Etude in D-Sharp Minor, Op. 8 No. 12; Prelude for Left Hand, Op. 9 No. 1; Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op.11 No. 15; Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19; Poeme in F-Sharp Major, Op. 32 No. 1

Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin was born on Christmas Day 1871 into a Russian noble family. He later studied at the Moscow Conservatory under Anton Arensky, Sergei Taneyev and Vasily Salonov. He was an innovator and one of the most controversial composer-pianists of the 20th century, developing a much more dissonant musical language which accorded with his personal brand of metaphysics – in aesthetics, synesthesia (relating colours with harmonic tones) and mystical symbolism. Scriabin is best known for his sensitive, exquisitely polished piano music. He also wrote some orchestral music.

Here are four albums:

Scriabin. Yevgeny Sudbin. Release Date: 1 Oct 2007. Label: BIS.

Scriabin, The Piano Sonatas. Vladimir Ashkenazy. Release Date: 7 Jul 1997. Label: Decca.

Alexander Scriabine. Alexander Melnikov. Release Date: 8 May 2006. Label: Harmonia Mundi.

​Scriabin Complete Preludes. Dmitri Alexeev. Release Date: 7 Dec 2018. Label: Brilliant Classics.

(2024). Aleksandr Scriabin, Russian Composer, Impressionist, Mysticism. Britannica. USA: Authors. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aleksandr-Scriabin