No CD with works by Alexander N. Skrjabin

Hi all, thank you...it was all down to the spelling. As Eweedhome noted, my spelling was not wrong, just not used on this side of the world. Regards from Switzerland

I like Scriabin quite a bit, and strongly recommend the following piano CD by pianist Pascal Amoyel: Intergrales des Poems, on Calliope, CAL9353. Calliope is a French label (not surprisingly). Scriabin wrote a number of pieces he called Poems, which are sort of like Chopin's Nocturnes, only with more advanced harmonies, etc., and the tend to be somewhat meditative (though there is plenty of serious piano-playing involved).

If you like this music, you ought to try Poem of Ecstacy for Orchestra as well. Great stuff.

(I don't think your method of spelling "Skrjabin" is "wrong," but that is not how it is commonly spelled in the West.)

last name is spelled as Scriabin, not Scrjabin. There are plenty CDs on amazon.

I have the Ashkenazy disc of Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy, Piano Concerto and Prometheus, old recordings but pretty good. I am told that Scriabin wrote a symphonic piece for orchestra and light organ!! Amazing for a man who lived in his time.

For me, the two Scriabin pieces Vladimir Horowitz plays on Horowitz In Moscow are the most powerful on the whole CD.

So long as you are researching under that spelling you are not too likely to find much. Try 'Alexander Scriabin' and you will find much to choose from.

I have in my collection the complete Etudes by Piers Lane on Hyperion, his 24 Preludes by Pizarro on Collins, his Complete Mazurkas by Pizarro on Collins, and his complete Sonatas by Boris Berman on Music & Arts. I'm sure there are many others and you might prefer them. I haven't heard them all yet, but the performances I listed are all very assessible and well recorded.

Try spelling it Scriabin.

Arkivmusic lists 366 recordings by Alexander Scribin.

Vladimir Ashkenazy has recorded a goodly number of Scriabin's works. They were originally issued on London CDs.