

Alexander Scriabin
Piano Sonata no. 8 op. 66
In his last years, Scriabin realized a noble and great idea. Inspired by his study of theosophical writings, he dreamed of joining music, poetry, mime, architecture, light, colour and even aromas to create a “Gesamtkunstwerk”, and thus elevate human beings to a higher level of consciousness. This “Mysterium” was never completed, but his late piano sonatas – conceived as preliminary studies – enable us to see what moved Scriabin. He spent a particularly long time working on his eighth sonata and proofread it intensively; but later quite a few mistakes still found their way into it. Thanks to the autograph and the first edition, ambiguous passages have now been cleared up and corrected in our Urtext edition.
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About the Composer

Alexander Skrjabin
Russian composer and pianist. The focal point of his oeuvre is his extremely unique piano music; in addition, he wrote important orchestral works.
About the Authors

Valentina Rubcova (Editor)
Valentina Rubcova holds a doctorate in musicology, is editor-in-chief of the Moscow music publishing house “Muzyka – P. Jurgenson Publishing House” and deputy head of research at the Scriabin Memorial Museum Moscow.

Michael Schneidt (Fingering)
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Mit Skrjabins 8. Klaviersonate hat der G. Henle Verlag eine Ausgabe vorgelegt, die in der Tradition seiner seit langem bekannten hohen Qualität steht.
Neue Musikzeitung, 2008The clarity of the Henle edition will facilitate initial learning, as it makes the detail of cross-rhythms and layering of voices easy to comprehend.
Piano Professional, 2008Henle continue their admirable re-branding of Scriabin’s complex music with an especially lucid and expansively presented presentation of the mysterious, wistfully lugubrious Eighth Sonata. … Rubcova has also removed a number of unnecessary reminders of accidentals which had existed in earlier publications. Fingering by Michael Schneidt is subtly spread throughout the work and is generally sensible.
International Piano, 2008recommendations
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