Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 and Poem of Ecstasy conducted by Svetlanov

Scriabin's Symphony No. 1 and Poem of Ecstasy conducted by Svetlanov

A disciplined if too straight-forward account of Scriabin’s First Symphony, with two fine vocal soloists. This Poem of Ecstasy, although noisy and unsubtle, highlights Stravinsky’s debt in Firebird.


Daniel Jaffé

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Daniel Jaffé

Published: September 28, 2018 at 2:38 pm

COMPOSERS: Scriabin
LABELS: Alto
ALBUM TITLE: Scriabin
WORKS: Symphony No. 1; Poem of Ecstasy
PERFORMER: Larissa Avdeyeva (mezzo), Anton Grigoriev (tenor); The Russian Choir; USSR Symphony Orchestra/Svetlanov
CATALOGUE NO: ALC 1329 (1963/66)

A disciplined if too straight-forward account of Scriabin’s First Symphony, with two fine vocal soloists. This Poem of Ecstasy, although noisy and unsubtle, highlights Stravinsky’s debt in Firebird.

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Daniel Jaffé

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).
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