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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Prelude for the left hand Op. 9 No. 1
Alexander Scriabin Lyrics
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M Kwok
People arguing that Yuja played too fast don't know the essence.. No music is too slow if it's flowing; no music is too fast if it delicately expresses the right emotions ..
hjuniform
they simply don't like the speed because they are not used to it or first heard a version that is slow. I personally don't mind either, as you said, it is never too slow or too fast if the message is clear with a breathable flow.
Morgan Hayes
seems about right to me. Would like to hear her play the Nocturne as well.
Carlos Urbaneja Silva
Those who think Yuja Wang's performance is too fast should know perhaps that Scriabin marked this piece Andante. So I think her tempo is just perfect including the slight accelerando towards the middle for the climax of this gorgeous jewel. I'm sure Scriabin would have loved it...
FINK
I don't even find it much faster than most recordings, a lot of amateur performances of this piece take it at an adagio, but anyone well versed in Russian music seems to play it around this tempo.
Eddie Parach
I don’t know if it’s to fast or to slow I only know she plays it beautifully!!
vaad wilsla
This is actually nothing short of incredible. Beyond words. What a complete mastery she has over the keys - and how well she understands the music itself. That ethereal, reflective melancholy that haunts this piece is captured beautifully. Bravo.
Vito Cortesi
The Best performance ever! Yuja
Wang is a World Heritage Site!
Stanislav Gorokhivskyi
Brilliant. It really speaks to the heart.
Gloria García Rodas
Virtuosa!
Una interpretación que llega al alma. ❤