
Messe noire
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1/7Composer's Artistic Vision
The album brings together the 'last Liszt' and the 'last Scriabin' to highlight their shared ability to evoke mystery and create unique soundscapes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
At the end of their lives, both Liszt and Scriabin were visionaries who continued to invent and create bridges towards modernity in their music.
Performer Biography
Célimène Daudet, the pianist on this album, is a Franco-Haitian soloist recognized internationally for her playing and artistic commitment.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in November 2019 at the Philharmonie de Paris, a notable concert hall in France.
Compositional Technique
Scriabin, a composer featured on this album, invented the 'mystic chord,' which is a prominent feature in most of his later compositions.
Compositional Technique
Both Liszt and Scriabin questioned harmonic language through extreme chromaticism and the obfuscation of tonality in their later works.
Performer Biography
Célimène Daudet, the pianist, founded the Haiti Piano Project in 2017 to bring a concert piano to Haiti and establish the country's first international piano festival.
















