Yevgeny Sudbin - Scriabin: Vers la flamme (2025)

Nineteen years after his first recital devoted to the music of Alexander Scriabin[BIS1568], 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.’

Tracklist
01. Scriabin Vers la flamme, Op. 72
02. Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30 I. Andante
03. Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30 II. Prestissimo volando
04. Scriabin 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 2 in A Minor. Allegretto
05. Scriabin 24 Preludes, Op. 11 No. 11 in B Minor. Allegro assai
06. Scriabin Fantaisie in B Minor, Op. 28
07. Scriabin 12 Etudes, Op. 8 No. 4 in B Major. Piacevole
08. Scriabin 12 Etudes, Op. 8 No. 7 in B-Flat Minor. Presto tenebroso, agitato
09. Scriabin 12 Etudes, Op. 8 No. 11 in B-Flat Minor. Andante cantabile
10. Scriabin 12 Etudes, Op. 8 No. 3 in B Minor. Tempestoso
11. Scriabin 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 1, Andante
12. Scriabin 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 2, Allegro
13. Scriabin 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 3, Andante cantabile
14. Scriabin 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 4, Lento
15. Scriabin 5 Preludes, Op. 16 No. 5, Allegretto
16. Scriabin 9 Mazurkas, Op. 25 No. 3 in E Minor. Lento
17. Scriabin 2 Poemes, Op. 32 No. 1 in F-Sharp Major. Andante cantabile
18. Scriabin 8 Etudes, Op. 42 No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor. Affannato
19. Scriabin Sonata No. 10, Op. 70
20. Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 I. Prelude. Andante
21. Scriabin Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9 II. Nocturne. Andante