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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2 Poemes Op. 44: No. 2 in C major
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Alexander Churakov
The opening phrases of poem 1, sound like Debussey's Voiles. I am in love with Scriabin's later works. This tugs at the strings of my being. What an otherworldly sound.
Scriabinist
I wouldn't necessarily say this is a late Scriabin work but I agree
Mike Belknap
Wow. I like the way you put that. “Tugs at the strings of my being” I feel the same way. Late Scriabin touches something deep in me too. The very nature of reality. Scriabin himself said that his music expresses the inexpressible.
E A Pianist
@Scriabinist This is from his middle period.
Scriabinist
@E A Pianist Yes.
Scriabinist
So deeply romantic yet chromatic in style. The second Poeme sounds very spanish
Marco Gammanossi
Meravigliosi! Grazie per la condivisione
kyoung mihn
Thanks for posting this rare(?) piece.
Randy Kern
I’m furious at the first Poem. I thought it would be stupid easy to learn but your left hand is constantly hovering over your right hand and both my hands are tied in a knot. I gave up and did an op 17 prelude instead. That first one is gorgeous but is a nightmare to learn
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01:15 no.2