ISBN 9790006536924. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Preface: Hamelin, Marc-André.
No genre reflects Skrjabin?s artistic evolution more vividly than his piano sonatas. Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 and 8 which are presented in this edition were written between 1911 and 1913, at times contemporaneously with the late Sonatas Nos. 9 and 10.
All autographs and printed sources including Skrjabin?s sketches and drafts have been thoroughly evaluated. The edition presents a meticulously edited musical text offering new readings and is supplemented by an informative Preface on the sonatas? genesis and significance (Ger/Eng). The Critical Commentary (Eng) provides information on alternative readings and editorial decisions. An elegant well-presented engraving with practical page-turns rounds off this edition at the cutting edge of musical scholarship.
?The clarity and correctness of the text are unimpeachable. ? The plentiful front-matter, quite separate from the texts, constitutes a complete education as to Scriabin?s harmonic style, the structure of these sonatas, their origin and source history, and many other background matters. All of these are scrupulously annotated. ? Study of this edition is an indispensable guide to a fuller understanding of Scriabin as a human being and thinker, as well as an uniquely innovative and rich composer for the piano.? (Simon Nicholls).
