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Scriabin

Scriabin
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871] – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. Scriabin, who was influenced early in his life by the works of Frédéric Chopin, composed works that are characterised by a highly tonal idiom (these works are associated with his "first stage" of compositional output). Later in his career, independently of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a substantially atonal and much more dissonant musical system, which accorded with his personal brand of mysticism. Scriabin was influenced by synesthesia, and associated colours with the various harmonic tones of his atonal scale, while his colour-coded circle of fifths was also influenced by theosophy. He is considered by some to be the main Russian Symbolist composer.

Scriabin was one of the most innovative and most controversial of early modern composers. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia said of Scriabin that, "No composer has had more scorn heaped on him or greater love bestowed." Leo Tolstoy described Scriabin's music as "a sincere expression of genius." Scriabin had a major impact on the music world over time, and influenced composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev, and Nikolai Roslavets. However Scriabin's importance in the Russian and then Soviet musical scene, and internationally, drastically declined after his passing. According to his biographer Bowers, "No one was more famous during their lifetime, and few were more quickly ignored after death." Nevertheless, his musical aesthetics have been reevaluated, and his ten published sonatas for piano, which arguably provided the most consistent contribution to the genre since the time of Beethoven's set, have been increasingly championed.
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Scriabin

Scriabin

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871] – 27 April [O.S. 14 April] 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist. Scriabin, who was influenced early in his life by the works of Frédéric Chopin, composed works that are characterised by a highly tonal idiom (these works are associated with his "first stage" of compositional output). Later in his career, independently of Arnold Schoenberg, Scriabin developed a substanti...
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BADURA-SKODA Scriabin: Piano Concerto (1950) - PASC031
BADURA-SKODA Scriabin: Piano Concerto (1950) - PASC031
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SCRIABIN Piano Concerto

Recorded in 1950
Duration: 27:30

Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Henry Swoboda


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BRAILOWSKY The Complete Polydor Recordings, Volume 2 (1928-36) - PAKM079
BRAILOWSKY The Complete Polydor Recordings, Volume 2 (1928-36) - PAKM079
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LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1
Solo works and transcriptions of music by Debussy, Falla, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Scarlatti, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Wagner, Weber

Studio recordings, 1928-1936
Total duration: 1hr 58:16

Alexander Brailowsky, piano
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Julius Prüwer

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HOROWITZ Live at Carnegie Hall, Volume 1 (1948) - PAKM071
HOROWITZ Live at Carnegie Hall, Volume 1 (1948) - PAKM071
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Concert of 2 February 1948
Music by Haydn, Schubert, Scriabin, Kabalevsky, Chopin, Scarlatti, Moszkowski, Schumann, Liszt-Horowitz

Total duration:  79:52 (CD) & 92:59 (Download, includes encores)

Vladimir Horowitz, piano

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MACKERRAS at the Edinburgh Festival: Shostakovich, Scriabin, Dvorák (1962) - PASC487
MACKERRAS at the Edinburgh Festival: Shostakovich, Scriabin, Dvorák (1962) - PASC487
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SHOSTAKOVICH  Symphony No. 9
SCRIABIN  Piano Concerto
DVORÁK  Symphonic Variations

    Live stereo concert recording, 1962
    Total duration: 74:47

    Paul Badura-Skoda, piano
    Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
    Charles Mackerras    , conductor


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    RODZINSKI NBC 1938 Broadcasts Complete (1938) - PABX049
    RODZINSKI NBC 1938 Broadcasts Complete (1938) - PABX049
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    ALBÉNIZ Ibéria - El Corpus en Sevilla
    BACH Toccata & Fugue in D minor
    BACH Two Chorales
    BARBER Symphony in One Movement
    BEETHOVEN Coriolan Overture
    BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
    BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
    DEBUSSY Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
    DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
    DOHNÁNYI Suite for Orchestra
    DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 8
    GLINKA Ruslan and Ludmila - Overture
    HINDEMITH Mathis der Maler Symphony
    HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
    PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1
    RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
    RESPIGHI Ancient Airs and Dances
    SCHREKER Der Geburtstag der Infantin
    SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
    SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5
    STAROKADOMSKY Concerto for Orchestra
    STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
    J. STRAUSS II Die Fledermaus - Overture
    J. STRAUSS II Tales from the Vienna Woods
    R. STRAUSS Also sprach Zarathustra
    R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes
    R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche
    TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5
    VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
    WAGNER Die Meistersinger - excerpts
    WEBER Oberon - Overture

    Broadcast recordings, 1938

    NBC Symphony Orchestra
    conducted by Artur Rodziński

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    RODZINSKI NBC 1938, Volume 4 (1938) - PASC767
    RODZINSKI NBC 1938, Volume 4 (1938) - PASC767
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    HUMPERDINCK Hänsel und Gretel - Prelude
    BACH Two Chorales
    BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1
    BRAHMS Piano Quartet No. 1
    VIVALDI Concerto in D minor
    SCRIABIN Symphony No. 3
    RAVEL Pavane pour une infante défunte
    DEBUSSY Nuages & Fêtes
    R. STRAUSS Rosenkavalier Waltzes

    Broadcast recordings, 1938
    Total duration: 2hr 37:46

    NBC Symphony Orchestra
    conducted by Artur Rodziński

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