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Fabio Luisi and the DNSO Explore  Scriabin’s Complete Orchestral Music

Scriabin: Orchestral Works features guest performances from Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Julius Asal, James Ley and Ema Nikolovska, as well as the Danish National Concert Choir 
The album will be available for streaming/download on 24 October 2025
As the Danish National Symphony Orchestra and its Chief Conductor Fabio Luisi celebrate the ensemble&rsquo;s centenary year, Deutsche Grammophon announces the release of Scriabin: Orchestral Works. Presenting interpretations recorded at Copenhagen&rsquo;s DR Koncerthuset, this is the latest album in the ongoing partnership between the DNSO and DG. It follows on from the orchestra&rsquo;s acclaimed readings of the complete Nielsen symphonies and concertos, and from Verkl&auml;rte Nacht, the first release in what will be a comprehensive Schoenberg orchestral project.
On Scriabin: Orchestral Works, Luisi and the DNSO are joined by Julius Asal for the Piano Concerto in F&nbsp;sharp major and fellow pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard for Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e, le Po&egrave;me de feu (&ldquo;Prometheus, The Poem of Fire&rdquo;). Mezzo-soprano Ema Nikolovska and tenor James Ley are the soloists in Symphony No.&nbsp;1, and the Danish National Concert Choir appear in both that work and Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e. The album also includes R&ecirc;verie (&ldquo;Daydream&rdquo;), Symphonies Nos.&nbsp;2 and 3, and Le Po&egrave;me de l&rsquo;extase (&ldquo;The Poem of Ecstasy&rdquo;). It will be released digitally on 24&nbsp;October 2025, in time for the DNSO&rsquo;s exact 100th anniversary on 28 October, on which date the filmed version of the Piano Concerto will also get its <a href="https://www.stage-plus.com/video/live_concert_9HKNCPA3DTN66PBIEHFJCE9I">STAGE+ premiere</a>. More of the artists&rsquo; Scriabin concerts are also <a href="https://www.stage-plus.com/group/group_8TP6UTBGBSOJGCHG">available to stream now</a>.
Alexander Scriabin was one of the most original composers of the early 20th century. From around 1900 onwards, his music became increasingly experimental, influenced in part by his synaesthesia, but also by an array of mystical philosophical and religious ideas. He died in 1915, aged only 43.
While he wrote primarily for his own instrument, the piano, he also composed seven works for orchestra, starting with the glittering Piano Concerto of 1896 and the expressive R&ecirc;verie of 1898. These were followed by five symphonies, although Nos. 3-5 are better known by other names. Like the earlier two works, Nos. 1 and 2 inhabit a recognisably classical soundworld &ndash; the former&rsquo;s choral finale is modelled on Beethoven&rsquo;s Ninth, and the latter&rsquo;s rich contrasts have Mahlerian echoes.
By contrast, the remaining &ldquo;symphonies&rdquo; &ndash; Le Divin Po&egrave;me (No. 3), Le Po&egrave;me de l&rsquo;Extase (No. 4) and Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e, le Po&egrave;me du feu (No. 5) &ndash; are single-movement works written in a fantastical, shimmering new idiom. Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e calls not only for a solo pianist and a chorus, but a so-called &ldquo;colour organ&rdquo;, to translate changes in harmony into light and colour. A technical impossibility in 1911, this was realised for the DNSO&rsquo;s spectacular <a href="https://www.stage-plus.com/video/vod_concert_APNM8GRFDPHMASJKBSRJECG">Koncerthuset performance</a> with Pierre-Laurent Aimard in 2023.
Reflecting on their Scriabin project as a whole, conductor Fabio Luisi notes: &ldquo;I think that the great openness and curiosity of the DNSO is the perfect starting point for understanding Scriabin&rsquo;s music, which lies in the tension between tradition and visionary, indeed even revolutionary, ideas.&rdquo;
The DNSO launched its new season on 28 August with Beethoven&rsquo;s Ninth Symphony, also part of its programme at the BBC Proms in London a week earlier. Its anniversary concerts take place on 23 October (Langgaard, Schoenberg, Abrahamsen), 30/31 October (Mahler: Symphony No. 8) and 6/7 November (Beethoven &amp; Brahms), with special guest Anne-Sophie Mutter.

DG Releases the Complete Set of Symphonies by Carl Nielsen with DNSO and Fabio Luisi 

After six years of acclaimed live performances in Europe, USA and Asia, The Danish Symphony Orchestra and Fabio Luisi is now presenting their special take on Carl Nielsen's symphonies on record for the first time.
Deutsche Grammophon started releasing the new recording cycle from 14th October 2022, beginning with a digital release of Nielsen&rsquo;s Symphonies Nos. 4 and 5. The second digital release followed on the 9th of December, presenting the Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3. The third digital release including the symphonies Nos. 2 &amp; 6 was out on the 27th of January 2023. The releases of six symphonies on three individual digital albums received great critical acclaim.
&ldquo;These are quite marvellous (&hellip;) There&rsquo;s something about the temperament of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra when they rejoice in the bracing and songful adventures of their favourite son and with an Italian at the helm there is further assurance that this music will sing.&rdquo; (Gramophone)
Following the digital releases, a physical 3-CD-Set edition of the complete symphonies will be released on the 21st of April &ndash; during a two-week Carl Nielsen concert series Nielsen, Nielsen, Nielsen! in DR Koncerthuset, Copenhagen, in April 2023. &nbsp;The pre-order of this edition starts today.
The last album of the Nielsen cycle will be a digital album presenting Carl Nielsen&rsquo;s three solo concertos for flute, clarinet and violin recorded by The Danish Symphony Orchestra and soloists Bomsori Kim (violin), Ulla Miilmann (flute) and Johnny Teyssier (clarinet).
Fabio Luisi, Chief Conductor of the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, states:
&ldquo;The Danish National Symphony Orchestra and I are delighted to join Deutsche Grammophon for this important release cycle. I am particularly pleased to see the complete symphonies of Carl Nielsen being featured under the famous yellow logo, placing the composer in the canon of great 20th century composers which is fully deserved.&rdquo;
The Danish National Symphony Orchestra is internationally acclaimed for its interpretations of Carl Nielsen&rsquo;s music, cultivated through generations of musicians ever since the composer himself conducted the orchestra in the 1920s and 1930s. For Fabio Luisi, however, the symphonies of Carl Nielsen were a relatively new acquaintance when he took over the position as the orchestra&rsquo;s Chief Conductor in 2016. &ldquo;Nielsen&rsquo;s music really belongs to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and it has been a beautiful experience for me as a conductor to get to know this highly interesting, complex and deeply original composer&rdquo;, says Fabio Luisi.
Angelika Meissner, Director Classical, Artists &amp; Repertoire at Deutsche Grammophon, welcomes the Nielsen cycle as an important addition to Deutsche Grammophon&rsquo;s catalogue:
&ldquo;Carl Nielsen&rsquo;s symphonies, deeply rooted in Denmark&rsquo;s landscape and culture yet universal in their appeal, are among the greatest ever written. We&rsquo;re delighted to be partners in creating a new recorded cycle of these extraordinarily powerful works with an orchestra so closely associated with Nielsen and a conductor&nbsp;who&nbsp;is so open to fresh ideas and inspiration.&rdquo;

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Scriabin: Orchestral Works

Celebrating the ensemble&rsquo;s centenary year, the&nbsp;Danish National Symphony Orchestra&nbsp;and its Chief Conductor&nbsp;Fabio Luisi&nbsp;release their new digital album featuring orchestral works by Scriabin.
On the album, Luisi and the DNSO are joined by&nbsp;Julius Asal&nbsp;for the Piano Concerto in F sharp major and fellow pianist&nbsp;Pierre-Laurent Aimard&nbsp;for&nbsp;Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e, le Po&egrave;me de feu&nbsp;(&ldquo;Prometheus, The Poem of Fire&rdquo;). Mezzo-soprano&nbsp;Ema Nikolovska&nbsp;and tenor&nbsp;James Ley&nbsp;are the soloists in Symphony No. 1, and the&nbsp;Danish National Concert Choir&nbsp;appear in both that work and&nbsp;Prom&eacute;th&eacute;e. The album also includes&nbsp;R&ecirc;verie&nbsp;(&ldquo;Daydream&rdquo;), Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3, and&nbsp;Le Po&egrave;me de l&rsquo;extase (&ldquo;The Poem of Ecstasy&rdquo;).
Reflecting on the project, Luisi notes: &ldquo;I think that the great openness and curiosity of the DNSO is the perfect starting point for understanding Scriabin&rsquo;s music, which lies in the tension between tradition and visionary, indeed even revolutionary, ideas.&rdquo;

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