Scriabin - Symphony no.2, Le Poeme de l’extase | Oehms OC474

Scriabin - Symphony no.2, Le Poeme de l’extase

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Label: Oehms

Cat No: OC474

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 5th February 2021

Contents

Artists

WDR Rundfunkchor
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln

Conductor

Dmitrij Kitajenko

Works

Scriabin, Alexander

Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54
Symphony no.2 in C minor, op.29

Artists

WDR Rundfunkchor
Gurzenich-Orchester Koln

Conductor

Dmitrij Kitajenko

About

For Alexander Scriabin, writing good music was not enough; he wanted it to liberate and redeem humanity. Scriabin’s ecstatic sound poem pushes the romantic symphony orchestra to its limits, as though departing into infinity: ‘And the universe echoed / From the joyful call / I am!’ declares the end of his soaring Le Poème de l’extase, the inspiration for the work.

The voices of the WDR Rundfunkchor intensify this bold flight of the soul to produce an orgiastic ending.

As a long-time guest conductor of the Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, Dmitrij Kitajenko demonstrates his particular affinity for the interpretation of Russian music in a programme that also includes Scriabin’s Second Symphony. Kitjaneko celebrated his 80th birthday in 2020.

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