COMPOSERS: Scriabin
LABELS: Prometheus Edition
WORKS: Piano Sonata No. 7 (White Mass); Piano Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass); Piano Sonata No. 10; Preludes, Op. 67
PERFORMER: Yuri Paterson-Olenich (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: 001
Playing a slightly smaller Steinway than a concert grand, Brighton-born, Moscow-trained Yuri Paterson-Olenich shows real understanding of Scriabin’s visionary music, including one of the weirdest sonatas, the Seventh. What he lacks in sheer volume he makes up for in poetic dreaminess, though textures are always clear. Adrian Jack
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 7 (White Mass); Piano Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass); Piano Sonata No. 10; Preludes, Op. 67
Playing a slightly smaller Steinway than a concert grand, Brighton-born, Moscow-trained Yuri Paterson-Olenich shows real understanding of Scriabin’s visionary music, including one of the weirdest sonatas, the Seventh. What he lacks in sheer volume he makes up for in poetic dreaminess, though textures are always clear. Adrian Jack
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Published: January 20, 2012 at 1:15 pm