Piano Sonata No. 2 (Scriabin)

The Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Opus 19 Russian composer and pianist Alexander Scriabin ( 1872-1915 ) entitled " Sonate - Fantaisie " was completed in 1897 and is in two movements.

Formation

Alexander Scriabin's Piano Sonata No. 2 in G sharp minor, Op 19 was probably started in 1892, but until 1897 ended during a stay in the Crimea and in the autumn of the same year in Paris. The fair copy created the pianist Vera Ivanovna Issakowitsch, since the summer of 1897 Scriabin's wife. From Vienna, she was sent to Mitrofan Belyayev, Scriabin's patron and publisher who let them prepare immediately for printing.

Music

The Sonata with a playing time of about 11 to 12 minutes has two sets:

• I. Andante
• Presto II

The work is entitled " Sonate - Fantaisie " and tells an equally designated unnumbered youth Scriabin Sonata from 1886 also both key and two-movement. The two-movement has also returned to two-movement sonatas ( opp. 78, 90, 111). Unlike Beethoven, however, have in two movements of the sonata of Scriabin exposition and recapitulation larger size and weight as the implementation.

The main theme of the first movement ( G sharp minor ) is characterized by a short, ending with three throbbing Triolenachteln motif. The secondary theme is in B - flat major. Pronounced coloristically ornamental figurations back parts of the sentence in the vicinity of Impressionism. The second movement is determined by continuous, flowing, wave-like, extremely rapid triplets.

After Scriabin's own words, the second sonata is inspired by impressions of various marine moods. The first (mostly resulting in Genoa) set accordingly evokes evening peace and nocturnal moonlight on a seashore, while the second reflects stormy rough sea.