Sviatoslav Richter plays Scriabin (1952/1955)

Album by Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin & Sviatoslav Richter

Sviatoslav Richter plays Scriabin is a studio album by pianist Sviatoslav Richter, recorded in 1952 and 1955. It presents piano works by Alexander Scriabin in a late-Romantic to early-modernist idiom, characterised by dense chromaticism, shifting tonal centres and exploratory textures, and the recordings document an early phase of Richter's recorded engagement with Russian repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata no. 6 op. 62
    11:34
  2. 2.
    Etude in C-sharp minor, op. 2 no. 1
    2:50
  3. 3.
    Etude in E minor, op. 8 no. 5
    2:17
  4. 4.
    Etude in F-sharp minor, op. 42 no. 2
    0:54
  5. 5.
    Etude in C-sharp major, op. 42 no. 3
    0:36
  6. 6.
    Etude in F-sharp major, op. 42 no. 4
    2:32
  7. 7.
    Etude in D-flat minor, op. 42 no. 5
    2:29
  8. 8.
    Etude in D-flat major, op. 42 no. 6
    1:51
  9. 9.
    Etude in B-flat minor, op. 8 no. 11
    4:10
  10. 10.
    Etude in E-flat major, op. 42 no. 8
    1:50
  11. 11.
    Allegro fantastico, op. 65 no. 1
    2:44
  12. 12.
    Allegretto fantastico, op. 65 no. 2
    2:05
  13. 13.
    Molto vivace, op. 65 no. 3
    1:42
  14. 14.
    12 Preludes, op. 11
    16:50
  15. 15.
    Vers la flamme, op. 72
    5:58
  16. 16.
    Poème op. 32 no. 1
    2:14

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