Grigory Sokolov Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Video 2007

The musical dramaturgy, passion and fantasy Sokolov created are simply unbelievable. 00:00 I. Drammatico 06:36 II. Allegretto 09:34 III. Andante 14:28 IV. Presto con fuoco A programme (either by Scriabin himself or his second wife, Tatyana Schloezer) was written for this sonata: 1. The free, untamed soul passionately throws itself into pain and struggle 2. The soul has found some kind of momentary, illusory peace; tired of suffering, it wishes to forget, to sing and blossomdespite everything. But the light rhythm and fragrant harmonies are but a veil, through which the uneasy, wounded soul shimmers 3. The soul floats on a sea of gentle emotion and melancholy: love, sorrow, indefinite wishes, indefinable thoughts of fragile, vague allure 4. In the uproar of the unfettered elements the soul struggles as if intoxicated. From the depths of Existence arises the mighty voice of the demigod, whose song of victory echoes triumphantly But, too weak as yet, it fails, be