Complete Preludes Vol 2

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SCRIABIN
Complete Preludes Vol 2
Piers Lane (piano)

[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 15 January 2015

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Piers Lane's performances of the complete Scriabin Préludes are bold and compelling, matching technical bravura with a rich vein of poetry and colour and communicating the composer's vivid and exceptional imagination. Beautifully recorded and superbly annotated by Simon Nicholls, this set is a must for all lovers of Scriabin and the piano. The Préludes of Opp 2-16 are available on CDH55450.

'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, USA)
'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)

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

'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 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)

Tracks:

COMPACT DISC 2 [67'10]
Seven Preludes, Op 17 (1895-1896) [10'36]
No 1 in D minor: Allegretto (1896) [1'22]
No 2 in E flat major: Presto (1896) [0'55]
No 3 in D flat major: Andante (1896) [1'53]
No 4 in B flat major: Lento (1895) [1'25]
No 5 in F minor: Presto (1895) [1'07]
No 6 in B flat major: Andante doloroso (1895) [2'26]
No 7 in G minor: Allegro assai (1895) [1'08]

Four Preludes, Op 22 (1897) [4'54]
No 1 in G sharp minor: Andante [1'30]
No 2 in C sharp minor: Andante [1'07]
No 3 in B major: Allegretto [1'00]
No 4 in B minor: Andantino [1'07]

Two Preludes, Op 27 (1900) [3'04]
No 1 in G minor: Patetico [2'00]
No 2 in B major: Andante [1'00]

Four Preludes, Op 31 (1903) [5'16]
No 1 in D flat major / C major: Andante [2'09]
No 2 in F sharp major: Con stravaganza [0'55]
No 3 in E flat major: Presto [0'33]
No 4 in A flat major: Lento [1'28]

Four Preludes, Op 33 (1903) [4'24]
No 1 in E major [1'32]
No 2 in F sharp major: Vagamente [1'25]
No 3 in C major [0'30]
No 4 in A flat major: Ardito, bellicoso [0'48]

Three Preludes, Op 35 (1903) [5'18]
No 1 in D flat major: Allegro [0'50]
No 2 in B flat major: Elevato [3'23]
No 3 in C major: Scherzoso [1'03]

Four Preludes, Op 37 (1903) [6'05]
No 1 in B flat minor: Mesto [2'02]
No 2 in F sharp major: Maestoso, fiero [0'56]
No 3 in B major: Andante [2'03]
No 4 in G minor: Irato impetuoso [0'55]

Four Preludes, Op 39 (1903) [4'50]
No 1 in F sharp major: Allegro [0'51]
No 2 in D major: Elevato [1'30]
No 3 in G major: Languido [1'17]
No 4 in A flat major [1'00]

Prelude in E flat major, Op 45 No 3: Andante (1904) [1'24]

Four Preludes, Op 48 (1905) [3'41]
No 1 in F sharp major: Impetuoso fiero [0'31]
No 2 in C major: Poetico con delizio [1'26]
No 3 in D flat major: Capricciosamente affannato [0'50]
No 4 in C major: Festivamente [0'46]

Prelude in F major, Op 49 No 2: Bruscamente irato (1905) [0'45]
Prelude in A minor, Op 51 No 2: Lugubre (1906) [2'30]
Prelude in E flat major, Op 56 No 1: Violent, très accentué (1907) [0'51]
Prelude, Op 59 No 2: Sauvage, belliqueux (1910) [1'31]

Two Preludes, Op 67 (1912-1913) [2'53]
No 1: Andante [1'50]
No 2: Presto [1'01]

Five Preludes, Op 74 (1914) [6'08]
No 1: Douloureux, déchirant [1'09]
No 2: Très lent, contemplatif [1'34]
No 3: Allegro drammatico [0'40]
No 4: Lent, vague, indécis [1'36]
No 5: Fier, belliqueux [0'58]