Alexander Scriabin The Complete Etudes

Garrick Ohlsson - Alexander Scriabin The Complete Etudes

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Artist: Garrick Ohlsson
Conductor: Garrick Ohlsson
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson
Composer: Alexander Scriabin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-15
Music Label: Bridge
Soundtracks:
  1. Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 2, No. 1
  2. Etude in C sharp Major, Op. 8, No. 1
  3. Etude in F sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 2
  4. Etude in B minor, Op. 8, No. 3
  5. Etude in B Major, Op. 8, No. 4
  6. Etude in E Major, Op. 8, No. 5
  7. Etude in A Major, Op. 8, No. 6
  8. Etude in B flat minor, Op. 8, No. 7
  9. Etude in A flat Major, Op. 8, No. 8
  10. Etude in G sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 9
  11. Etude in D flat Major, Op. 8, No. 10
  12. Etude in B flat minor, Op. 8, No. 11
  13. Etude in D sharp minor, Op. 8, No. 12
  14. Etude in D flat Major, Op. 42, No. 1
  15. Etude in F sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 2
  16. Etude in F sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 3
  17. Etude in F Sharp Major, Op. 42, No. 4
  18. Etude in C sharp minor, Op. 42, No. 5
  19. Etude in D flat Major, Op. 42, No. 6
  20. Etude in F minor, Op. 42, No. 7
  21. Etude in E flat Major, Op. 42, No. 8
  22. Etude, Op. 49, No. 1
  23. Etude, Op. 56, No. 4
  24. Etude, Op. 65, No. 1
  25. Etude, Op. 65, No. 2
  26. Etude, Op. 65, No. 3

Music reviews of Alexander Scriabin The Complete Etudes

Music Review: Strange Scriabin in hands of the inspired Ohlsson!
Rating: 5 Stars

Garrick Ohlsson, the great virtuoso with more than 80 concertos and a huge amount of solo recital programmes in his current repertoire, the artist with an impressive discography behind him (ranging form Bach and Handel to the most contemporary opuses), the American who in Warsaw some 40 years ago won the Gold Medal of the famous "Frederic Chopin" International Competition for pianists, is now worldwide recognized as the undisputed master of the Chopinesque style.

Therefore, his approach to the music of Alexander Scriabin seems at a large extent a natural and awaited step further on this line, since the Russian composer claimed for himself the quality of musical successor with regard to Chopin. Even the forms he expressed his music through were borrowed from Chopin's arsenal, involving especially miniatures such as nocturnes, mazurkas, preludes, impromptus or... studies, as the case is with the recording under consideration here.

In this complete set of Etudes a certain Chopinesque flavour can still be detected, though the boldness in Scriabin's compositions goes beyond the technical uncanny solutions he masterfully exploited (strange harmonies, mixed wild tempos etc) and pinpoints towards new esthetical horizons. Even the essence of music is questioned from an esoteric point of view, while an attractive extravagance occurs by means of uneven combinations of notes, daring chords and daunting phrases. The atmosphere becomes rather lascivious, of sonorus magnificence and lasting effect, yet not accessible to all interpreters.

To bring all these to life, Garrick Ohlsson resorts to an old Steinway (the historical "Style 4 Concert Grand" built in 1876, kept in very good shape), which supplies a warm, dense and profound - yet direct - sound.

The calm, ample, perfumed C sharp minor Etude op.2 (first in the series, composed when Scriabin was only 15) is a pale sample for what is to come. The stormy etudes (such as the famous op.8 No.12, op. 8 No.9 op.65 No.3 or op.42 No.5) call for a demanding technical armour: velocity, precision, power, fiendish finger-bending, stunning cascades on the keyboard. Whilst the lyrical ones (like op.8 No.11 or op.42 No.4) for a sheer poetic sensitivity.

All these skills Garrick Ohlsson probes to possess abundantly. By magisterially alternating them, he gets a marvellous result! I think this CD is the best way to get acquaintance with this strange music, as a whole. After repeated listening, at certain stage, it can almost be a delight - try it and you won't be disappointed!
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