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Late Russian Romantics [Import]

~ Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin (Composer), Vladimir Horowitz (Performer)
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1. Alexander Scriabin: Feuillet d'album in E-flat major, Op. 45 No.1, Andante piacevole
2. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in F-sharp minor, Op. 8 No. 2
3. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in B-flat minor, Op.8 No. 11
4. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in D-flat major, Op. 8 No. 8
5. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in F-sharp major, Op. 42 No.3
6. Alexander Scriabin: etude in F-sharp major, Op. 42 No. 3
7. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in F-sharp major, Op. 42 No.4
8. Alexander Scriabin: Etude in C-sharp minor, Op. 42 No. 5
9. Alexander Scriabin: Etude, Op.65 No.3
10. Alexander Scriabin: 2 Poemes, Op. 69, No. 1 - Allegretto
11. Alexander Scriabin: 2 Poemes, Op. 69, No. 2 - Allegretto
12. Alexander Scriabin: Vers la flamme (poeme), Op. 72
13. Alexander Scriabin: Feuillet d'album, Op.58
14. Nicolai Medtner: Fairy Tale in A major, Op. 51 No.3
15. Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
16. Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
17. Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor
18. Sergei Rachmaninov: Prelude in G-sharp minor
19. Sergei Rachmaninov: Moment musical in B minor
20. Sergei Rachmaninov: Etude- Tableau in E- flat minor
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On this CD:
  1. Feuillet d'album for piano in E flat major, Op. 45/1
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  2. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 8 Étude in F sharp Minor, Op 08 No 02
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  3. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 8 Étude in B flat minor, Op 08 No 11
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  4. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 8 Étude in D flat major, Op 08 No 10
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  5. Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 8 Étude in A flat major, Op 08 No 08
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  6. Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 42 Étude in F sharp major, Op 42 No 03
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  7. Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 42 Étude in F sharp major, Op 42 No 04
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  8. Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 42 Étude in C sharp minor, Op 42 No 05
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  9. Etude for piano in G major, Op. 65/3
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  10. Poèmes (2) for piano, Op. 69
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  11. Vers la flamme, poème for piano, Op. 72
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  12. Feuillet d'album for piano, Op. 58
    Composed by Alexander Nikolayevich Skryabin
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  13. Fairy Tales (6) for piano, Op. 51 No 03
    Composed by Nikolay Medtner
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  14. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op.36
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  15. Preludes (13) for piano, Op.32 Prélude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  16. Moments Musicaux (6), for piano, Op. 16 No 03
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  17. Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 33 No 05
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  18. Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 33 No 02
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

  19. Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 39 No 09
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    with Vladimir Horowitz

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Russian composers brought playing from Horowitz that was invariably involved and riveting. He was personally close to Rachmaninoff and commands the sprawling B-flat Minor Sonata as few others have done. It's a conflation of the composer's 1914 original and Horowitz's 1931 alterations. Elsewhere on the disc, the Medtner Fairy Tale is a delightful romp, and Scriabin's often impenetrable mysticism is set forth with appropriately Russian brooding. Here, and in the Rachmaninoff études-tableaux, Horowitz's delicacy and power argue convincingly for music that lies close to his heart. --Dan Davis

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5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant but lots of eccentricities, May 12 2004
By Avid Reader (Franklin, Tn) - See all my reviews
I really wanted to rate this a 4.5 but the absolute brilliance of the Scriabin etudes forced me to round upward rather than down. The Etude Op 65, No 3, is a thing of incredible beauty in the master's hands. Something unusual occurred as Horowitz evolved as an artist: His interpretations of individual works did not become static. To be sure, the size of his repertorie shrunk dramatically but those that remained he performed with a panache, newness and vibrancy that continually startle yet satisfy.

This is nowhere more present than on this CD in which he gives his beloved Scriabin yet new meanings and interpretations with all the fire, passion, detail and finesse one can muster. The clarity of the notes is secondary to the overall architecture of the small pieces. As Horowitz aged the length of his performed pieces shrunk so that he achieved an almost crystaline clarity in the few short ones he did play.

Ever the consumate artist, one really wonders what the guiding force of his interpretations was. Whether it is the lighting quick runs or the thundering chords or his almost unique ability to highlight all the inner voices of a piece, there was something almost undefinable about his approach to the piano.

The Rachmaninoff Second was extremely idiosyncratic with none of the "waves of sound" one usually associates with the composer. It is almost as if he transformed the titanic work into a collection of brilliant miniatures, each startling in its own way but by necessity only vaguely related to the others. The best rendition of the fabulous second has to be Van Cliburn's performance in Moscow where the stunning aspect (apart from the fact that he played the original setting) was the overall architecture and organiaation, the totality of the three movements and their cyclic thematic resonance. He (Van Cliburn) also brought a stately grandeur to the sonata that is sorely lacking in this rendition.

Oddly enough, the same problem holds true for the selections of Etude-Tableaux. Again we are in miniature land with brilliance and ardor but the structure again seems to have gotten lost. It is a case of not being able to see the forest for all the stunning trees. The Medtner was a fine choice and rendered with a poetic touch and much attention to detail.

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