5060212591098

Scriabin: Piano Preludes

Anthony Hewitt

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: CHRCD072

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Release Date:  11 August 2016

Label:  Champs Hill

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5060212591098

Genres:  Classical  

Composer/Series:  Scriabin

  • Description

    British pianist Anthony Hewitt records the complete piano preludes of iconic Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Inspired by the 100th anniversary of Scriabin's death in 2015, Hewitt absorbed himself in the composer's world by memorising all 90 of the preludes, which he describes as having "an incredible depth and variety of material, each with its own very distinctive character and mood". The preludes span Scriabin's career, beginning in a lush Romantic style before transitioning towards the post-tonal sound-world for which he is perhaps most well-known. Anthony Hewitt is regarded as one of Britain's finest pianists, and since winning the prestigious William Kapell Competition in Washington DC, has enjoyed a prolific career spanning two decades, including concerto appearances with the National Symphony Orchestra in the USA and in the UK with the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Prelude in B Major, Op. 2, No. 2
      • 2. No. 1 in C-sharp Minor: Prelude
      • 3. No. 1 in C Major: Vivace
      • 4. No. 2 in a Minor: Allegretto
      • 5. No. 3 in G Major: Vivo
      • 6. No. 4 in E Minor: Lento
      • 7. No. 5 in D Major: Andante Cantabile
      • 8. No. 6 in B Minor: Allegro
      • 9. No. 7 in a Major: Allegro Assai
      • 10. No. 8 in F-sharp Minor: Allegro Agitato
      • 11. No. 9 in E Major: Andantino
      • 12. No. 10 in C-sharp Minor: Andante
      • 13. No. 11 in B Major: Allegro Assai
      • 14. No. 12 in G-sharp Minor: Andante
      • 15. No. 13 in G-flat Major: Lento
      • 16. No. 14 in E-flat Minor: Presto
      • 17. No. 15 in D-flat Major: Lento
      • 18. No. 16 in B-flat Minor: Misterioso
      • 19. No. 17 in A-flat Major: Allegretto
      • 20. No. 18 in F Minor: Allegro Agitato
      • 21. No. 19 in E-flat Major: Affetuoso
      • 22. No. 20 in C Minor: Appassionato
      • 23. No. 21 in B-flat Major: Andante
      • 24. No. 22 in G Minor: Lento
      • 25. No. 23 in F Major: Vivo
      • 26. No. 24 in D Minor: Presto
      • 27. No. 1 in C Major: Maestoso
      • 28. No. 2 in a Minor: Allegro
      • 29. No. 3 in G Major: Andante
      • 30. No. 4 in E Minor: Allegro
      • 31. No. 5 in D Major: Allegro
      • 32. No. 6 in B Minor: Presto
      • 33. No. 1 in a Major: Andante
      • 34. No. 2 in F-sharp Minor: Vivo
      • 35. No. 3 in E Major: Allegro Assai
      • 36. No. 4 in E Major: Andantino
      • 37. No. 5 in C-sharp Minor: Andante
      • 38. No. 1 in B Major: Andante
      • 39. No. 2 in G-sharp Minor: Allegro
      • 40. No. 3 in G-flat Major: Andante Cantabile
      • 41. No. 4 in E-flat Minor: Lento
      • 42. No. 5 in F-sharp Major: Allegretto
      • 43. No. 1 in D Minor: Allegretto
      • 44. No. 2 in E-flat Major: Presto
      • 45. No. 3 in D-flat Major: Andante
      • 46. No. 4 in B-flat Major: Lento
      • 47. No. 5 in F Minor: Presto
      • 48. No. 6 in B-flat Major: Andante Doloroso
      • 49. No. 7 in G Minor: Allegro Assai

      Disc 2

      • 1. No. 1 in G-sharp Minor: Andante
      • 2. No. 2 in C-sharp Minor: Andante
      • 3. No. 3 in B Major: Allegretto
      • 4. No. 4 in B Minor: Andantino
      • 5. No. 1 in G Minor: Patetico
      • 6. No. 2 in B Major: Andante
      • 7. No. 1 in D-flat Major
      • 8. No. 2 in F Minor
      • 9. No. 3 in E-flat Major
      • 10. No. 4 in C Major
      • 11. No. 1 in E Major
      • 12. No. 2 in F-sharp Major: Vagamente
      • 13. No. 3 in C Major
      • 14. No. 4 in A-flat Major: Ardito, Bellicoso
      • 15. No. 1 in D-flat Major: Allegro
      • 16. No. 2 in B-flat Major: Elevato
      • 17. No. 3 in C Major: Scherzoso
      • 18. No. 1 in B-flat Minor: Mesto
      • 19. No. 2 in F-sharp Major: Maestoso, Fiero
      • 20. No. 3 in B Major: Andante
      • 21. No. 4 in G Minor: Irato Impetuoso
      • 22. No. 1 in F-sharp Major: Allegro
      • 23. No. 2 in D Major: Elevato
      • 24. No. 3 in G Major: Languido
      • 25. No. 4 in F Minor
      • 26. Andante
      • 27. No. 1 in F-sharp Major: Impetuoso Fiero
      • 28. No. 2 in C Major: Poetico Con Delizio
      • 29. No. 3 in D-flat Major: Capricciosamente Affannato
      • 30. No. 4 in C Major: Festivamente
      • 31. Bruscamente Irato
      • 32. Lugubre
      • 33. Violent, Tres Accentue
      • 34. Sauvage, Belliqueux
      • 35. No. 1: Andante
      • 36. No. 2: Presto
      • 37. No. 1: Douloureux, Dechirant
      • 38. No. 2: Tres Lent, Contemplatif
      • 39. No. 3: Allegro Drammatico
      • 40. No. 4: Lent, Vague, Indecis
      • 41. No. 5: Fier, Belliqueux

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