Piano Sonatas I-X

Album by Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin & Robert Taub

Piano Sonatas I-X is a collection of ten piano sonatas by Russian composer Alexander Scriabin, composed between 1886 and 1913. Spanning late-Romantic and early modernist idioms, the cycle traces Scriabin's development from Chopin-influenced harmony and virtuosic pianism to increasingly chromatic, mystical textures and experiments in form that contributed to early 20th-century developments in piano repertoire.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 6: I. Allegro con fuoco
    6:36
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 6: II. ♩=40 (Adagio)
    4:49
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 6: III. Presto
    3:20
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in F minor, op. 6: IV. Funèbre
    6:14
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp minor, op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy": I. Andante
    8:24
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata no. 2 in G-sharp minor, op. 19 "Sonata-Fantasy": II. Presto
    4:02
  7. 7.
    Piano Sonata no. 3 in F-sharp minor, op. 23: I. Drammàtico
    6:26
  8. 8.
    Piano Sonata no. 3 in F-sharp minor, op. 23: II. Allegretto
    2:21
  9. 9.
    Piano Sonata no. 3 in F-sharp minor, op. 23: III. Andante
    5:12
  10. 10.
    Piano Sonata no. 3 in F-sharp minor, op. 23: IV. Presto con fuoco
    5:54
  11. 11.
    Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp minor, op. 30: I. Andante
    3:09
  12. 12.
    Piano Sonata no. 4 in F-sharp minor, op. 30: II. Prestissimo volando
    5:12
  13. 13.
    Piano Sonata no. 5, op. 53
    11:54

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Piano Sonata no. 6, op. 62
    11:45
  2. 3.
    Piano Sonata no. 7, op. 64 "White Mass"
    10:58
  3. 4.
    Piano Sonata no. 8, op. 66
    13:37
  4. 5.
    Piano Sonata no. 9, op. 68 "Black Mass"
    8:15
  5. 6.
    Piano Sonata no. 10, op. 70
    12:16

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