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Work: Caresse dansée for piano, Op.57 no.2

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ComposerScriabin, Alexander (1872-1915)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeInstrumental
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LondonLeon McCawley

Wigmore Hall
Haydn, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Liszt, Fauré, Ravel, Chopin
Leon McCawley, Piano
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Had the piece been much longer, pianist, instrument, audience and hall would surely have been consumed by some Pentecostal fire. Which is more or less what the composer had in mind.
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