| All Artists: Alexander Scriabin, Roberto Szidon Title: Scriabin: Complete Piano Sonatas Members Wishing: 1 Total Copies: 0 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Release Date: 6/15/2004 Album Type: Box set Genre: Classical Styles: Chamber Music, Forms & Genres, Fantasies, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century Number of Discs: 3 SwapaCD Credits: 3 UPC: 028947704928 |
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CD ReviewsABSOLUTELY THE FINEST COMPLETE SCRIABIN SONATA CYCLE. Sébastien Melmoth | Hôtel d'Alsace, PARIS | 08/08/2005 (5 out of 5 stars) " Since Glenn Gould unfortunately did not record for posterity Scriabin's Sonatas Nos. 6-10, (he did record the very best realization of No. 5), Szidon's set here is absolutely the finest cycle available. Recorded in the 1970s, DGG has here re-released Szidon's performances with crystal clarity in a very inexpensive 3 disc set: great bargan! Great Art!! There are a couple of cycles available out there; but you can believe: this is the best." Solid, but outclassed SRS | Ohio | 04/08/2006 (3 out of 5 stars) "I have quite a few sets of the Scriabin sonatas, and I've heard a number of recordings from pianists who didn't record the complete cycle. Here are my suggestions: G# minor post. - Hamelin Eb minor post. - Glemser or Coombs 1st - Kocyan and Ashkenazy 2nd - Koycan and Glemser 3rd - Laredo and Horowitz. Also Taub and Sofronitsky 4th - Taub, Sofronitsky 5th - Horowitz, Taub, Hamelin 6th - Richter, Taub 7th - Glemser, Laredo 8th - Ashkenazy, Szidon or Laredo 9th - Sofronitsky, Horowitz, Glemser 10th - Horowitz, Taub Avoid: Ogdon and Ponti. Szidon's set is solid generally, but if I were to get only one sonata set, I'd get Taub's and supplement it with disc 1 of Glemser's Scriabin sonatas." An over-rated set T. S. Fox | 02/16/2006 (2 out of 5 stars) "I have had these records for many years. I bought them because, in the 90s, they were recommended as the best available. Being unfamiliar with Scriabin's music, I hoped I would get to appreciate that composer. I never did, until recently I thought maybe it was the interpretation that did not do justice to them.
How right I was! Browsing through a few clips on Amazon, I came across Ruth Laredo. I was captivated. Here the important notes came to the fore, and the accompanying figures receded. I still wonder that I could have ever tolerated Szidon's "herds of charging elephants", which muddied the waters whenever the music became turbulent or passionate. Laredo, by contrast, gives us a flowing and beautiful line, always clarifying and not obscuring the composer's intent. Buy this set only if you're a "completist": it contains some early work missing from the Laredo set and this - to be fair -Szidon plays well enough Stephen Fox (UK) " |