A pedagogical analysis of selected early piano works by alexander. Digital booklet this album features the acclaimed finnish pianist olli mustonen with piano works by alexander scriabin, which have become his signature pieces in recital. Recordings 1 commercial accompaniments 0 synthesizedmidi 0 3. It features many technical challenges, including treacherous stretches with intervals up to an eleventh, numerous jumps in the left hand, repetitive chord strikes, and abundant octaves. Belaieff in 1897, in leipzig, germany, together with his 12 etudes, op. Revolutionary is part of a trilogy of dances that duncan created around 1923 to the etudes of. Mother is part of a trilogy of dances that duncan created around 1923 to the etudes of scriabin. The complete preludes and etudes for pianoforte solo by alexander scriabin 18721915. The elegant e flat major 19th affetuoso at times sounds like a parody of chopin, but appears to employ a variation on the theme scriabin used in the d sharp minor etude no. You need much more dynamic and rhythmic contrast to create the sense of tension and drama, its too serene. Free free alexander scriabin sheet music sheet music pieces to download from. During his student years, scriabin perceived himself solely as a pianist, but even so, by the time he was fourteen, he was composing some of his most introspective works.
They were composed in the same period as the first two piano sonatas. I like when there\\\\\\\s no fingers indication in the paper, so that i can do it by. Tradition and innovation in the twentyfour preludes, opus 11 of alexander scriabin. It is youthful, vigorous, technically demanding piano music in the grand late romantic style, written at a point in scriabins life when he and rachmaninov were still headed in the same direction. The final chapter will combine research from the first three chapters to display an. It was revived by irma duncan in 1927, and restaged by julia levien in 1978. I know many find horowitzs 60s recordings of this piece superior, but i prefer horowitz rendering of the middle section and the. Pdf digital sheet music to download and print, midi and mp3 audio files once you buy or access this item as a member, youll be able to. Copyright by hwayoung lee 2006 the university of texas at austin.
This is scriabins revolutionary etude, so there needs to be more fire in your style. This thesis examines scriabins philosophy and piano music. It is youthful, vigorous, technically demanding piano music in the grand late romantic style, written at a point in scriabin s life when he and rachmaninov were still headed in the same direction. I like when there\\\\\\\s no fingers indication in the paper, so that i can do it by myself without fighting against the editor\\\\\\\s. It is a particular favorite among pianists and audiences alike. Fingerings included, edited by oriol lopez calle with mp3 and midi files. Allen the russian composer alexander nikolayevich scriabin 18721915 is best known today for a number of highly experimental pieces written in the later days of his career. The scriabin etude op8 no12 may well be the best known and most loved of scriabin s works for the piano. Its like 812 on crack especially the lh, which sometimes has to jump more than a 15th in octaves, going at about q108112 in triplets. An examination of innovations in alexander scriabins late.
The earliest of these compositions is the single etude of op. When i first became involved with scriabins music, scriabin eclipsed everything in. Alexander nikolayevich scriabin was a russian composer and pianist. The robust muscularity of the c minor 20th appassionato is contrasted most effectively by the mesmeric quiet and gentleness of no.
University of miami scholarly repository open access dissertations electronic theses and dissertations 20160425 a pedagogical analysis of selected early piano works by. See in yury kholopov, scriabin and the harmony of the 20 th. I once tried it and had to give up on it after only 2 weeks. Hi james, i like this piece a lot and actually have a recording of my own up here, as well. The scriabin etude op8 no12 may well be the best known and most loved of scriabins works for the piano. Its like 8 12 on crack especially the lh, which sometimes has to jump more than a 15th in octaves, going at about q108112 in triplets. An examination of innovations in alexander scriabins late etudes for piano. One later became his callingcard in the west, the etude in c sharp minor, op. Most piano teachers consider alexander scriabins piano worns to be appropriate only for their. Jun 25, 2010 this is scriabin s revolutionary etude, so there needs to be more fire in your style. An examination of innovations in alexander scriabins late etudes. Sophia agranovich performs alexander scriabin etude in dsharp minor op.
This etude was written in 1887, when scriabin was just 15 years old. Doctor of musical arts performance, december 20, 42 pp. As one might surmise from the low opus number, this is early scriabin and thus somewhat stylistically derivative. Alexander nikolayevich scriabin, piers lane scriabin. Yet while it divulges unmistakable echoes of chopin and liszt, it also reveals a good measure of sophistication and growing mastery of keyboard writing, pointing the way toward the later individualism of the composer. Print and download in pdf or midi twelve etudes xii. Grange concluded that scriabin had an inverted impotence complex. In the first section, i play the sextuplets without pedal, with a little more staccato and a firm finish on the half note at the beginning of the next measure, but thats just something that i like to do based on a recording i heard by horowitz several years ago.