#mazurkas

I thought the Nocturnes would get it but it was a tough choice. I think, at the moment at least, I would have to go for the.............Etudes, then Mazurkas, Waltzes, then Nocturnes.

2 Mazurkas, BI 16

I. Mazurka In G Major II. Mazurka In B-Flat Major

By Composer Fryderyk Chopin

2 Mazurkas, BI 16: I. Mazurka In G Major - II. Mazurka In B-Flat Major

By Composer Fryderyk Chopin

Idil Biret, Pianist

In Loving Memory, Mrs. Ivy Haywood ( May 26, 1932 - February 25, 2016 ) 🌹

Mazurkas, Op.7 - II. Vivo, Ma Non Troppo In A Minor

By Composer Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin

Maurizio Pollini & Michel Block - Mazurkas • Polonaises • Prélude • Impromptu • Nocturne • Valse

Heliodor

Alexander Scriabin (1871-1915) was a Russian composer who was first influenced by Chopin’s style. He had probably one of the most drastic change in composition style throughout his life, starting out Chopinesque and later developing a dissonant, atonal feel to his music. It has been believed that Scriabin would have been able to achieve true atonality like how Schoenberg did if he hadn’t died so young. Scriabin was also one of the first composers to associate key signatures with color, which is something I think about quite often now. I felt the need to make this post because I feel that Scriabin has been looked over quite often, and one of the less popular Russian composers. Here are some of his most notable compositions, give them a listen!

Orchestral

Symphony No 3- The Divine Poem

Symphony No 4- The Poem of Ecstasy

Piano Concerto in F sharp Minor

Piano

Etudes

Etude in C sharp minor (Scriabin wrote this when he was only 15)

Etude in D sharp minor

8 Etudes, Op 42

Preludes

Prelude and Nocturne for the Left Hand

24 Preludes Op 11 (My favorites are No 8, 9, 10, 11, 19, but they are all so good!!)

5 Preludes Op 74 (Notice how dissonant these are compared to Op 11, which is much more romantic)

Mazurkas

Of course Scriabin wrote a good amount of mazurkas, Chopin being his idol and all.

Mazurkas Op 3

Mazurkas Op 25

Sonatas

Scriabin’s had 10 sonatas published, the first 4 in a Romantic style

Sonata No 2 (personal favorite)

Sonata No 4

Sonata No 6 (is classical music can be creepy, then this piece is terrifying)

Other 

Waltz Op 38 (personal favorite)

Two Poems op 32

Poem-Nocturne Op 61

Mazurka, L.67

By Composer Claude Debussy

Francois-Joel Thiollier, Pianist