La Flamme

"The starting point was Beethoven’s Sonata op. 111, but this little piece ‘Vers la flamme’ by Scriabin exemplifies an idea, and the title is ideal for the whole album. The idea is a journey from the earthly to the light, it is about the question of how life and death are connected. Now you can say that it is generally a function of music that it catapults you into a new level of consciousness. But I think the four works on this album do that in a special way, they radiate a tremendous power. They reflect different personal worlds, were written at different times and spring from different genres and sound ideas, yet they all have a similar function.”

Vladimir Ashkenazy turns to the fine art of the piano miniature in this album, unlocking the poetic expression and vibrant colours of forty exquisite pieces by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915). "Vers la flame", released in April 2015 to mark the centenary of Scriabin’s death, opens with the C sharp minor Étude Op.2 No.1, written during its composer’s mid-teens, and comprises such late masterworks as the album’s title track and the five Préludes Op.74.

This album features the acclaimed Finnish pianist Olli Mustonen with piano works by Alexander Scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital. The virtuoso sets of Etudes and Preludes cover a wide range of late-Romantic expressions, from heroic to religious, ecstatic to melancholic. The Sonata No. 10 is regarded as one of Scriabin’s greatest works. The collection culminates with the pianistic tour-de-force of Vers la flamme, an astonishing piece famously championed by the late Vladimir Horowitz.

Rarement récital aura été aussi habité.
Le premier disque studio de Laure Favre-Kahn pour Naïve est un programme thématique construit sur une constante dualité clair / obscur. Autour des deux monuments du piano que sont le Scarbo de Ravel et les Scènes d’enfants de Schumann (piliers du répertoire de laure Favre-Kahn), la pianiste française a construit un programme dense, imaginatif, éclectique, énergique et plein de panache : Scriabine, bien sûr, mais aussi Haendel, Liszt, Gluck, Borodine et… Bach.

Vladimir Ashkenazy turns to the fine art of the piano miniature in this album, unlocking the poetic expression and vibrant colours of forty exquisite pieces by Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915). "Vers la flame", released in April 2015 to mark the centenary of Scriabin’s death, opens with the C sharp minor Étude Op.2 No.1, written during its composer’s mid-teens, and comprises such late masterworks as the album’s title track and the five Préludes Op.74.

Leor est recherché. Il a découvert que la Flamme se nourrit des consciences de ses adeptes pour ouvrir un passage vers une autre dimension, où attend le Messie. Tandis que l'Apôtre travaille activement à l'avènement de ce dernier, Dahlianne est fiancée de force au capitaine Calran et le bon Mickel est fait prisonnier. La menace s'étend ! Léor, qui a gagné à la naissance le pouvoir d'incarner un orage cosmique, porte en lui la seule arme capable d'éteindre la Flamme. Devra-t-il se sacrifier pour sauver la cité ?

Skrjabin's piano works occupy a centrai piace not only in his own production but, and one could say above all, in the whole literature of the instrument of the early twentieth century, where it is considered similar to that of Prokof'ev, about twenty years younger .