Alexander Scriabin Essentials
Apple Music Classical
With a career that bridged the 19th and 20th centuries, this Russian composer showed a natural affinity for Romantic melodists like Liszt and Chopin (whom he studied at the Moscow Conservatory). Meanwhile, he also managed to stretch the accepted conventions of harmony in ways that anticipated the new century's emerging modernism. The symphonic colours in works like “Promethée - Le Poème du Feu, Op. 60” show his talent for sneaking chromaticism into lush orchestrations. And his solo works for piano likewise prove his skill for memorable motifs balanced alongside dense and powerful writing.
Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6
3 Pieces, Op. 52
Alexander Scirabin
Promethee - Le Poeme du feu The Poem of Fire
Claudio Abbado, Michael Zimmerman, Berlin Philharmonic, Martha Argerich, Achim Zimmermann, Berliner Singakademie
III. G Major - Molto vivace (Nuances No. 14)