Beethoven, Scriabin, Prokofiev & Debussy: Piano Sonatas

Featuring

Natalia Andreeva
Ludwig van Beethoven
Alexander Scriabin
Sergei Prokofiev
Claude Debussy

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Performer Biography

The pianist, Natalia Andreeva, started learning piano at age five in St. Petersburg, Russia, and later continued her musical education as a Fulbright scholar in Chicago.

Compositional Technique

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 27, Op. 90, is notable for being one of the first works where he provided bilingual tempo indications in both Italian and German.

Compositional Technique

Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 10 is known as 'The trill sonata' due to the predominance of trills, and Scriabin himself referred to it as 'The insect sonata,' saying "Insects are born from the sun… they are the sun's."

Composer's Artistic Vision

Sergei Prokofiev, composer of Piano Sonata No. 2, identified several 'basic lines' in his compositional style, including classical, modern, toccata, and lyrical elements.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Beethoven, the composer of Piano Sonata No. 27, once stated that he never worked without a 'picture in his mind' when composing.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in 2014 at St. Catherine Lutheran Church in St. Petersburg, Russia, with Kira Malevskaya as the sound engineer and Andrej Hoteev as the producer.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexander Scriabin, composer of Piano Sonata No. 10, believed that only his music could express the inexpressible, and saw creativity as a celebration of life.