Svetlana Andreeva, the pianist on this album, is a laureate of numerous international piano competitions, including the Paderewski Competition and the Scriabin Competition.
Compositional Technique
The album's structure mirrors a medieval mystery play, featuring a symmetrical architecture with a prologue, epilogue, an interlude, and four acts.
Interpretation
Pianist Svetlana Andreeva's approach to programming concerts is often theatrical, and this album's structure is inspired by medieval 'mystery plays'.
Recording & Production
The electronic elements in this program, a new experience for pianist Svetlana Andreeva, appear only in the prologue and epilogue, acting as 'thresholds' or 'edges of a black hole'.
Composition History
The core of the album's program focuses on works composed between 1912 and 1916, just before the First World War, a period of profound transition.
Recording & Production
This album, Mysteria, was recorded live at the Chinon Conservatoire with a real audience, which the pianist Svetlana Andreeva found to be a magical experience.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The album title Mysteria refers to both medieval mystery theatre and Scriabin's Mysterium, an ambitious, unfinished work by composer Alexander Scriabin who dreamed of creating music to transform humanity.
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