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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24 Preludes Op. 11: No. 1
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Scriabinist
1. Vivace in C major 0:06
2. Allegretto in A minor 1:13
3. Vivo in G major 3:43
4. Lento in E minor 4:37
5. Andante cantabile in D major 6:27
6. Allegro in B minor 8:00
7. Allegro assai in A major 8:59
8. Allegro agitato in F-sharp minor 9:57
9. Andantino in E major 12:22
10. Andante in C-sharp minor 13:46
11. Allegro assai in B major 15:05
12. Andante in G-sharp minor 16:47
13. Lento in G-flat major 18:25
14. Presto in E-flat minor 19:52
15. Lento in D-flat major 20:52
16. Misterioso in B-flat minor 22:40
17. Allegretto in A-flat major 24:42
18. Allegro agitato in F minor 25:21
19. Affettuoso in E-flat major 26:16
20. Appassionato in C minor 27:45
21. Andante in B-flat major 28:51
22. Lento in G minor 30:38
23. Vivo in F major 31:52
24. Presto in D minor 32:32
Riccardo Valente
MY TOP NINE:
• Prelude no1 (00:07-1:10)
[my favorite]
• no 5 (6:28-8:00)
[inspired by Chopin's prelude no 13]
• no 6 ( 8:00- 8:55)
[Allusion of Chopin's prelude no 22 and Brahms rapsodie)
• no 11 (15:06-16:44)
[my second favorite]
• no 14 (19:51-20:47)
[Probably inspired by Chopin's style. The start remember me etude op 10 no 9]
• no 17 (24:41-25:21)
• no 20 (27:45-28:46)
[very interesting time of attack, remember me italian style of Opera]
• no 23 (31:52-32:32)
[Very similar to Chopin's Etude op 25 no 3 or to second moviment of the third Chopin Sonata op 58 : scherzo molto vivace]
• no 24 (32:33)
[I think that the succession of chords between 32:44-32:49 is an absolutely brilliant find : the highest peak of emotional expression]
Skriabin= Genius
Kae S.N.
As an homage to Elizabeth of Petrograd (anonymous callsign: Mr.Sadmusician), whose voice was ruined and yet communicated as best she could through the art of music...
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Elizabeth showed me this piece and she wrote the following words, also...
“I remember a dream; the sound of rain: myriad swords, falling down.
My mind pays vigil to this light; it limns the dark... it is no complex mantra, yet it is an icon. It is my armature; set against the weight of hard times.
Should I give it up, it could only be darkness; Thanatos, the Death Drive."
— Sadmusician (translated and refined)
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She is gone, now; perhaps the cancer took her: but she fled long before all that.
Oh, Elizabeth! I have mourned you, so... Brave soul thou wert...
<<REQUIESCAT,>> dearest shade of my heart. 🌩
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A Poor Memorial for the Sadmusician .
Jimmy Choo
One of the best composers ever lived.
David Andersen
Yes. Agreed.
Happy creeper
Yeah ! After Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Liszt, Rach...
Peter Rowan
@Happy creeper not ‘after’ half of those
Antti Kujari
Skrjabin's creativity is without equal, he's unique and criminally unterrated
Barnabás Vissi
Totally agree!
Shooshie128
The world is slowly discovering Skryabin. He’s complicated and modern yet with both feet planted in the romantic past. It’s amazing to hear and amazing to play.
Makar dykin
Totally agree with you, but I don’t think the romantic past is bad.
Greg Capaldini
He has the same problem as Schubert, Schumann, and Debussy: Everyone presumes that their orchestral works are the most important thing they wrote. Those three composers as well as Scriabin wrote some of the most brilliant and imaginative keyboard music in the repertoire, but folks would rather hear something prosaic for orchestra rather than something challenging, and ultimately stimulating, for the piano.
YourLifeWillForeverBeALie
I studied with his great great grandson, from what I have see, Scriabin is the greatest composer to ever live