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Compact Disc CDH55286

£6.99

Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London on 7-9 April 2000
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
MARTIN COMPTON
Piano
STEINWAY & SONS
Executive Producers
EDWARD PERRY
SIMON PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2007
Originally issued on CDA67149

Duration: 73'50
DDD
Front illustration: Clytie by Louis Welden Hawkins (1849-1910)

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

The Early Scriabin

STEPHEN COOMBS piano

Contents:

    Sonata in E flat minor   [18'38]
  1. [i]   [7'46]
  2. [ii] (completed by Stephen Coombs)   [6'06]
  3. [iii]   [4'40]

  4. Valse in F minor Op 1   [2'50]
  5. Valse in G sharp minor   [2'24]
  6. Valse in D flat major   [1'40]
  7. Variations on a theme by Mlle Egorova   [5'02]
  8. Nocturne in A flat major   [2'28]
  9. Nocturne in F sharp minor Op 5 No 1   [3'04]
  10. Nocturne in A major Op 5 No 2   [2'22]
  11. Sonate-fantaisie   [7'03]
  12. Fugue in E minor   [2'49]
  13. Canon in D minor   [1'18]
  14. Mazurka in B minor   [1'54]
  15. Mazurka in F major   [2'36]
  16. Étude in D sharp minor Op 8 No 12 second version   [3'04]
  17. Prelude in C sharp minor for the left hand Op 9 No 1   [2'32]
  18. Nocturne in D flat major for the left hand Op 9 No 2   [4'18]
  19. Allegro appassionato Op 4   [8'47]
Sleeve Notes

'A programme of fascinating rarities played with a touching sensitivity and affection … This record is a most impressive achievement, as beautiful in sound as it is endlessly thought-provoking' (Gramophone)

'This is remarkably attractive music. Warmly recommended' (Fanfare, USA)

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