Vladimir Ashkenazy – Scriabin: Vers la Flamme (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Vladimir Ashkenazy – Scriabin: Vers la Flamme (2015)
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Vladimir Ashkenazy turns to the fine art of the piano miniature in this album, unlocking the poetic expression and vibrant colours of forty exquisite pieces by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915). Vers la flame, released in April 2015 to mark the centenary of Scriabin’s death, opens with the C sharp minor Étude Op.2 No.1, written during its composer’s mid-teens, and comprises such late masterworks as the album’s title track and the five Préludes Op.74.

“… Reflective and sometimes indulgent, very much viewing these pieces through the prism of Romanticism rather than that of modernism. Ashkenazy is at his most winning in the early Chopinesque pieces, the Mazurkas Op 3, the “Studies” Op 8 and Op 42 especially, but his account of the phantasmagoric “Vers la Flamme”, which gives the disc its title, as well as the set of late Preludes Op 74, are thrillingly persuasive, too, and he adds a Prelude by Yulian Alexandrovich Scriabin, the composer’s son, who was drowned in 1919 at the age of 11, as a touching epilogue.” —Andrew Clements, The Guardian

Tracklist:
01. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etude Op.2 No.1 in C sharp minor – Andante (02:45)
02. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Mazurkas Op.3 No.6 in C sharp minor – Scherzando (02:28)
03. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Mazurkas Op.3 No.7 in E minor – Con passione (03:32)
04. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Mazurkas Op.3 No.10 in E flat minor – Sotto voce (05:58)
05. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.8 No.5 in E major – Brioso (02:13)
06. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.8 No.7 in B flat minor – Presto tenebroso, agitato (01:46)
07. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.8 No.10 in D flat major – Allegro (01:55)
08. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.8 No.11 in B flat minor – Andante (04:13)
09. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.8 No.12 in D sharp minor – Patetico (02:19)
10. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.22 No.1 in G sharp major – Andante (01:35)
11. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.22 No.2 in C sharp minor – Andante (01:08)
12. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.22 No.3 in B major – Allegretto (01:09)
13. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.22 No.4 in B minor – Andantino (01:10)
14. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.1 in D flat major – Presto (01:46)
15. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.2 in F sharp minor – Crotchet=112 (00:55)
16. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.3 in F sharp major – Prestissimo (01:00)
17. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.4 in F sharp major – Andante (02:37)
18. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.5 in C sharp minor – Affannato (03:02)
19. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.6 in D flat major – Esaltato (01:52)
20. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.7 in F minor – Agitato (01:00)
21. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Etudes Op.42 No.8 in E flat major – Allegro (02:40)
22. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.45 – I. Feuillet d’album – Andante piacevole (00:56)
23. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.45 – II. Poeme fantasque – Presto (00:26)
24. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.45 – III. Prelude – Andante (01:10)
25. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Quasi-valse Op.47 (01:18)
26. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.52 – I. Poeme – Lento – Piu vivo – Tempo I (01:40)
27. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.52 – II. Enigme – Etrange, capricieusement (00:53)
28. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Morceaux Op.52 – III. Poeme languide – Pas vite (00:57)
29. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Pieces Op.57 – I. Desir (01:18)
30. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Pieces Op.57 – II. Caresse dansee (01:14)
31. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Feuillet d’album Op.58 – Con delicatezza (01:22)
32. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.63 – I. Masque – Allegretto. Avec une douceaur cachee (00:55)
33. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.63 – II. Etrangete – Gracieux, delicat (01:34)
34. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.69 – I. Allegretto. Tendre, delicat (01:50)
35. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.69 – II. Allegretto. Aigu, capricieux (01:05)
36. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.71 – I. Fantastique (01:46)
37. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Poemes Op.71 – II. En revant, avec une grande douceur (01:52)
38. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Vers la flamme Op.72 – ALlegro moderato (05:02)
39. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.74 No.1 Douloureux, dechirant (00:52)
40. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.74 No.2 Tres lent, contemplatif (00:55)
41. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.74 No.3 Allegro drammatico (00:44)
42. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.74 No.4 Lent, vague, indecis (01:13)
43. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Preludes Op.74 No.5 Fier, belliqueux (01:09)
44. Vladimir Ashkenazy – Prelude Op.3 No.1 (01:03)

Personnel:
Vladimir Ashkenazy, Piano

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