Scriabin: Complete Works [18 CD set]

Marking 100 years since his death, this is the first ever set of SCRIABIN 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.

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.

THE FIRST COMPLETE SCRIABIN SET

This is the first time all of Scriabin's music is offered in a single authoritative set.

NEW RECORDINGS

No fewer than 64 brand new tracks were recorded exclusively for this project by two of the most eminent Scriabin interpreters of today - Vladimir Ashkenazy and Valentina Lisitsa.

ANNIVERSARY

27th April 2015 marks the 100th anniversary of death of Alexander Scriabin, undoubtedly one of the most innovative and influential composers of the early 20th century.

DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS OLD and NEW

Scriabin has consistently remained a favourite composer among many legendary pianists. Notably, this edition includes the interpretations of Vladimir Ashkenazy, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Sviatoslav Richter, Roberto Szidon, Ivo Pogorelich and many more.

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PIANO COMPOSERS

Scriabin was a Russian composer and pianist who initially developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language inspired by the music of Frédéric Chopin. Quite independent of the innovations of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed, via mysticism, an increasingly atonal musical language that presaged twelve-tone composition and other serial music. He may be considered to be the primary figure among the Russian Symbolist composers.

Scriabin influenced composers like Sergei Prokofiev, Nikolai Roslavets and Igor Stravinsky, although Scriabin was reported to have disliked the music of both Prokofiev and Stravinsky.