Skryabin Late Piano Works, Etcetera

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“.... familiar with the works of Xenakis, Feldman, Takemitsu, Kagel, Cage, Boulez, to name but a few, Roger Woodward sets things back on the right track, illuminating all the prophetic, revolutionary aspects of Skryabin, stripping back to the bone.  Farewell to honeyed over-elaborations, pompous tirades, smudged mascara.  The late works (1911-14) win back their milky colour, regain their lunar state, in the hands of a pianist who knows…...”