Scriabin: Vers la flamme Yevgeny Sudbin

• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): Vers la flamme, Op. 72:
• 1 Scriabin: Vers la flamme, Op. 72 05:45
• Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30:
• 2 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: I. Andante 03:04
• 3 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: II. Prestissimo volando 05:09
• 24 Preludes, Op. 11:
• 4 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 2 in A Minor. Allegretto 02:04
• 5 Scriabin: 24 Preludes, Op. 11: No. 11 in B Minor. Allegro assai 02:08
• Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28:
• 6 Scriabin: Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28 10:11
• 12 Études, Op. 8:
• 7 Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 4 in B Major. Piacevole 01:38
• 8 Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 7 in B-Flat Minor. Presto tenebroso, agitato 02:19
• 9 Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 11 in B-Flat Minor. Andante cantabile 03:49
• 10 Scriabin: 12 Études, Op. 8: No. 3 in B Minor. Tempestoso 02:16
• 5 Preludes, Op. 16:
• 11 Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16: No. 1, Andante 02:36
• 12 Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16: No. 2, Allegro 01:32
• 13 Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16: No. 3, Andante cantabile 01:48
• 14 Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16: No. 4, Lento 01:01
• 15 Scriabin: 5 Preludes, Op. 16: No. 5, Allegretto 00:36
• 9 Mazurkas, Op. 25:
• 16 Scriabin: 9 Mazurkas, Op. 25: No. 3 in E Minor. Lento 02:20
• 2 Poèmes, Op. 32:
• 17 Scriabin: 2 Poèmes, Op. 32: No. 1 in F-Sharp Major. Andante cantabile 03:14
• 8 Études, Op. 42:
• 18 Scriabin: 8 Études, Op. 42: No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor. Affannato 03:15
• Sonata No. 10, Op. 70:
• 19 Scriabin: Sonata No. 10, Op. 70 15:15
• Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9:
• 20 Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: I. Prelude. Andante 02:26
• 21 Scriabin: Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: II. Nocturne. Andante 06:11
• Total Runtime 01:18:37

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Nineteen years after his first recital devoted to the music of Alexander Scriabin, Yevgeny Sudbin returns to the works of this eccentric Russian composer with a new recital that brings together pieces composed at various points in his career.

Of his special relationship with this composer, Sudbin writes: ‘I simply cannot think of any other composer who consistently brings out such a primordially raw and physical reaction in me and, with time, his grip has only intensified on me.’ Arthur Rubinstein once said that ‘Scriabin’s music is like a narcotic. It is so intoxicating that it can become dangerous’, to which Sudbin adds by way of precaution, ‘enjoy responsibly at your own peril.’

Carefully prepared by Sudbin, the programme reveals Scriabin’s stylistic evolution, from his beginnings when he was still influenced by Chopin and devoted to small forms, through his middle period where the rich, late-romantic idiom is just beginning to cross into darker, more complex realms, on to his late period in which, in Sudbin’s words, ‘one sometimes feels too close to the edge of insanity’. In his latter works, Scriabin indeed seems to push music to the expressive limits in order to create a climate of spiritual ecstasy.

Yevgeny Sudbin, piano

Yevgeny Sudbin
has been hailed by The Telegraph as ‘potentially one of the greatest pianists of the 21st century’. As BIS Records’ only exclusive artist, all of Yevgeny’s recordings have met with critical acclaim and are regularly featured as CD of the Month by BBC Music Magazine or Editor’s Choice by Gramophone. His Scriabin recording was awarded CD of the Year by The Telegraph and received the MIDEM Classical Award for Best Solo Instrument Recording at Cannes. It was described by Gramophone as ‘a disc in a million’ while the International Record Review stated that Yevgeny’s Rachmaninov recording ‘confirms him as one of the most important pianistic talents of our time’.

Yevgeny performs regularly in many of the world's finest venues and concert series, both in recital and with orchestra, including Tonhalle Zurich; Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall (International Piano Series) and Wigmore Hall (London Pianoforte Series) in London; Concertgebouw (Meesterpianisten, Amsterdam); Avery Fisher Hall (New York) and Davies Symphony Hall (San Francisco). Recent engagements and tours have included orchestras such as New Zealand Symphony, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Leipzig Gewandhausorchester, Lucerne Symphony, Czech Philharmonic, Bergen Philharmonic, Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic, BBC Philharmonic and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. His performance of Rachmaninov's Concerto No.1 at the BBC Proms in the Royal Albert Hall was described by The Telegraph as ‘sublime.’

Yevgeny has collaborated with some of the world’s most influential conductors, such as Neeme Järvi, Charles Dutoit, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Osmo Vänskä, Hannu Lintu, Tugan Sokhiev, Mark Wigglesworth, Andrew Litton, Dmitri Slobodeniouk and Vassily Sinaisky. His love of chamber music has led him to collaborate with many other musicians including Alexander Chaushian, Ilya Gringolts, Hilary Hahn, Julia Fischer, the Chilingirian Quartet and many others. Appearances at festivals include Aspen, Mostly Mozart, Tivoli, Nohant, La Roque d'Antheron, Menton and Verbier.

Recent and future engagements include concerts and recording projects with the Tapiola Sinfonetta and Osmo Vänskä, Netherlands Philharmonic and Ivor Bolton, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Michael Seal, Rotterdam Philharmonic and Stanislav Kochanovsky, and extensive touring in North America. He also returns to many recital stages, including the Wigmore Hall, Moscow International House of Music and Serate Musicali (Milan).

Yevgeny was born in St Petersburg in 1980 and began his musical studies at the Specialist Music School of the St Petersburg Conservatory with Lyubov Pevsner at the age of 5. He emigrated with his family to Germany in 1990 where he continued his studies at Hanns Eisler Musikhochschule (Galina Ivanzova). In 1997 Yevgeny moved to London to study at the Purcell School and subsequently the Royal Academy of Music where he completed his Bachelor and Masters degrees under Christopher Elton. He was supported by the Hattori and Pulvermacher Foundations as well as The Wall Trust, of which he is now Vice President. In 2010, he was awarded a Fellowship by Academy and is now a Visiting Professor.

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