Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin or Aleksandr Scriabin (Russian: Александр Н… Read Full Bio ↴Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin or Aleksandr Scriabin (Russian: Александр Николаевич Скрябин; 1872-1915, Moscow) was a Russian composer and pianist.
Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another; it is most likely, however, that Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
Many of Scriabin's works are written for the piano; the earliest pieces resemble Frédéric Chopin and include music in many forms that Chopin himself employed, such as the etude, the prelude and the mazurka. Later works, however, are strikingly original, employing very unusual harmonies and textures. The development of Scriabin's voice or style can be followed in his ten piano sonatas: the earliest are in a fairly conventional late-Romantic idiom and show the influence of Chopin and Franz Liszt, but the later ones move into new territory.
Scriabin has been often considered to have had synaesthesia, a condition wherein one experiences sensation in one sense in response to stimulus in another; it is most likely, however, that Alexander Scriabin did not actually experience this. His thought-out system of relating musical notes to colours lines up with the circle of fifths. Prometheus: Poem of Fire includes a part for a 'clavier à lumières' (keyboard of lights) though this is not often featured in performances.
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032 Poemes, Op. 32: No. 1 in F sharp major (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)3:29Alexander Scriabin
0412 Etudes, Op. 8: No. 12 in D sharp minor (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)2:04Alexander Scriabin
064 Preludes, Op. 22: No. 1 in G sharp minor (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)1:16Alexander Scriabin
072 Mazurkas, Op. 40: No. 2 in F sharp major: Piacevole (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)0:49Alexander Scriabin
102 Pieces for the Left Hand, Op. 9: No. 2. Nocturne in D flat major (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)4:38Josef Lhevinne
11Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op. 19, "Sonata-Fantasy": I. Andante (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)6:35Constantine Igumnoff
122 Mazurkas, Op. 40: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major: Piacevole (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)1:02Alexander Goldenweiser
183 Pieces, Op. 2: No. 1. Etude in C-Sharp Minor (Welte-Mignon piano roll recording)3:26Austin Conradi
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The Caswell Collection, Vol. 5 (1906-1926)
Alexander Scriabin Lyrics
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