1903 - Turning Point
Focusing on 1903 - a year of both personal and professional change - when Scriabin emerged from the shadow of Chopin and produced a lot of music in a new individual style.
In the month that sees the 100th anniversary of his death, Donald Macleod explores the life and career of the virtuoso pianist and composer Alexander Scriabin (1870-1915) "one of the most enigmatic and controversial and artistic personalities of all time". In Wednesday's programme, Donald MacLeod focuses on 1903 - a year full of both personal and professional change for Scriabin - when he left behind the shadow of Chopin and produced a prodigious amount of music in a new individual style.
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Alexander Scriabin
4 Preludes Op.37 for piano
Performer: Piers Lane.- Hyperion.
- CDA670578.
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Alexander Scriabin
8 Studies Op.42 for piano
Performer: Igor Nikonovich.- Olympia.
- OCD550.
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Alexander Scriabin
Poeme satanique Op.36 for piano
Performer: Xiayin Wang.- Naxos.
- 8.570412.
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Alexander Scriabin
Sonata no. 4 in F sharp major Op.30 for piano
Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov.- Mirare.
- MIR061.
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Alexander Scriabin
Symphony no. 3 in C major Op.43 (The Divine poem)
Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev (1957). Performer: Russian National Orchestra.- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 459-681 2.
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- Wed 29 Apr 201512:00BBC Radio 3
- Wed 29 Apr 201518:30BBC Radio 3
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