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Scriabin: Preludes, Vol.2

~ Alexander Scriabin (Composer), Evgeny Zarafiants (Performer)
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  • Performer: Evgeny Zarafiants
  • Composer: Alexander Scriabin
  • Audio CD (29 May 2000)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B00004TQOT
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 148,679 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Prld No.1 in g#, Op.22: Andante
2. Prld No.2 in c#, Op.22: Andante
3. Prld No.3 in B, Op.22: Allegretto
4. Prld No.4 in b, Op.22: Andantino
5. Prld No.1 in g, Op.27: Patetico
6. Prld No.2 in B, Op.27: Andante
7. Prld No.1 in D flat, Op.31/Prld No.1 in C: Andante
8. Prld No.2 in f#, Op.31: Vagamente
9. Prld No.3 in e flat, Op.31: Presto
10. Prld No.4 in C, Op.31: Lento
11. Prld No.1 in E, Op.33
12. Prld No.2 in F#, Op.33: Vagamente
13. Prld No.3 in C, Op.33
14. Prld No.4 in A flat, Op.33: Ardito, Bellicoso
15. Prld No.1 in D flat, Op.35: Allegro
16. Prld No.2 in B flat, Op.35: Elevato
17. Prld No.3 in C, Op.35: Scherzoso
18. Prld No.1 in b flat, Op.37: Mesto
19. Prld No.2 in F#, Op.37: Maestoso, Fiero
20. Prld No.3 in B, Op.37: Andante
See all 45 tracks on this disc

On this CD:
  1. (4) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  2. (2) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  3. (4) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  4. (4) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  5. (3) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  6. (4) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants

  7. (4) Preludes
    Composed by Alexander Scriabin
    with Evgeny Zarafiants


Product Description

BBC Music Magazine
The distance traversed by Scriabin - stylistic, spiritual and pianistic - between the earliest and latest of his near-90 preludes was vast, and there's no guarantee that a performer wholly at one with the early, Chopinesque preludes of the 1890s will be in the least comfortable with the harmonically advanced and often hyper-intense ones of 1912-14 (just as there's no guarantee that a born Chopin player will excel equally in Liszt - and the difference between the early and the late Scriabin is hardly less).

Like ASV, in its complete cycle by Gordon Fergus-Thompson, Naxos has turned up trumps with the little-known Russian Evgeny Zarafiants. Rhythmically subtle (and continually supple), tonally expansive and dramatically wide-ranging, he plays this music with great conviction, and a technique which copes comfortably with all challenges. Even in the most tempestuous and tortuous passages, his tone is never strident, and his harmonic colouring could profitably be emulated by many pianists of ten times his renown. His pedalling is exemplary (which is not a back-handed compliment, especially in this music), as is his equal command of fine detail and large-scale structure. That said, I have to admit that I find him more compellingly persuasive in the predominantly lyrical preludes than in the most intensely moody, even sinister ones. In the latter, no one is likely ever to surpass the late, legendary Vladimir Horowitz, whose stunning 1956 recital, incorporating many though not all of the present works, has been superbly remastered by RCA. But this is a release, nevertheless, which can be highly recommended - not least for the excellent recorded sound.

Performance ****
Sound ****

© BBC Music Magazine 2000


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5.0 out of 5 stars Richly Rewarding Recording!, 11 Dec 2007
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After reading very good reviews on music magazines, I immediately bought the both volume 1&2 of Scriabin Preludes played by this unknown yet richly gifted pianist, Evgeny Zarafiants. This is certainly one of those Naxos Wonder Recordings. The low price does not reflect the standard of performance! Actually this pianist can match any great masters alive today as far as these recordings are concerned. He plays each piece with stunning delicacy, huge dynamic range, special insight and solid technical prowess. I've never enjoyed Scriabin's Preludes so much since I listened to Sofronitsky's miracle accounts. Sound is very life-like and present. Richly rewarding recording!
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