The Complete Preludes and Etudes for Pianoforte Solo

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915): Preludios y Estudios completos para piano.

Edited by K. N. lgumnov and Y.I. Mil'shteyn .

Alexander Nikolayevitch Scriabin (1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist, is best known for his perfeetly spun miniatures where his novel harmonie and pianistie ideas were most brilliantly worked out. This volume in Dover's continuing series of musical scores presents the best of Scriabin's works, his complete etudes and preludes for the solo piano.

There are the Chopinesque works from his early period, including the 12 etudes from Op. 8 and the 24 Preludes, Op. 11. The works of the middle period, when he began working out his new harmonies based on a series of fourths, include the outstanding sets of Preludes, Opp. 33 and 48, and the Etudes, Op. 42. The 5 Preludes, Op.74 and the Etudes, Op. 65 from the final period reveal perhaps most about his joyous ecstasy and languid contemplation, moods which no other composer could express to such a degree. There are also the preludes and etudes from Opp. 2,9,13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 45, 49, 51, 56, 59 and 67, each containing miniatures working out some subtle harmonie, rhythmic or melodic idea with a perfect pianistic sense of writing.
This book has been especially designed as a playing edition -the noteheads are large and easily readable at the piano, and the margins and spaces between staves are adequate for written notes, fingerings and turnovers. It is also most useful for analysis, or simply for listening along with records.
A Dover original (1973) edition, reproducing the entire musical contents of "Prelyudii dlya fortepiano" (two volumes, 1966 and 1967) and "Etyudy dlya fortePiano" (1967), edited by K. N. Igumnov and Y. I. Mil'shteyn.

CONTENIDO:

* PRELUDES

- Op. 2, No.2 in B Major (1889)
- For the Left Hand, Op. 9, No.1 in C Sharp Minor (1894)

- 24 Preludes, Op. 11
Part I (1888-1896):
No.1 in C Major (1893)
No.2 in A Minor (1895)
No.3 in G Major (1895)
No.4 in E Minor (1888)
No.5 in D Major (1896)
No.6 in B Minor (1889)

Part II (1894-1896):
No.7 in A Major (l895)
No.8 in F Sharp Minor (1896)
No.9 in E Major (1894)
No. 10 in C Sharp Minor (1894)
No. 11 in B Major (1895)
No. 12 in G Sharp Minor (1895)

Part III (1895):
No. 13 in G Flat Major (1895)
No. 14 in E Flat Minor (1895)
No. 15 in D Flat Major (1895)
No. 16 in B Flat Minor (1895)
No. 17 in A Flat Major (1895)
No. 18 in F Minor (1895)

Part IV (1895-1896):
No. 19 in E Flat Major (1895)
No. 20 in C Minor (1895)
No. 21 in B Flat Major (1895)
No. 22 in G Minor (1896)
No. 23 in F Major (1895)
No. 24 in D Minor (l895)

- Six Preludes, Op. 13 (1895)
No.1 in C Major
No.2 in A Minor
No.3 in G Major
No.4 in E Minor
No.5 in D Major
No.6 in B Minor

- Five Preludes, Op. 15 (1895-1896)
No.1 in A Major (1895)
No.2 in F Sharp Minor (1895)
No.3 in E Major (1895)
No.4 in E Major (1896)
No.5 in C Sharp Minor (1895)

- Five Preludes, Op. 16 (1894-1895)
No. 1 in B Major (1894)
No. 2 in G Sharp Minor (1895)
No. 3 in G Flat Major (1894)
No. 4 in E Flat Minor (1895)
No. 5 in F Sharp Major (1895)

- Seven Preludes, Op. 17 (1895-1896)
No. 1 in D Minor (1896)
No. 2 in E Flat Major (1896)
No. 3 in D Flat Major (1896)
No. 4 in B Flat Minor (189S)
No. 5 in F Minor (1895)
No. 6 in B Flat Major (1895)
No. 7 in G Minor (1895)

- Four Preludes, Op. 22 (1897)
No. 1 in G Sharp Minor
No. 2 in C Sharp Minor
No. 3 in B Major
No. 4 in B Minor

- Two Preludes, Op. 27 (1900)
No. 1 in G Minor
No. 2 in B Major

- Four Preludes, Op. 31 (1903)
No. 1 in D Flat Major/C Major
No. 2 in F Sharp Minor
No. 3 in E Flat Minor
No. 4 in C Major

- Four Preludes, Op. 33 (1903)
No.1 in E Major
No.2 in F Sharp Major
No.3 in C Major
No.4 in A Flat Major

- Three Preludes, Op. 35 (1903)
No.1 in D Flat Major
No.2 in B Flat Major
No.3 in C Major

- Four Preludes, Op. 37 (1903)
No. 1 in B Flat Minor
No. 2 in F Sharp Major
No. 3 in B Major
No. 4 in G Minor

- Four Preludes, Op, 39 (1903)
No.1 in F Sharp Major
No.2 in D Major
No. 3 in G Major
No. 4 in A Flat Major

- Op. 45, No.3 in E Flat Major (1904)

- Four Preludes, Op. 48 (1905)
No.1 in F Sharp Major
No.2 in C Major
No.3 in D Flat Major No.4 in C Major

- Op. 49, No.2 in F Major (1905)

- Op. 51, No.2 in A Minor (1906)

- Op. 56, No.1 in E Flat Major

- Op. 59, No.2 (1910)

- Two Preludes, Op. 67 (1912-1913)
No. 1
No. 2


- Five Preludes, Op. 74 (1914)
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3
No. 4
No. 5


* ETUDES

- Op. 2, No.1 in C Sharp Minor (1887)

- Twelve Etudes, Op. 8 (1894)
Part I:
No. 1 in C Sharp Major
No. 2 in F Sharp Minor
No. 3 in B Minor
No. 4 in B Major
No. 5 in E Major
No. 6 in A Major

Part II:
No. 7 in B Flat Minor
No. 8 in A Flat Major
No. 9 in G Sharp Minor
No. 10 in D Flat Major
No. 11 in B Flat Major
No. 12 in D Sharp Minor

- Eight Etudes, Op. 42 (1903)
No. 1 in D Flat Major
No. 2 in F Sharp Minor
No. 3 in F Sharp Major
No. 4 in F Sharp Major
No. 5 in C Sharp Minor
No. 6 in D Flat Major
No. 7 in F Minor
No. 8 in E Flat Major

- Op. 49, No.1 in E Flat Major (1905)
- Op. 56, No.4 (1908)

- Three Etudes, Op, 65 (1911-1912)
No. 1
No. 2
No. 3