandon luxuriant, comparables aux populaires Poèmes opus 32. Ils témoignent d’une richesse harmonique accrue qu’approfondiront encore plus les dix-neuf préludes composés en 1903 – une année cruciale où Scriabine abandonna l’enseignement et se consacra à la composition pour son instrument avec des œuvres comme les Etudes opus 42, la Sonate no4 et à sa Symphonie no3 («Le divin poème»).

extrait des notes rédigées par Simon Nicholls © 2001
Français: Isabelle Battioni

Im Jahr 1900 arbeitete Skrjabin an seiner Ersten Sinfonie; die beiden Préludes op. 27 stammen aus dieser Zeit und offenbaren entsprechend den populären Poèmes op. 32 von der Stimmung her einerseits heroische Behauptung und andererseits herrliche Unbekümmertheit. Zunehmender harmonischer Abwechslungsreichtum macht sich bereits bemerkbar und wird 1903 mit nicht weniger als neunzehn Préludes einen Schritt weiter getrieben. In diesem Jahr gab Skrjabin seine Lehrtätigkeit auf und arbeitete an Klavierkompositionen wie den Etudes op. 42 und der Vierten Sonate sowie an der Dritten Sinfonie („Le divin Poème“).

aus dem Begleittext von Simon Nicholls © 2001
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

Other albums featuring this work

Scriabin: The Complete Préludes, Vol. 2
CDH55451
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