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SCRIABIN - STARR; Etude pathetique, for symphony orchestra (an orchestration by Mark Starr of Scriabin's Etude, opus 8, no. 12, originally for piano)
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SCRIABIN - STARR; Etude pathetique, for symphony orchestra (an orchestration by Mark Starr of Scriabin's Etude, opus 8, no. 12, originally for piano)
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You are purchasing high quality sheet music PDF files suitable for printing or viewing on digital devices.Quite possibly, no piece in all of music has packed such extroverted passion into such a brief moment in time as Scriabin's Etude in D-sharp minor, subtitled 'Patetico.' Composed in 1894, it is the last of his 12 Etudes, opus 8, for piano solo. In its two-minute duration, Scriabin overwhelms his listeners with a spontaneous outpouring of emotion, building to a white-hot climax of musical self-immolation.
Over the years, I have heard many pianists perform this etude - but, in my opinion, none of their performances remotely approaches the searing intensity of Scriabin's own, captured in 1910 on a Welte-Mignon piano roll - which you can hear on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK2uTtuI84w . (The Welte-Mignon reproducing pianos were the state-of-the-art in 1910, and in many ways their rolls give a much more accurate reproduction than cylinder recordings or even early discs.)
Perhaps, a symphony orchestra orchestra can convey the intensity and depth of feeling that, for me, Scriabin alone expressed.
For reasons of orchestral technique, I have transposed the piece from D-sharp minor to D minor.
Incidentally, the musical interpretation in both the Scorch playback and the MP3 demo (i.e., the metronome vales, the ritardandos and accelerandos, and the unnotated crescendos/diminendos) are modeled after Scriabin's recorded piano performance.
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