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Composer | Scriabin, Alexander (1872-1915) |
Period | Early 20th century |
Year | 1908 |
Work type | Instrumental |
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Haydn, Scriabin, Prokofiev, Beethoven, Liszt, Fauré, Ravel, Chopin
Leon McCawley, Piano
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Three Russian giants in Oxford
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.
Scriabin revealed: Garrick Ohlsson at Wigmore Hall
Garrick Ohlsson’s ‘Skryabin Focus’ at Wigmore Hall opened with a concert on the composer's birthday which revealed the complex and myriad aspects of Scriabin's creative impulse and his deep affinity for the piano