Dear Friends,
my musical choice of the day is Scriabin, Etude Op.8 No.12 in D-Sharp minor.
Etude Op. 8 No. 12 is a technical etude for piano in D-sharp minor which was written by Alexander Scriabin in 1894. 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. This piece was a favorite encore of Vladimir Horowitz. The dramatic leitmotif and moving recitative of the solo in the upper voices on the chordal background is characteristic of Scriabin's early creations.The piece's tempo varies between 100 and 112 bpm.
Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (6 January 1872 [O.S. 25 December 1871]–27 April 1915) was a Russian composer and pianist who developed a highly lyrical and idiosyncratic tonal language. Driven by a poetic, philosophical and aesthetic vision that bordered on the mystical, he can be considered the primary figure of Russian Sybolism in music. Scriabin influenced composers like Olivier Messiaen, Sergei Prokofiev and Igor Stravinsky. Scriabin stands as one of the most innovative and most controversial of composers. The Great Soviet Encyclopedia said of Scriabin that, "No composer has had more scorn heaped or greater love bestowed..." Lev Tolstoj once described Scriabin's music as "a sincere expression of genius."
(Source: Wikipedia)
http://www.componisten.net/downloads/Scriabin,%20revolution%20in%20music.pdf
Happy listening!
Laura Cipollina- IBIOCAT, Divisione Marketing e Commerciale
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