Artist: 
Julius Asal

SCRIABIN – SCARLATTI

CD
€18,99

Release date: 3 May 2024

Article Number: 507048000

Julius Asal presents his first release on Deutsche Grammophon: "Scriabin – Scarlatti". The album brings together the music of two composers who are rarely mentioned in the same breath - one a Russian, fascinated by mysticism and its artistic expression, the other a Neapolitan, famous for the liveliness and sophistication of his 555 piano sonatas. 

In his dreamlike interpretation, Julius Asal cleverly dissolves the boundaries between works, eras and worldviews. He describes his artistic vision: »Everything is possible in a dream. Even seemingly disparate elements of different times and different densities can combine and form a substance that did not exist before. « 

Through Asal's two improvisational transitions, the composers appear as travelers through the past, present and future. »Perhaps when you listen you feel the symmetry between the real and the imaginary and feel how the original compositions are brought together through the coupling and my two transitions via the imagination. «  

The debut album provides a musical look at time, music and society in the context of change. It is available in vinyl, CD and digital formats.

Tracklisting:

1. Scriabin: PROLOGUE (Quasi Niente from Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Funebre)
2. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K. 466
3. Scriabin: Prélude in C Minor, Op. 11, No. 20
4. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K. 56
5. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, K. 58
6. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: I. Allegro con fuoco 
7. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: II. Adagio
8. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: III. Presto
9. Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Funebre
10. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, K. 238
11. Asal: TRANSITION I
12. Scriabin: Etude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 8, No. 11
13. Scriabin: Prélude in B-Flat Major, Op. 11, No. 21
14. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, K. 544
15. Scriabin: Prélude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 16, No. 4
16. Asal: TRANSITION II
17. Scriabin: Prélude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 11, No. 14
18. Scriabin: Prélude in B Major, Op. 16, No. 1
19. Scriabin: Prélude in B Minor, Op. 11, No. 6
20. D. Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, K. 87
21. Scriabin: EPILOGUE (Quasi Niente from Piano Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 6: IV. Funebre)

Format Album
Release Date 2024
Speed 33 RPM
Size 12"

Tracklist

  1. 1. IV. Funebre
  2. 2. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 466
  3. 3. No. 20, Appassionato in C Minor
  4. 4. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 56
  5. 5. Keyboard Sonata in C Minor, Kk. 58
  6. 6. I. Allegro con fuoco
  7. 7. II. (Adagio)
  8. 8. III. Presto
  9. 9. IV. Funebre
  10. 10. Keyboard Sonata in F Minor, Kk. 238
  11. 11. TRANSITION I
  12. 12. No. 11 in B-Flat Minor
  13. 13. No. 21, Andante in B-Flat Major
  14. 14. Keyboard Sonata in B-Flat Major, Kk. 544
  15. 15. No. 4 in E-Flat Minor
  16. 16. TRANSITION II
  17. 17. No. 14, Presto in E-Flat Minor
  18. 18. No. 1 in B Major
  19. 19. No. 6, Allegro in B Minor
  20. 20. Keyboard Sonata in B Minor, Kk. 87
  21. 21. IV. Funebre