A. Scriabin: Vers la flamme (Sofronitsky)

IMHO the best recording ever made of this literally flamboyant piece by the russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Sofronitsky mixes strength and power with softness and light textures sometimes even reminding the impressionistic experiments of Debussy. Alexander Scriabin completed his Vers la Flamme, Op. 72 for solo piano in 1914. It is a brief work around six minutes in duration, but its epic quality is pronounced and well contoured. In keeping with its title “Towards the Flame,“ the music careens from a s