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Alexander Scriabin, John Ogdon
Skriabin: Piano Music
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (17) - Disc #1
1. Etude In C Sharp Minor, Op.2 No.1
2. I: Allegro Con Fuoco
3. II: (Lento)
4. III: Presto - IV: Funebre
5. I: Andante
6. II: Presto
7. I: Dramatico
8. II: Allegretto
9. III: Andante
10. IV: Presto Con Fuoco
11. I: Andante
12. II: Prestissimo Volando
13. I: Impetuoso Fiero
14. II: Poetico Con Delizia
15. III: Capricciosamente Affanato
16. IV: Festivamente
17. Piano Sonata No.5 In F Sharp, Op.53
Track Listings (18) - Disc #2
1. I: Desir
2. II: Caresse Dansee
3. Feuillet D'album, Op.58
4. Piano Sonata No.6 In G, Op.62
5. I: Masque
6. II: Etrangete
7. Piano Sonata No.7 In F Sharp, Op.64
8. Piano Sonata No.8 In A, Op.66
9. I: Andante
10. II: Presto
11. Piano Sonata No.9 In F, Op.68
12. Piano Sonata No.10 In C, Op.70
13. Vers La Flamme, Op.72
14. I: Douloureaux, Dechirant
15. II: Tres Lent, Contemplatif
16. III: Allegro Drammatico
17. IV: Lent, Vague, Indecis
18. V: Fier, Belliqueux

CD Details

All Artists: Alexander Scriabin, John Ogdon
Title: Skriabin: Piano Music
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: EMI Classics Imports
Release Date: 8/11/1998
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 724357265225

Synopsis

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Collectors of piano rarities will welcome EMI's two-fer reissue of the late John Ogdon's complete Scriabin sonata cycle, filled out with sundry short works. Whether in his earlier Chopin-influenced compositions or the cryptic later sonatas, Scriabin's notey, coruscating idiom poses no problems for Ogdon's ravenous pianism. His sober, levelheaded treatments, though, take little heed of Scriabin's sensuality, lacking the animal abandon and dynamic contrasts Richter, Horowitz, and Sofronitsky bring to this music. Part of the problem lies with unresonant sonics, and a piano whose registral extremes fail to sing. --Jed Distler

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CD Reviews

A bit of good, a bit of bad

Gregory C. Dyer | Downingtown, PA USA | 08/04/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I recommend this cd, but with several reservations. Scriabin's music is great and Ogden's skill as a pianist is evident. In addition, one gets two cds for the price of one, including all ten sonatas and a few other assorted pieces, intelligently placed between the sonatas based on chronological order. Now the bad news. The bass on the recording is not all that clear and the overall sound is just not that distictive. While Odgen effectively carries the music to the brink of collapse, then restores order, much of the time his playing really doesn't distinguish itself. You can't do better for the price, but you can probably find several better recorded, better performed sets of Scriabin's sonatas."