Ludmila Berlinskaya plays Scriabin

Ludmila Berlinskaya (piano)

Composers

Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich (1890–1960)
Scriabin, Alexander Nikolayevich (1872-1915)
Scriabin, Julian (1908-19)

Works

Pasternak: Prelude in E flat minor
Pasternak: Prelude in G sharp minor
Scriabin: 3 Pieces Op. 45
Scriabin: Enigme, Op. 52 No. 2
Scriabin: Nuances, Op. 56 No. 3
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30
Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 'Black Mass'
Scriabin: Poème in F sharp major, Op. 32 No. 1
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 5 in D major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 9 in E major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 10 in C sharp minor
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 11 in B major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 13 in G flat major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 14 in E flat minor
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 17 in A flat major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 20 in C minor
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 21 in B flat major
Scriabin: Prelude, Op. 11 No. 22 in G minor
Scriabin: Preludes (24), Op. 11
Scriabin: Quasi Valse, Op. 47
Scriabin: Vers la flamme, Op. 72
Scriabin, J: Prelude 1919
Scriabin, J: Prelude, Op. 2
Scriabin, J: Two Preludes, Op. 3

Firma Melodiya presents an album with recordings of Alexander Scriabin’s, Julian Scriabin’s and Boris Pasternak’s works performed by Ludmila Berlinskaya, an Honoured Artist of Russia and prize-winner of prestigious international competitions.

A representative of a renowned musical dynasty, Ludmila Berlinskaya has performed on the stages of some of the some of the most prestigious venues of the world, including Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Concertgebouw, the Wigmore Hall, the Royal Albert Hall, the Fenice, the Royal Academy in Brussels, the National Auditorium of Music in Madrid and others. As a recognized chamber music performer, she has collaborated with some of the greatest musicians such as Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Viktor Tretiakov, Alexander Knyazev, Paul Meyer, Gérard Caussé, Ivry Gitlis, Renaud Capuçon and many others. The album was inspired by the works of Alexander Scriabin who takes a special place in Ludmila Berlinskaya’s life. According to the pianist, this collection is built on the principle of evolution, and this evolution is for the listener. It showcases the progress of Scriabin’s music – from the Preludes, Op. 11, to the poem Toward the Flame, Op. 72. The Two Preludes written under the influence of the music of Alexander Scriabin and the future poet, novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature Boris Pasternak are of particular interest, while the Four Preludes, moving compositions by young Julian Scriabin, show natural bent of a future great composer. The making of the album involved the talents of the renowned recording producer and sound engineer Jean-Martial Golaz who has collaborated with a number of big labels such as Harmonia Mundi, Opus 111, Erato, Arion and others.

January 2016

[Berlinskaya] is limpid and graceful in the first five of her Op 11 Preludes…then launches headlong into the E flat minor Prelude, taken at a presto of fiery, explosive energy and momentum. This is the point at which the recital really takes wing. In the remaining preludes she feels the pulse of the music instinctively…there is an idiomatic fluidity to her playing, which spills over into the Fourth Sonata.