A.Scriabin - Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28

Описание: A.Scriabin - Fantasie in B Minor, Op. 28

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Alexander Scriabin's Fantasie in B minor, Op. 28, was written in 1900. This is a single sonata form movement which bridges the gap between Scriabin's third and his fourth sonata. Scriabin wrote this piece during an otherwise compositionally unproductive period during his tenure at the Moscow Conservatory.

he piece's existence may have been forgotten by the composer. According to Leonid Sabaneyev, when Sabaneev started to play one of its themes on the piano in Scriabin's Moscow flat (now a museum), Scriabin called out from the next room "Who wrote that? It sounds familiar." – "Your 'Fantaisie' ", was the reply. Scriabin said, "What 'Fantaisie'?"[1] This story, told by Sabaneev and repeated by Faubion Bowers in his biography of Scriabin, may however be apocryphal. At any rate, as Sabaneev saw fit to fake Scriabin's death-date and otherwise make free with facts, his recountings of otherwise uncorroborated stories are best taken with a grain of salt. Be that as it may, Bowers' extensive documentation of Scriabin's concert programs shows no evidence of Scriabin having played the piece in public.