ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

On the album, Luisi and the DNSO are joined by Julius Asal for the Piano Concerto in F sharp major and fellow pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard for Prométhée, le Poème de feu (“Prometheus, The Poem of Fire”). Mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and tenor James Ley are the soloists in Symphony No. 1, and the Danish National Concert Choir appear in both that work and Prométhée. The album also includes Rêverie (“Daydream”), Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, and Le Poème de l’extase (“The Poem of Ecstasy”).

Reflecting on the project, Luisi notes: “I think that the great openness and curiosity of the DNSO is the perfect starting point for understanding Scriabin’s music, which lies in the tension between tradition and visionary, indeed even revolutionary, ideas.”

01 Rêverie, Op. 24
02 I. Allegro
03 IIa. Andante
04 IIb. Var. 1
05 IIc. Var. 2. Allegro scherzando
06 IId. Var. 3. Adagio
07 IIe. Var. 4. Allegretto – Tempo I. Andante
08 IIIa. Allegro moderato – Molto meno mosso
09 IIIb. A tempo
10 I. Lento
11 II. Allegro dramatico
12 III. Lento
13 IV. Vivace
14 V. Allegro
15 VIa. Andante. Hymn to the Arts
16 VIb. Chorus
17 I. Andante
18 II. Allegro
19 IIIa. Andante – Più vivo, poco agitato
20 IIIb. Tempo I (Fig. 48) – Agitato
21 IIIc. Tempo I (Fig. 55) – Più vivo
22 IIId. Tempo I (Fig. 63)
23 IV. Tempestoso
24 V. Maestoso
25 Ia. Lento
26 Ib. Luttes. Allegro
27 Ic. Tempo I. Mystique
28 Id. Mystérieux
29 Ie. Fier, de plus en plus triomphant
30 If. Sombre, haletant, précipité
31 IIa. Voluptés. Lento
32 IIb. Pamé
33 III. Jeu divin. Allegro
34 I. Andante. Languido – Lento. Soavamente – Allegro volando – Lento
35 II. Allegro non troppo – Moderato avec délice – Allegro – Allegro dramatico – Tragico – Lento
36 III. Allegro volando – Lento
37 IV. Allegro – Charmé – Scherzando
38 V. Allegro molto. Leggierissimo. Volando – Maestoso
39 I. Lento. Brumeux
40 II. Très animé, étincelant (Fig. 3)
41 III. Très accentué (Fig. 17)
42 IV. Avec émotion et ravissement, puis voilé mysterieux (Fig. 30)
43 V. Très animé (Fig. 40)