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Picturing Scriabin

by Helena Basilova

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Picturing Scriabin marks a century since the passing of Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915). Released in April 2015, the album pays homage to this Russian composer, who has remained one of the most mysterious and controversial artistic figures of all time. His music evokes a sense of elation and weightlessness, as if the law of gravity were reversed. Scriabin developed his own harmonic language, his own idiom and principles of musical construction. Stravinsky called him a “man without citizenship,” he does not fit in any particular musical or cultural tradition.

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released January 5, 2015

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Helena Basilova Amsterdam, Netherlands

Among the many clichés surrounding Russia, perhaps none is more persistent than a nostalgia Russians supposedly feel for a time they may never have known. Helena Basilova, born in Russia to two established pianists/composers but raised in the Netherlands, subverts all other stereotypes. But her personal history did - undeniably - instill her with a sense of melancholy. ... more

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