Complete Piano Works of Scriabin

Michael Ponti, Scriabin - Complete Piano Works of Scriabin

Complete Piano Works of Scriabin
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Artist: Michael Ponti, Scriabin
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-12-10
Music Label: Vox (Classical)
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Etude
  2. Prelude
  3. Impromptu A La Mazur
  4. F Sharp Minor
  5. A Major
  6. Canon In D Minor
  7. Fugue
  8. Albumleaf In A Flat Major
  9. Albumleaf In F Sharp Major
  10. Nocturne In A Flat Major
  11. Fantasy For 2 Pianos
  12. Egoroff Variations
  13. Allegro Appassionato Op. 4
  14. Vivace
  15. Allegretto
  16. Vivo
  17. Lento
  18. Andante Cantabile
  19. Allegro
  20. Allegro Assai
  21. Allegro Agitato
  22. Andantino
  23. Andante
  24. Allegro Assai
  25. Andante
  26. Lento
  27. Presto
  28. Lento
  29. Misterioso
  30. Allegretto
  31. Allegro Agitato
  32. Affettuoso
  33. Appassionato
  34. Andante
  35. Lento
  36. Vivo
  37. Presto
  38. Waltz In G# Minor Op. Posth.
  39. Waltz In D Flat Major Op. Posth.
  40. Waltz In F Minor Op. 1
Music CD 2
  1. Allegro
  2. Capriccio
  3. Tempestoso
  4. Piacevole
  5. Brioso
  6. Con Grazia
  7. Presto Tenebroso
  8. Lento (Tempo Rubato)
  9. Alla Ballata
  10. Allegro
  11. Andante Cantabile
  12. Patetico
  13. Patetico (Alternative Version)
  14. Presto
  15. No. 2 In F# Minor
  16. Prestissimo
  17. Andante
  18. Affanato
  19. Esaltato
  20. Agitato
  21. Allegro
  22. F Major
  23. B Minor
  24. Tempo Giusto
  25. Allegretto Non Tanto
  26. Allegretto
  27. Moderato
  28. Doloroso
  29. Scherzando
  30. Con Passione
  31. Con Moto
  32. No. 9 In G# Minor
  33. Sotto Voce
Music CD 3
  1. Prelude In C# Minor
  2. Nocturne In D Flat Major
  3. No. 1 In G# Minor
  4. No. 2 In F# Minor
  5. No. 1 In F# Minor
  6. No. 2 In A Major
  7. No. 1 In F# Major
  8. No. 2 In B Flat Minor
  9. Maestoso
  10. Allegro
  11. Andante
  12. Allegro
  13. Allegro
  14. Presto
  15. No. 1 In B Major
  16. No. 2 In F# Minor
  17. Andante
  18. Vivo
  19. Allegro Assai
  20. Andantino
  21. Andante
  22. Andante
  23. Allegro
  24. Andante Cantabile
  25. Lento
  26. Allegretto
  27. Allegretto
  28. Presto
  29. Andante
  30. Lento
  31. Presto
  32. Andante Doloroso
  33. Allegro Assai
  34. Allegro De Concert Op. 18
Music CD 4
  1. Polonaise Op. 21
  2. Andante
  3. Andante
  4. Allegretto
  5. Andantino
  6. Allegro
  7. Allegretto
  8. Lento
  9. Vivo
  10. Agitato
  11. Allegretto
  12. Moderato
  13. Allegretto
  14. Mesto
  15. Patetico In G Minor
  16. Andante In B Major
  17. Fantasie In B Minor Op. 28
  18. Andante
  19. Con Stravaganza
  20. Presto
  21. Lento
  22. No. 1 In E Major
  23. Vagamente
  24. No. 3 In C Major
  25. Ardito Bellicoso
  26. No. 1 In D Flat Major
  27. No. 2 In B Flat Major
  28. No. 3 In C Major
  29. Mesto
  30. Maestoso Fiero
  31. Andante
  32. Irato Impetuoso
  33. Allegro
  34. Elevato
  35. Languido
  36. No. 4 In A Flat Major
  37. Impetuoso Fiero
  38. Poetico Con Delizio
  39. Capricciosamente Affannato
  40. Festivamente
Music CD 5
  1. No. 1 In F# Major
  2. No. 2 In D Major
  3. Poeme Tragique Op. 34
  4. Poeme Satanique Op. 36
  5. Poeme Op. 41
  6. No. 1 In C Major
  7. No. 2 In C Major
  8. Feuillet D'Album
  9. Poeme Fantastique
  10. Prelude
  11. Scherzo Op. 46
  12. Etude
  13. Prelude
  14. Reverie
  15. Waltz In A Flat Major, Op. 38
  16. Quasi Waltz In F Major, Op. 47
  17. Allegro In D Flat Major
  18. Piacevole In F# Major
  19. Fragilite
  20. Prelude
  21. Poeme Aile
  22. Danse Languide
  23. Poeme
  24. Enigme
  25. Poeme Languide
  26. Prelude
  27. Ironies
  28. Nuances
  29. Etude
  30. Desir
  31. Caresse Dansee
  32. Albumleaf Op. 58
  33. Poeme
  34. Prelude
  35. Poeme-Nocturne Op. 61
  36. Masque
  37. Etrangete
  38. Allegretto
  39. Allegretto
  40. Andante
  41. Presto

Music reviews of Complete Piano Works of Scriabin

Music Review: (-) Frustratingly Variable Scriabin Menu, Served in Disastrous Sound
Rating: 3 Stars

Michael Ponti's Scriabin survey is one of the great lost opportunities in the history of recorded classical music. Several other reviewers have already pointed out the main pros and cons of this 5-disc box set--above all that Ponti is an accomplished Scriabin pianist, that his playing is often unfinished here, that the Vox sonics are absolutely horrific, and that the billed 'complete' collection only becomes so together with the Complete Sonatas twofer.

What I would like to add is the following: Concerning the disastrous sound, which belongs to amongst the worst I have heard in stereo, I fear that Eurisko Lontano may well be accurate in his remarkable remarks posted under Dace Gisclard's review of the Sonatas--'the pianist was forced to use an UPRIGHT piano, and often slept on the floor between recording session[s]'. Indeed, the sound is just too awful to have originated from a proper grand piano, which is why the upright piano explanation makes a great deal of sense. Nonetheless, even when disregarding the often sloppy execution and the near-unlistenable sound, Ponti's Scriabin playing is at best frustratingly variable.

In a world where Scriabin's music remains largely neglected and misunderstood, Ponti filled a vast gap for several decades. Gordon Fergus-Thompson started a rival survey on ASV in 1993; he recorded the complete Etudes, Preludes, Mazurkas and six Sonatas before ASV was bought by Sanctuary Classics and eventually eaten up by Universal, which pulled the plug on the project (although it can still be read on the Sanctuary website that 'Gordon Fergus-Thompson will soon complete his recording of the complete works of Scriabin for ASV'). However, considering the overall poor quality of the playing--sluggish, unidiomatic and virtually deprived of intensity--it was not until two years ago that Ponti was rivalled and surpassed by Maria Lettberg. Indeed, it is fair to say that on all grounds, Ponti's Scriabin survey is now eclipsed by Lettberg's meticulously prepared, admirably executed and well-recorded 9-disc box set on Austrian Capriccio.

I believe Ponti's most successful contribution is the Etudes on the second disc. Granted, there are several moments of rather unpolished, even harsh, playing. On the other hand, the erratic quality, at least partly originating from the recording conditions, adds a nervous dimension that actually suits this music quite well. Regrettably, the very same quality suits the Preludes, Mazurkas and Morceaux less well--too often sounding rushed, unprepared and generic. What is so frustrating, though, is that there are a number of really good performances intermingled with rather awful ones. For instance, the forth disc opens with at the same time fiery and subtle performances of the Op 21 Polonaise and the Op 22 Preludes; then comes the Op 25 Mazurkas which more often than not sounds as though being sight-read; the Op 27 Preludes sound loud and hesitant, respectively; and the masterly Op 28 B-minor Fantaisie gets an outright brutal reading, about as harsh as approximate; as from around track 20 the piano goes out of tune--and so does Ponti in his grand volatility.

All the same, there are a number of throughout great performances that deserve special mention together with the above-noted Etudes: a truly passionately done Op 4 Allegro Appassionato, a most exquisite rendition of the Op 9 Prelude & Nocturne for the left hand, some darkly beautiful versions of the two greatest Impromptus, Opp 12/2 & 14/2, and a blazing Op 18 Allegro de concert.

REFERENCE: Lettberg
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