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

Pogorelich 1990 live - ABSOLUTELY jenious playing, the BEST Mov.I: Andante 00:12 : (attacca)Prestissimo volando 04:28 Pogorelich 2005 live - Damn its good, slow but STRONG Mov.I: Andante 09:11 : (attacca)Prestissimo volando 15:06 Pf. Ivo Pogorelich The Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-sharp 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 post-Romantic 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 Andante’s main theme (dolcissimo) as the ecstatic climax of the Prestissimo volando movement (Focosamente, giubiloso). This outl