(DECCA)史克里亞賓作品全集 (18CD)

2015年4月27日是俄國作曲家史克里亞賓（Alexander Scriabin, 1872-1915）逝世100週年，DECCA特別推出兩套專輯作為紀念，其一為全新錄製的鋼琴獨奏作品專集，其二則為本套完整作品之錄音。從早年的後期浪漫派風格，以至晚年的當代神祕主義，史克里亞賓風格之轉變，全都記錄在在這套有史以來第一套作品全集中。

史克里亞賓不僅是作曲家，也是一位是技巧精湛的鋼琴家，作品具有很高的挑戰性。音樂上則繼承了貝多芬的氣勢和蕭邦高度抒情的詩意，更融入了俄國獨特的色彩與憂鬱，以及他對神秘主義的信仰，這數種不同特質相互間的平衡，是許多演奏者對其作品敬而遠之的原因。而透過神祕主義，他逐漸增加無調性的音樂語言，不僅發展出與「十二音列音樂」的創始人荀白克（Arnold Schoenberg）不同的創意，並且預示十二音列與序列音樂的發展。
　　
史克里亞賓的音樂曾影響普羅可菲夫（Sergei Prokofiev）、羅斯拉維茲（Nikolai Roslavets）與史特拉汶斯基（Igor Stravinsky）的創作。但史克里亞賓曾經表示並不喜歡普羅可菲夫與史特拉汶斯基的作品。

這套專輯收錄了環球唱片集團旗下DECCA、Philips與DG三大品牌最好的錄音，演出者包括：葛濟夫、葛羅斯文諾、霍洛維茲、馬捷爾、波哥雷里奇、李希特、契卡斯基、紀辛、艾馬爾、費古斯-湯普森、齊東、特里福諾夫等。而為了完成這套劃時代記錄的專輯，鋼琴家阿胥肯納吉（Vladimir Ashkenazy）與李希特薩（Valentina Lisitsa）還特地為本套專輯完成了超過64軌的新錄音。

近年來史克里亞賓被讚譽為二十世紀最具有創意與影響力的作曲家，這套絕無僅有的專輯之誕生，正足以讓人透過優秀的錄音，重新審視史克里亞賓在音樂歷史上的定位與價值。

曲目:

CD1

Waltz in F Minor, Op.1 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

3 Pieces for piano, Op.2 [Vladimir Ashkenazy No.1 NEW / Valentina Lisitsa No.2&3 NEW ] 

10 Mazurkas, Op.3 (1889) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Allegro appassionato, Op.4 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

2 Nocturnes, Op.5 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

CD2

Piano Sonata No.1 in F minor, Op.6 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

2 Impromptus a la Mazur, Op.7 (1892) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

12 Etudes For Piano, Op.8 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

12 Etudes For Piano, Op.8 No.12 – alternative version [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD3

Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

2 Impromptus, Op.10 (1894) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

24 Preludes for piano, Op.11 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

2 Impromptus, Op.12 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

6 Preludes, Op. 13 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

2 Impromptus, Op.14 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD4

5 Preludes, Op.15 / 5 Preludes, Op.16 / 7 Preludes, Op. 17 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Allegro de Concert, Op.18 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Piano Sonata No.2, In G Sharp Minor Op.19 'Sonata Fantasy' [Ivo Pogorelich]

Polonaise, Op.21 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

4 Preludes, Op.22 NEW / Piano Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor, Op.23 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

CD5

9 Mazurkas, Op.25 (1899) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson] 

2 Preludes, Op.27 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Fantasy in B minor, Op.28 [Sviatoslav Richter]

Piano Sonata No.4 in F sharp major, Op.30 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

4 Preludes, Op.31 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

2 Poèmes, Op.32 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

4 Preludes, Op.33 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Poème tragique, Op.34 [Jean Louis Steuerman]

3 Preludes, Op.35 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

CD6

Poème satanique, Op.36 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

4 Preludes, Op.37 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Waltz No.4, Op.38 [Benjamin Grosvenor]

4 Preludes, Op.39 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

2 Mazurkas, Op.40 [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Poème, Op.41 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

8 Etudes, Op.42 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

2 Poèmes, Op.44 [Jean Louis Steuerman]

Trois Morceaux, Op.45 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

Scherzo, Op.46 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Quasi Waltz, Op.47 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

4 Preludes, Op.48 (1905) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Trois Morceaux, Op.49

Valentina Lisitsa (No.1) NEW / Gordon Fergus-Thompson (No.2) / Anna Gourari (No.3) 

Four Pieces, Op.51 / 3 Pieces, Op.52 NEW [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

Piano Sonata No.5 in F sharp major, Op.53 [Sviatoslav Richter]CD7

Quatre Morceaux, Op.56 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

2 Pieces, Op.57 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

Feuillet d'album, Op.58 [ Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

Two Pieces, Op.59 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Poème-Nocturne, Op.61 [Sviatoslav Richter]

Piano Sonata No.6, Op.62 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

2 Poèmes, Op.63 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

Piano Sonata No.7 ('White Mass'), Op.64 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

Three Etudes, Op.65 [Valentina Lisitsa] Nos.2&3 NEW

CD8

Piano Sonata No.8, Op.66 [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

2 Preludes, Op.67 (1912-13) [Gordon Fergus-Thompson]

Piano Sonata No.9, Op.68 'Black Mass' [Pierre-Laurent Aimard]

2 Poèmes, Op.69 NEW / Piano Sonata No.10, Op.70 / Two Poèmes, Op.71 NEW / Vers la flamme, Op.72 NEW [Vladimir Ashkenazy]

2 Danses, Op.73 [Sviatoslav Richter]

5 Preludes, Op.74 [Vladimir Ashkenazy] NEW

CD9

Canon In D Minor, WoO 1 [Anna Gourari]

Romance in F Sharp Major, WoO 2 NEW / Nocturne in A Flat, WoO 3 NEW / Scherzo in E Flat, WoO 4 NEW / Scherzo in A Flat, WoO 5 NEW

[Valentina Lisitsa]

Sonata-Fantasy In G Sharp Minor, WoO 6 [Roberto Szidon]

Valse in G Sharp Minor, WoO 7 NEW / Valse in D Flat Major, WoO 8 NEW / Variations in F Minor on a Theme by Mlle Egoroff, WoO 9 NEW / Duett in D minor, WoO 10 NEW* / Fugue in F Minor, WoO 12 NEW* / Fugue in F Minor, WoO 13 NEW* / Makurka in B Minor, WoO 14 NEW* / Mazurka in B Minor, WoO 15 NEW / Mazurka in F Major, WoO 16 NEW

[Valentina Lisitsa]

*-recorded for the first time

Feuillet d'Album in A flat major op.posth. (1889) [Anna Gourari]

Fantasy in A Minor, WoO 18 [Vovka & Vladimir Ashkenazy]

Sonata in E flat minor (1887-89) [Roberto Szidon]

Fugue in E Minor, WoO 20 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Romance in A Minor, WoO 21 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Feuille d'Album in F Sharp Major, WoO 25 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

Klavierstücke in B Flat Minor, Anh 16 [Valentina Lisitsa] NEW

CD10

Variations on a Russian folk song for string quartet (1898, by various composers/ Var.2 by Alexander Scriabin)

Kuss Quartet

Andante & Scherzo for Strings 

Hamburg Strings

Symphonic Poem in D Minor, WoO 24

Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Igor Golovschin

Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op.20

Vladimir Ashkenazy

London Philharmonic Orchestra

Lorin Maazel

Rêverie, Op.24

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD11

Symphony No.1 in E, Op.26

Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD12

Symphony No.2 in C minor, Op.29

Radio Symphony Orchestra Frankfurt

Eliahu Inbal

CD13

Symphony No.3 in C minor, - 'Le Poème Divin'

Radio-Symphonie-Orchester, Berlin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD14

Le Poème de l'Extase, Op.54

Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg

Valery Gergiev

Promethée - Le Poème du Feu, Op.60

Alexander Toradze

Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg

Valery Gergiev

CD15

Nuances: Piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Nemtin

Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Nemtin - Part 1 - Universe

Alexander Ghindin

Deutsches Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin

Vladimir Ashkenazy

CD16

Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Alexander Nemtin - Part 2 – Mankind

CD17

Preparation for the Final Mystery - Realised by Alexander Nemtin - Part 3 – Transfiguration

CD18

Scriabin across the generations – performances by legendary pianists and artists of the younger generation

1.Etude In C Sharp Minor, Op.2, No.1

2.No. 12 in D sharp minor from 12 Etudes for piano, Op.8

Vladimir Horowitz

3.Prelude in D Major, Op.11, No.5 - Live In London / 1975 

Shura Cherkassky

4.Vers la flamme, Op.72 

Sviatoslav Richter

5. Poème Op.32 no.1

Mikhail Pletnev

6.No. 5 In C Sharp Minor from 8 Etudes, Op.42

7-10.Four Pieces, Op.51

Yevgeny Kissin

11-13.Nos. 4,6 and 9 from 10 Mazurkas, Op.3 (1889)

Benjamin Grosvenor

14-15.Piano Sonata No.2 In G Sharp Minor, Op.19 'Sonata Fantasy' - Live From Carnegie Hall, New York City / 2013

Daniil Trifonov

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Note:

Op.50 & 55 do not exist.

NEW=New Recording