Scriabin - The Poem of Ecstasy, Prometheus, Piano Sonata no.5
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Label: BIS
Cat No: BIS2362
Format: Hybrid SACD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 7th October 2022
Contents
Works
Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54Piano Sonata no.5 in F sharp major, op.53
Prometheus, op.60 'The Poem of Fire'
Artists
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Lan ShuiWorks
Le Poeme de l'Extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), op.54Piano Sonata no.5 in F sharp major, op.53
Prometheus, op.60 'The Poem of Fire'
Artists
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano)Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Lan ShuiAbout
The three works featured on this disc belong to Scriabin’s final compositional period where the music seems to veer between voluptuous languor and striving energy. Composed back-to-back, the Poem of Ecstasy and the Fifth Piano Sonata are drenched in bitter-sweet harmonies and carefully constructed dissonances. The scores of both works make reference to the same poem – by Scriabin himself – which ends with the lines ‘thus the universe resounds with the joyful cry: I AM!’.
In his last symphonic poem, Prometheus – The Poem of Fire, Scriabin aims even higher. Here he expresses the evolution of the world from formless chaos, through the appearance of mankind, fertilized by the divine spark, towards spiritual liberation and ultimate transcendence. The unusually large orchestra and a wordless choir produces a kaleidoscope of contrasts, colours and sounds caught up in an ecstatic whirl.
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