Eccentrics
4: Alexander Scriabin was one of music's great egomaniacs. He became convinced of his own godlike stature and hoped to write a colossal piece which would combine all the arts into a single great mystical affirmation of the powers of sex and divine love. Unfortunately, he got a carbuncle and died before these plans came to fruition; but what he left behind is some of the most voluptuous music of the 20th century. Scriabin Vers la Flamme
Roger Woodward (piano)
Arensky Piano Trio No 1 in D minor, Op 32 Arensky Trio
Scriabin Poem of Ecstasy Cleveland Orchestra, conductor Lorin Maazel Scriabin Piano Sonata No 9 Stephen Hough