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ALEXANDER SCRIABIN

ANTHONY HEWITT

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Alexandra Dariescu presents the first disc in a 'Trilogy of Preludes' containing thecomplete works of this genre by Chopin and Dutilleux.

Dariescu is a deeply impressive exponent of both composers work, bringing toevery piece the lucidity and sensitivity it commands.

The Sunday Times

COMPLETE PRELUDES VOL.1:CHOPIN & DUTILLEUXALEXANDRA DARIESCU piano

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TRACK LISTING

THREE PIECES, Op.21 No.2 in B Major: Prelude 100

PRELUDE AND NOCTURNE FOR THE LEFT HAND ALONE, Op.92 No.1 in C-Sharp Minor: Prelude 245

24 PRELUDES, Op.113 Prelude No.1 in C Major: Vivace 0584 Prelude No.2 in A Minor: Allegretto 2545 Prelude No.3 in G Major: Vivo 0586 Prelude No.4 in E Minor: Lento 2267 Prelude No.5 in D Major: Andante cantabile 1408 Prelude No.6 in B Minor: Allegro 0509 Prelude No.7 in A Major: Allegro assai 111

10 Prelude No.8 in F-Sharp Minor: Allegro agitato 13711 Prelude No.9 in E Major: Andantino 13912 Prelude No.10 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante 05013 Prelude No.11 in B Major: Allegro assai 14514 Prelude No.12 in G-Sharp Minor: Andante 13515 Prelude No.13 in G-Flat Major: Lento 14916 Prelude No.14 in E-Flat Minor: Presto 10117 Prelude No.15 in D-Flat Major: Lento 22118 Prelude No.16 in B-Flat Minor: Misterioso 22319 Prelude No.17 in A-Flat Major: Allegretto 05420 Prelude No.18 in F Minor: Allegro agitato 10021 Prelude No.19 in E-Flat Major: Affettuoso 12622 Prelude No.20 in C Minor: Appassionato 10623 Prelude No.21 in B-Flat Major: Andante 14924 Prelude No.22 in G Minor: Lento 11825 Prelude No.23 in F Major: Vivo 03726 Prelude No.24 in D Minor: Presto 052

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Dimension Trio Rafal Zambrzycki-Payne (violin), Thomas Carroll (cello) & Anthony Hewitt (piano) showcase their prestigious talents in their debut disc ofFantasy Trios with music by Suk, Schoenberg, Bridge and Ireland.

As ensemble playing, this really is as good as it gets ... an IRR Outstandingnomination for this magnificent disc.

International Record Review

FANTASY TRIOSDIMENSION PIANO TRIO

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6 PRELUDES, Op.1327 Prelude No.1 in C Major: Maestoso 25628 Prelude No.2 in A Minor: Allegro 04729 Prelude No.3 in G Major: Andante 12430 Prelude No.4 in E Minor: Allegro 10931 Prelude No.5 in D Major: Allegro 10432 Prelude No.6 in B Minor: Presto 135

5 PRELUDES, Op.1533 Prelude No.1 in A Major: Andante 21134 Prelude No.2 in F-Sharp Minor: Vivo 05435 Prelude No.3 in E Major: Allegro assai 12536 Prelude No.4 in E Major: Andantino 14037 Prelude No.5 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante 121

5 PRELUDES, Op.1638 Prelude No.1 in B Major: Andante 25039 Prelude No.2 in G-Sharp Minor: Allegro 12640 Prelude No.3 in G-Flat Major: Andante cantabile 23441 Prelude No.4 in E-Flat Minor: Lento 10742 Prelude No.5 in F-Sharp Major: Allegretto 040

7 PRELUDES, Op.1743 Prelude No.1 in D Minor: Allegretto 13044 Prelude No.2 in E-Flat Major: Presto 10245 Prelude No.3 in D-Flat Major: Andante 20646 Prelude No.4 in B-Flat Major: Lento 12447 Prelude No.5 in F Minor: Presto 12048 Prelude No.6 in B-Flat Major: Andante doloroso 14549 Prelude No.7 in G Minor: Allegro assai 139

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in his hometown ofCumbria with the aim ofbringing internationallyrenowned artists to arural part of England including Nicola Benedetti,Steven Isserlis, TasminLittle, Natalie Clein, ChloeHanslip, and Alina Ibragimovato name a few. Part of his roleincludes work in thecommunity with local schoolchildren in workshops, familyconcerts, and master classes. In2014 he gave his conductingdebut in a performance ofBeethovens 2nd Symphony withthe Northern Chamber Orchestra.

In 2012 he gained the admirationof the music world and beyond bycycling 1200 miles from Lands Endto John OGroats and giving a concertevery night, raising over 13,000 for charity.

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4 PRELUDES, Op.221 Prelude No.1 in G-Sharp Minor: Andante 1432 Prelude No.2 in C-Sharp Minor: Andante 1063 Prelude No.3 in B Major: Allegretto 1104 Prelude No.4 in B Minor: Andantino 057

2 PRELUDES, Op.275 Prelude No.1 in G Minor: Patetico 2256 Prelude No.2 in B Major: Andante 113

4 PRELUDES, Op.317 Prelude No.1 in D-Flat Major 2478 Prelude No.2 in F Minor 0479 Prelude No.3 in E-Flat Major 040

10 Prelude No.4 in C Major 128

4 PRELUDES, Op.3311 Prelude No.1 in E Major 11012 Prelude No.2 in F-Sharp Major: Vagamente 12213 Prelude No.3 in C Major 04314 Prelude No.4 in A-Flat Major: Ardito, bellicoso 110

3 PRELUDES, Op.3515 Prelude No.1 in D-Flat Major: Allegro 05216 Prelude No.2 in B-Flat Major: Elevato 31617 Prelude No.3 in C Major: Scherzoso 121

4 PRELUDES, Op.3718 Prelude No.1 in B-Flat Minor: Mesto 22519 Prelude No.2 in F-Sharp Major: Maestoso, fiero 10820 Prelude No.3 in B Major: Andante 22221 Prelude No.4 in G Minor: Irato impetuoso 058

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Anthony Hewitt is regarded as one of Britains finest pianists, and since winning theprestigious William Kapell Competition in Washington DC, has enjoyed a prolific careerspanning two decades, including concerto appearances with the National SymphonyOrchestra in the USA and in the UK with the English Chamber and Royal Philharmonicorchestras.

He has performed at most of the UK's major concerts halls, including concertoappearances at Royal Festival Hall in London and Symphony Hall in Birmingham,frequent recitals at Wigmore Hall since his debut there in 1998, and has appeared aschamber musician at Kings Place and Cadogan Hall in London, Bridgewater Hall inManchester, and Usher Hall in Edinburgh.

He is a member of Dimension Piano Trio recipients of the prestigious Parkhouse Award whose 2014 CD Fantasy Trios was praised in The Sunday Times for playing of rarerichness and depth. His duo partners have also included clarinettist Emma Johnson,cellist Thomas Carroll, and two pianos/four hands with eminent pianist Martin Roscoe.

Anthony has recorded for Decca, Naxos, Champs Hill Records and Divine Art Records forwhom he added to the catalogue the first coupling of the Liszt and Reubke PianoSonatas, a disc which was praised in International Record Review as magisterial, andreceived a Gramophone recommendation. He has made several recordings with violistSarah-Jane Bradley and Gramophone described the duos recording of a disc of music byBritish composer Peter Fribbins as superb.

Anthony trained at the Yehudi Menuhin School with Simon Nicholls and Seta Tanyel,and was accepted at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia as a student of LeonFleisher and Claude Frank at the age of 17.

He enjoys a diverse musical life as piano tutor at the Birmingham Conservatoire, as wellas festival director; in 2003 Anthony founded the Ulverston International Music Festival

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4 PRELUDES, Op.3922 Prelude No.1 in F-Sharp Major: Allegro 10323 Prelude No.2 in D Major: Elevato 20424 Prelude No.3 in G Major: Languido 22325 Prelude No.4 in F Minor 122

26 PRELUDE IN E-FLAT MAJOR, Op.45 No.3: ANDANTE 140

4 PRELUDES, Op.4827 Prelude No.1 in F-Sharp Major: Impetuoso fiero 04228 Prelude No.2 in C Major: Poetico con delizio 12929 Prelude No.3 in D-Flat Major: Capricciosamente affannato 04630 Prelude No.4 in C Major: Festivamente 057

31 PRELUDE IN F MAJOR, Op.49 No.2: BRUSCAMENTE IRATO 107

32 PRELUDE IN A MINOR, Op.51 No.2: LUGUBRE 208

33 PRELUDE IN E-FLAT MINOR, Op.56 No.1: VIOLENT, TRS ACCENTU 105

34 PRELUDE, Op.59 No.2: SAUVAGE, BELLIQUEUX 154

2 PRELUDES, Op.6735 Prelude No.1: Andante 21636 Prelude No.2: Presto 058

5 PRELUDES, Op.7437 Prelude No.1: Douloureux, dechirant 11538 Prelude No.2: Trs lent, contemplatif 12939 Prelude No.3: Allegro drammatico 04940 Prelude No.4: Lent, vague, indecis 20241 Prelude No.5: Fier, belliqueux 114

CD2 total: 5952Total: 21518

Produced, engineered and edited by Patrick AllenRecorded from 2426 April and 810 December 2014 in the Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UKCover and booklet photography Opera OmniaExecutive Producer for Champs Hill Records: Alexander Van Ingen Label Manager for Champs Hill Records: Matt Buchanan

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the Symbolists who preached that art, particularly music, presented a potentialgateway to a higher reality believed would instigate a happening when actuallyperformed. The even more individual world of Poem of Ecstasy is explored extensivelyin Scriabins next clutch of opuses (Opp.4856). Rather than suffering the formertorments of composing, Scriabin now felt bliss as he experienced his own mastery: Iam God, he wrote in a personal notebook.

After years shuttling between Europe and the United States, Scriabin and Tatyanafinally returned to Russia for good in 1910. Pale, delicate in health and paranoidabout infection, Scriabin nonetheless believed he was destined to save the worldthrough his music. While he performed his earlier, more conventional piano works inpublic, he worked at his would-be magnum opus Mysterium (never completed), andcomposed his last, genuinely mysterious piano works including his last two sets ofPreludes, Opp.67 and 74.

Daniel Jaff

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FOREWORD

Its astonishing that these most beautiful, intricate and sonorous works are to this dayknown to only a few, even within the musical world. Scriabins Preludes have anincredible depth and variety of material, each with its own very distinctive characterand mood, and it was a joy to perform them. Inspired by th