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Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) was one of the individuals that I have previously mentioned. I especially like his Piano Concerto (Opus#20). He was a Russian. He died tragically before the Revolution. One of His nephews was a bishop and noted theologian in the Russian Orthodox Church. Scriabin was interested in and involved in mysticism. Often He was compared with Chopin. Scriabin wrote some orchestra music including five symphonies and The Poem of Ecstacy (opus #54).
He was influenced by the music of Frederick Chopin. However Chopin wrote mostly for solo piano. He wrote a Piano trio and a cello sonata. I am not as familiar with Chopin's music. I like the ending of Scriabin's Fourth Symphony. He was interested in the works of German philosopher Frederick Nietzsche (1844-1900) and in theopsophy and other strange doctrines. he had an interest in a "Mystical Chord". In 1969 the Yale Physics Department created a project passed on the mystical chord. Scriabin was Russian however he spent time abroad in the early years of the 10th century. He lived in Brussels from 1909-1910. and did spend some time in America. His most famous work is the piano concerto. I especially like the second movement. there are many excellent versions of this work. I have the version of Vladimir Ashkenazy on the piano with Lorin Maazel and the London symphony Orchestra. It is coupled with the Poem of Esctacy and Propethius on the London Label. I have the Second Symphony coupled with the Symphonic poen in D with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Igor Golovschin conducting. It is on the Naxos label. Naxos is a good deal for CDs.
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