Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditors: Michael Schneidt, Valentina Rubcova
Based on the first edition that the composer carefully oversaw as well as a recording of Scriabin himself playing the work done on paper rolls for the mechanical pianos made by the
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditor: Valentina Rubcova
In addition to the surviving sketches and the first edition, this edition also takes into account a recording that Scriabin made of his work on a mechanical piano. Russian Scriabin expert Valentina R
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditors: Michael Schneidt, Valentina Rubcova
Composed at the same time as Scriabin's great poem for orchestra “Le Poème de l'extase.” Both works are based on the same literary program. Scriabin spent a long time honing the te
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditor: Valentina Rubcova
Often referred to as the “Black Mass,” this work delves into the mystic-dark sphere which fascinated Scriabin. This Urtext edition is based on the composer's revisions which followed the first public
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditor: Valentina Rubcova
A work of transcendent beauty and rich programmatic allusions, Scriabin's single-movement sixth Piano Sonata is a highly expressive product of the composer's final outburst of piano music. This editi
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditor: Valentina Rubcova
Scriabin called his seventh sonata “White Mass,” drawing attention to the mystical basis that is stamped on all his late works, including this one. He attempts here to translate into sound his ideal
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditor: Valentina Rubcova
In his last years, Scriabin realized a noble and great idea. Inspired by his study of theosophical writings, he dreamed of joining music, poetry, mime, architecture, light, color and even aromas to c
Composer: Alexander ScriabinEditors: Michael Schneidt, Valentina Rubcova
Scriabin's ideal of music as part of a synthesis of the arts, raising people to a higher level of consciousness, is particularly apparent in this late work. Scriabin expert Valenti
During his youth, Richard Strauss composed a large number of works for piano solo, among them numerous sonatas. Yet it was only the Sonata in b-minor that he obviously considered important enough to want to see in print. It wa
Song List:
Tschaikowsky: April - Snowdrops
Tschaikowsky: August - The Harvest
Tschaikowsky: December - Christmas
Tschaikowsky: February - Carnival
Tschaiko
Composer: Richard WagnerEditors: Franz Liszt, Dominik Rahmer
Liszt made numerous piano transcriptions of works by other composers. This edition includes the text of the opera's final scene in an appendix. Henle's contribution to the Wagner anniversary y
Composer: Carl Maria von WeberEditor: Ernst Herttrich
There were two reasons behind Weber's hesitation to perform his opus 79, known as “Concert Piece” in public. As he wrote to the music journalist Friedrich Rochlitz, experience had shown that concertos
