Scriabin: Piano Works

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Fergus-Thompson’s Scriabin charts the composer’s stylistic journey with an all-encompassing palette both pellucid and full-blooded. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2019, 4 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 19th Jul 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4829034
Label: Eloquence
Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

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Scriabin: Étude Op. 2 No. 1 in C sharp minor

Work length3:16

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Scriabin: 8 Etudes, Op. 42

Work length16:45

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

No. 1 in D-Flat Major

Track length2:18

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in F-Sharp Major

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No. 4 in F-Sharp Major

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No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

Track length3:18

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No. 6 in D-Flat Major

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No. 7 in F Minor

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No. 8 in E-Flat Major

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Scriabin: Sonata Op. 30, No. 4

Work length7:56

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Scriabin: Sonata Op. 53, No. 5

Work length13:08

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Scriabin: Sonata Op. 68, No. 9

Work length8:48

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Scriabin: Sonata Op. 70, No. 10

Work length13:29

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1991-01-01
Recording Venue: Henry Wood Hall, London

Scriabin: Nocturnes (2), Op. 5

Work length6:15

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-01

No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length3:16

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No. 2 in A Major

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Scriabin: Piano Sonata in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19, No. 2 "Sonata Fantasy"

Work length13:49

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-01

1. Andante

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2. Presto

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Scriabin: Piano Sonata in F-Sharp Minor Op. 23, No. 3

Work length21:14

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-01

1. Drammatico

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2. Allegretto

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3. Andante

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4. Presto con fuoco

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Scriabin: 12 Etudes for piano, Op. 8

Work length34:22

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1994-01-01

No. 1 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in B Minor

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No. 4 in B Major

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No. 5 in E Major

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No. 6 in A Major

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No. 7 in B-Flat Minor

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No. 8 in A-Flat Major

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No. 9 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 10 in D-Flat Major

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No. 11 in B-Flat Minor

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No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor

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Excerpt, Scriabin: 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 2 Prelude in B Major

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Scriabin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 for the Left Hand

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

Scriabin: Preludes (24), Op. 11

Work length35:08

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 1 in C Major

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No. 2 in A Minor

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No. 3 in G Major

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No. 4 in E Minor

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No. 5 in D Major

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No. 6 in B Minor

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No. 7 in A Major

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No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 9 in E Major

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No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 11 in B Major

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No. 12 in G-Flat Minor

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No. 13 in G-Flat Major

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No. 14 in E-Flat Minor

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No. 15 in D-Flat Major

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No. 16 in B-Flat Minor

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No. 17 in A-Flat Major

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No. 18 in F Minor

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No. 19 in E-Flat Major

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No. 20 in C Minor

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No. 21 in B-Flat Major

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No. 22 in G Minor

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No. 23 in F Major

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No. 24 in D Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (6), Op. 13

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 1 in C Major

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No. 2 in A Minor

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No. 3 in G Major

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No. 4 in E Minor

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No. 5 in D Major

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No. 6 in B Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (5), Op. 15

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 1 in A Major

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in E Major

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No. 4 in E Major

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No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (5), Op. 16

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 1 in B Major

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No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in G-Flat Major

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No. 4 in E-Flat Minor

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No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (7), Op. 17

Work length10:02

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999

No. 1 in D Minor

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No. 2 in E-Flat Major

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No. 3 in D-Flat Major

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No. 4 in B-Flat Minor

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No. 5 in F Minor

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No. 6 in B-Flat Major

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No. 7 in G Minor

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Scriabin: Ten Mazurkas, Op. 3

Work length40:14

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999-06-24
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in B Minor

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in G Minor

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No. 4 in E Major

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No. 5 in D-Sharp Minor

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No. 6 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 7 in E Minor

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No. 8 in B-Flat Minor

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No. 9 in G-Sharp Minor

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No. 10 in E-Flat Minor

Track length7:16

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Scriabin: Nine Mazurkas, Op. 25

Work length35:15

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999-06-24
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in F Minor

Track length3:48

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No. 2 in C Major

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No. 3 in E Minor

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No. 4 in E Major

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No. 5 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 6 in F-Sharp Major

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No. 7 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 8 in B Major

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No. 9 in E-Flat Minor

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Scriabin: Two Mazurkas, Op. 40

Work length4:03

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 1999-06-24
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in D-Flat Major

Track length2:09

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

Track length1:54

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 22

Work length4:49

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor

Track length1:39

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No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in B Major

Track length1:07

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No. 4 in B Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (2), Op. 27

Work length2:47

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in G Minor

Track length1:31

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No. 2 in B Major

Track length1:16

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 31

Work length5:03

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in D-Flat Major / C Major

Track length2:29

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor

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No. 3 in E-Flat Minor

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No. 4 in C Major

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 33

Work length4:23

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in E Major

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

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No. 3 in C Major

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No. 4 in A-Flat Major

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Scriabin: Preludes (3), Op. 35

Work length4:25

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in D-Flat Major

Track length0:53

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No. 2 in B-Flat Major

Track length2:21

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No. 3 in C Major

Track length1:11

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 37

Work length6:29

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in B-Flat Minor

Track length2:20

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

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No. 3 in B Major

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No. 4 in G Minor

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 39

Work length4:55

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in F-Sharp Major

Track length0:51

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No. 2 in D Major

Track length1:12

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No. 3 in G Major

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No. 4 in A-Flat Major

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Excerpt, Scriabin: 3 Pieces Op. 45

Work length1:43

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 3 Prelude in E-Flat Major

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Scriabin: Preludes (4), Op. 48

Work length3:46

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in F-Sharp Major

Track length0:37

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No. 2 in C Major

Track length1:32

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No. 3 in D-Flat Major

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No. 4 in C Major

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Scriabin: 3 Pieces for Piano, Op. 49

Work length0:44

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

2. Prelude

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Excerpt, Scriabin: Four Pieces, Op. 51

Work length2:24

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 2 Prelude in A Minor

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Excerpt, Scriabin: Quatre Morceaux Op. 56

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

1. Prelude

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Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op. 59

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 2 Prelude

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Scriabin: Preludes (2), Op. 67

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1

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No. 2

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Scriabin: Preludes (5), Op. 74

Work length6:16

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1

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No. 2

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No. 3

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No. 4

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No. 5

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Scriabin: Two Pieces, Op. 57

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

1. Désir

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2. Caresse dansée

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Excerpt, Scriabin: 3 Pieces for piano, Op. 2

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

3. Impromptu à la Mazur

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Scriabin: 2 Impromptus à la Mazur, Op. 7

Work length9:36

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in G-Sharp Minor

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No. 2 in F-Sharp Major

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Scriabin: 2 Impromptus, Op. 10

Work length8:04

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Gordon Fergus-Thompson (piano)
Recorded: 2000-11-03
Recording Venue: Hanslope Parish Church, Northamptonshire

No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor

Track length4:31

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No. 2 in A Major

Track length3:33

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Over the course of the 1990s, the Scottish pianist Gordon Fergus-Thompson recorded five albums of Scriabin on the ASV label. Long unavailable, they are compiled and reissued here for the first time complete with original booklet essays by Bryce Morrison.

Interviewed in 1995, at roughly the halfway point of the series, Fergus-Thompson remarked that he found ‘an essential continuity in Scriabin’s language. There’s a special sort of logic in the progress from the First to the Tenth Sonata. Scriabin was a new, entirely original kind of composer/pianist and even in his earliest works his flightiness and volatility are paramount. It’s an extraordinary experience playing and recording this music, alternately exhilarating and unnerving.’

Renowned both for his Debussy and his Rachmaninov, Fergus-Thompson is thus ideally equipped to elucidate the transient, haunted world of Scriabin. His playing strikes a balance between precision and spontaneity, between intellect and emotion. He faithfully mirrors the development of Scriabin’s style as it departs from the sideways romance of the Op. 3 Mazurkas and becomes increasingly fragmented, full of tensions abruptly set up and terminated. At the point where the series itself was terminated in 2001, Fergus-Thompson had recorded the complete Etudes, Preludes and many other shorter pieces as well as six of the ten sonatas (Nos. 2-5, 9 and 10). Throughout the series, critics noted his refined tonal elegance, fully conveyed by the spacious and detailed ASV recording, and his innate feeling for Scriabin’s superfine intricacy and exotically

perfumed harmonies in the later music.

‘Gordon Fergus-Thompson clearly has his hands on the nerve centers of this music, and he has here given an all-too-brief collection of revelatory performances.’ - Fanfare (CD1)

‘Fergus-Thompson’s playing is very fine indeed, particularly in the more fiery movements of the Third Sonata, cleanly articulated but still warm and atmospheric. The sound is ideal.’ - BBC Music Magazine (CD2)

‘For those who wish to savour Scriabin’s often bewildering changeability without having their emotions torn to shreds, Fergus-Thompson is uniquely spellbinding in this repertoire.’ - International Piano (CD3)

‘The elusive character of these fascinating and neglected works could hardly be presented more vividly and insinuatingly than by Fergus-Thompson.’ - Gramophone, June 2000 (CD4)

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Fergus-Thompson’s Scriabin charts the composer’s stylistic journey with an all-encompassing palette both pellucid and full-blooded.

Scriabin: Piano Works

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