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To order my CD recordings, please click on the PayPal links, or send me an email. Six Sonatas by Alexander Scriabin
Lawrence Budmen of the American Record Guide remarks of this CD, "Big-boned pianism, rich tonal colors and dazzling technique are on display here. Has Scriabin ever been played better?" Order this disc of the sonatas 3, 4, 5, 8, 9 and 10 and find out for yourself! I have included a sample track below to whet your appetite. Romeo Records 7232. Romeo Records website. Scriabin, Sonata no. 4 in F#, excerpt (5:02) [4.61 MB]B! Music of Bach, Bartok and Brahms
The Complete Mazurkas of Karol Szymanowski
Some free sample mp3 tracks:
More Music Samples Please enjoy some more sample mp3 recordings below. Harpsichord:
Fortepiano:
Modern piano:
Some of my performances may also be found at the Karol Szymanowski info website, at the Romeo Records website, at David Thomas's website and at Aaron Berkowitz's website. to send e-mail to Matthew Bengtson. Copyright
2002-2008 Matthew Bengtson |
Pictured
is my recording (2004) of J.S. Bach's lively Partita no. 5 in G, Bela Bartok's
evocative Suite Out of Doors and Johannes Brahms's songful Four Ballades, op. 10. Free mp3
selections from the recording are given in the three links below.
Pictured
is my compact disc recording (2002) of the Complete Mazurkas of Karol Szymanowski. These exquisite mazurkas
were the subject of my doctoral paper Karol Szymanowski: Revitalizing the Solo Piano Mazurka
Genre (2001), my AMS Lowens Award lecture on that subject, and my paper The 'Szymanowski
clash': Harmonic Conflict and Ambiguity in the Szymanowski Mazurkas, which won the
2003 Stefan and Wanda Wilk Prize for Research in Polish Music. This article will be published shortly online at
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