UMG - Scriabin / Ashkenazy,Vladimir - Scriabin: The Complete Piano Sonatas (SHM-CD) - COMPACT DISCS

Anton Kuerti (born 1938) has performed with leading orchestras and in recitals in 40 countries. In Canada he has appeared in 150 communities and played with every professional orchestra, including 41 concerts with the Toronto Symphony. Kuerti has recorded all the Beethoven concertos and sonatas, the Brahms and Schumann concertos, and all the Schubert sonatas. He won the prestigious Leventritt Award in 1957. Other awards include Officer of the Order of Canada, Banff Centre National Arts Award, the Schumann Prize of the Schumann Gesellschaft, and Canada's Governor General's Lifetime Artistic Achievement Award. This features Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concertos Nos. 1 an 2 and his Capriccio Brilliante in B major. InchThe best pianist currently playingInch - Fanfare (USA) InchOne of the truly great pianists of this centuryInch - CD Review (UK) InchOne of the greatest pianists of our timeInch - Fono Forum (Germany) InchOne of the leading Schumann pianists of our timeInch - Gramophone (UK)

Alexander Scriabin - Scriabin, Alexander Piano Music By Scriabin [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/10/2008

Tolstoy described Alexander Scriabin's music as Incha sincere expression of geniusInch while Scriabin described himself as Inchall impulse, all desire...Inch His virtuosity rivaling that of Rachmaninov, the young and colorful musician and composer found inspiration in his idol, Chopin, while still touching his compositions with Russian darkness and sensuous passion. This album of his less-popular compositions also includes the child prodigy's Canon in D minor, composed when Scriabin was only 11 years old.