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| Scriabin: Prometheus, Etc /Postnikova, Rozhdestvensky, Et Al | ||||||
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Release Date: 06/22/1999 Label: Chandos Catalog #: 9728 Spars Code: DDD Composer: Alexander Scriabin Performer: Viktoria Postnikova Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Orchestra/Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra, Netherlands Theater Choir
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Alexander Scriabin's 'Prometheus, Poem of Fire' is one of the most audacious pieces ever written, attempting merely to depict creation and reveal the secrets of the cosmos. Wanting to enlist as many senses as fully as possible in this pursuit, Scriabin called for a "keyboard of light" in his score, intending to flood the concert hall with color that would correspond to the music, though this was never attempted in his lifetime. Gennady Rozhdestvensky leads the Residentie Orchestra of The Hague in a most seductive account of 'Prometheus,' not driving the music but massaging it with almost hypnotic control so that at the final climax, when it's time for the chorus to go airborne, he's ready for lift-off. The explosive piano obbligato is provided by Viktoria Postnikova, who is also a most alluring soloist in the serenely romantic Piano Concerto, as well as the youthful post-graduate Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, a piece Scriabin never got around to orchestrating and heard here in an arrangement made by Rozhdestvensky himself. |
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Prometheus, Op. 60 "Poem of Fire" by Alexander Scriabin | |||||||||
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Performer:
Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Orchestra/Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra, Netherlands Theater Choir Period: 20th Century Written: 1908-1910; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 05/1998 Venue: Philips Hall, The Hague, Netherlands Length: 20 Minutes 50 Secs. |
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Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20 by Alexander Scriabin | |||||||||
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Performer:
Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Orchestra/Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: 1896; Russia |
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Date of Recording: 05/1998 Venue: Philips Hall, The Hague, Netherlands Length: 30 Minutes 56 Secs. |
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Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra by Alexander Scriabin | |||||||||
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Performer:
Viktoria Postnikova (Piano)
Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Orchestra/Ensemble: Hague Residentie Orchestra Period: 20th Century Written: Russia |
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Date of Recording: 11/10/1998 Venue: Philips Hall, The Hague, Netherlands Length: 8 Minutes 47 Secs. |
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| Notes: Arranged: Gennady Rozhdestvensky | ||||||||||
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