Sonata for Piano Op. 66, No. 8

Piano Solo
In his last years, Scriabin realized a noble and great idea. Inspired by his study of theosophical writings, he dreamed of joining music, poetry, mime, architecture, light, color and even aromas to create a Gesamtkunstwerk, and thus elevate human beings to a higher level of consciousness. This Mysterium was never completed, but his late piano sonatas-conceived as preliminary studies-enable us to see what moved Scriabin. He spent a particularly long time working on his eighth sonata and proofread it intensively; but later quite a few mistakes still found their way into it. Thanks to the autograph and the first edition, ambiguous passages have now been cleared up and corrected in our Urtext edition.

Additional Information

SKU: 51480354
UPC: 884088241049
Series: Henle Music Folios
Page Count: 38
Contributors: (ed. Valentina Rubcova, fing. Michael Schneidt)