Track Listing

1. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ('Etats d'�me'), Op. 23: 1. Dramatico
2. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ('Etats d'�me'), Op. 23: 2. Allegretto
3. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ('Etats d'�me'), Op. 23: 3. Andante - attacca:
4. Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor ('Etats d'�me'), Op. 23: 4. Presto con fuoco - Maestoso
5. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ('War Sonata 2/Stalingrad'), Op. 83: 1. Allegro inquieto - Andantino
6. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ('War Sonata 2/Stalingrad'), Op. 83: 2. Andante caloroso
7. Piano Sonata No. 7 in B flat major ('War Sonata 2/Stalingrad'), Op. 83: 3. Precipitato

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #460719 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-08
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Dimensions: .20 pounds

Customer Reviews

Passionately Late-Romantic Skryabin...
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Gould's reading of Scriabin's Third Sonata (Op. 23 [1898]) in the remote twilight key of f#-minor is deeply (late-)Romantic and incredibly satisfying.

Gould had a great left hand, and its skill is particularly evident in this piece with its Brahmsian dark undertones. Overall Gould expands the time-scale of the work by ~+:04mins., but this is so cunningly spread throughout the Sonata that it's not especially evident: this is GG's gestalt-concept and his incredible digital dexterity. The inner voicing is wonderful.

The aristocratic effeminate Scriabin--pupil of Taneyev and Arensky--is said to have described a programme for his four-movement Third Sonata: (i) suffering and strife; (ii) illusory respite; (iii) inexpressible feeling; (iv) nothingness...

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