Gryshyn - Viktor Kosenko & Alexander Scriabin: Transitions

Ukrainian pianist Igor Gryshyn performs the music of one of his greatest compatriots, pianist-composer Viktor Kosenko, alongside repertoire by a figure who inspired Kosenko�s output: Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. This album brings Kosenko�s music into the spotlight and reveals a composer deserving of wider attention. Kosenko�s �tudes, Op. 8 brim with a wealth of ideas, encompassing the chromatic fluidity and shifting colours that show Scriabin�s influence with other stylistic traits ranging from full-blooded Romanticism to jazz. Scriabin�s Four Preludes, Op. 22 date from early in his career and demonstrate his love of Chopin�s music as he takes elements of Chopin�s style to new extremes of expression. The Sonata No. 4 in F sharp major, Op. 30 was composed at a crossroads in Scriabin�s life, and reflects his increasingly vivid treatment of music as a vehicle for his ecstatic, intoxicating visions.