Scriabin - Preludes (2), Op. 67

Remarkably assured, beautifully shaped playing by Kreiling of Scriabin’s knotty, post-Romantic soundworld. Many highlights in this two-CD set, but the ‘Insect’ Tenth Sonata captivates. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

It’s a tribute both to Scriabin and his interpreter Daniel Pereira that we are not bored, despite the consistency of the compositional voice… the pleasure of this collection lies in how Scriabin... — International Piano, September 2020 More…

In this third instalment in his survey of Scriabin’s complete piano works, Alexeev’s temperamental affinity once again comes paired with sovereign command of colours and intonations (in the... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2019 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2000 More…

Naxos has turned up trumps with the little-known Russian Evgeny Zarafiants. Rhythmically subtle (and continually supple), tonally expansive and dramatically wide-ranging, he plays this music... — BBC Music Magazine More…

Not since Gordon Fergus-Thompson’s outstanding Scriabin series for ASV has the other-worldly, deeply sensual aspects of this extraordinary music been brought so alluringly to life — BBC Music Magazine, September 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

A starry pianistic line-up give their all in Scriabin's microcosmic soundworlds, highlighted by Gavrilov's Fourth, Trpceski's Fifth and Pletnev's Tenth sonatas, alongside Ogdon's hypnotic Vers... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…