Peter Orth - Scriabin: 24 Préludes, Op. 11 & Rachmaninoff: Sonata No. 1, Op. 28 (2015)

Tracklist

01. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Vivace in C Major
02. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegretto in A Minor
03. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Vivo in G Major
04. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Lento in E Minor
05. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Andante cantabile in D Major
06. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegro in B Minor
07. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegro assai in A Major
08. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegro agitato in F-Sharp Minor
09. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Andantino in E Major
10. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Andante in S-Charp Minor
11. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegro assai in B Major
12. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Andante in G-Sharp Minor
13. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Lento in G-Flat Major
14. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Presto in E-Flat Minor
15. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Lento in D-Flat Major
16. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Misterioso in B-Flat Minor
17. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegretto in A-Flat Major
18. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Allegro agitato in F Minor
19. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Affettuoso in E-Flat Major
20. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Appassionato in C Minor
21. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Andante in B-Flat Major
22. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Lento in G Minor
23. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Vivo in F Major
24. 24 Preludes, Op. 11: Presto in D Minor
25. Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28: Allegro moderato
26. Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28: Lento
27. Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28: Allegro molto


American pianist Peter Orth’s second recording for Challenge Classics pairs Scriabin’s 24 Preludes, Op 11 with Rachmaninov’s Sonata No 1. The former pieces have been “a constant companion” since, as a schoolboy, he heard Gina Bachauer play them in Carnegie Hall and now he’s recorded them for the Scriabin centenary in 2015.

Winning First Prize in the 1979 Naumburg International Piano Competition catapulted Peter Orth into the American musical mainstream with a highly acclaimed recital debut in Alice Tully Hall. Not long afterwards he was awarded the Shura Cherkassky Prize by the 92nd Street Y in New York and the Fanny Peabody Mason Award in Boston. Since that time, he has been heard as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, as well as the orchestras of Detroit, Montreal, Pittsburgh and Saint Louis.

Since moving to Cologne in 1992, Mr. Orth’s European reputation has grown apace by appearing in such distinguished venues as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, London’s Wigmore Hall, and the Klavier Festival Ruhr in Germany. He maintains a special relationship with Italy where he plays regularly. He conducted two concertos from the keyboard with the Orchestra of the Ukraine at Tignano Castle outside Florence where he has been the director of Friends of Music at Tignano. He is the Professor of Piano and Chamber Music at the Hochschule for Music in Detmold, Germany.

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