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Heart-thumping: Alexander Melnikov plays Chopin and Scriabin at Wigmore Hall

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“he can get more out of a single note and the surrounding space than I have commonly heard”
Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 23 January 2016
Chopin, 24 Préludes, Op.28
Scriabin, Fantasie in B minor, Op.28
Scriabin, Deux Poèmes Op.32
Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 3 in F sharp minor, Op.23
Scriabin, 5 Preludes, Op.74
Scriabin, Piano Sonata no. 9 in F major, "Black Mass Sonata," Op.68
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