JoAnn Falletta, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra - Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy; Symphony No. 2 (2023)

Scriabin composed most of his single-movement fourth symphony The Poem of Ecstasy between 1905 and 1908 in Italy and France. He originally intended it to be called Poème orgiaque (‘Orgiastic Poem’) with its unprecedented raw sensuality and overpowering aesthetic, taking chromaticism beyond even Wagnerian voluptuousness. His earlier Symphony No. 2 in C minor adopts César Franck’s cyclical ideas to which Scriabin layered sweeping climaxes, majestic intensity and rich orchestral colour that enliven its five movements with ceaseless invention.

Performer:
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor

Tracklist:
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915)
01. Le poème de l'extase (The Poem of Ecstasy), Op. 54, "Symphony No. 4"
Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 29
02. I. Andante
03. II. Allegro
04. III. Andante
05. IV. Tempestoso
06. V. Maestoso