Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 4 (1903)( Pogorelich)(with full score)

Pogorelich 1990 live ABSOLUTELY jenious playing, the BEST Andante 00:12 (attacca)Prestissimo volando 04:28 Pogorelich 2005 live Damn its good, slow but STRONG Andante 09:11 (attacca)Prestissimo volando 15:06 Pf. Ivo Pogorelich The Piano Sonata No. 4 in Fsharp major, Op. 30, was written by Alexander Scriabin in 1903. It consists of two movements, Andante and Prestissimo volando, and is the shortest of Scriabin s sonatas (a typical performance takes about 8 minutes). The sonata is written in a postRomantic style, similar to Scriabin s other works of the time, and the mood could be described as erotic. The first movement, expressive and calm, is monothematic (based on a single theme). The second movement, celebratory and climactic, starts attacca right after the Andante movement. A more Romantic idea is the use of cyclic form in restating the Andantes main theme (dolcissimo) as the ecstatic climax of the Prestissimo volando movement (Focosamente, giubiloso). This outl