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: Prelude No. 15 In D Flat Major
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Aleks M.
'One time I just dropped off. I wake up to some charming sounds. I didn’t even want to move, so as not to break the magic spell. Then I ask: ‘What is it?’ It turned out to be his D♭ major prelude [op. 11, no. 15]. That is one of the best memories of my life.'
– Vasilii Safonov
Susan Baldwin
Music has its own language. It’s above and beyond anything you could ever attempt to put into words.
MattWeisherComposer
This piece is waking up before your lover on a bright morning and watching them sleep with a slight smile. Heaven.
Sam A.
Seriously one of the most beautiful two minutes in music
Nana Kwame
Stunningly beautiful.
June Pan
This is an amazing cover and a beautiful piece
OMissIssippiO
this version is incredibly beautiful. i listened to the others first - i don't know why i skipped this - but thank god i finally cliked on this one too.
Federico
Scriabin makes something very beautiful and sad at the same time..
marjolein
He was 25 when he wrote this. My favorite of the set
Evan Zheng
Op. 11 was published in 1897, but Scriabin wrote this particular prelude (and most of the other preludes in this opus) in 1895, when he was 23.