🇷🇺Alexander Scriabin ： 4 Preludes b-moll Op.37-1

Within a brief span, this prelude condenses Scriabin’s intense harmonic language and finely shaded expression. Rather than unfolding as a broad, openly sung melody, the melodic line seems to emerge quietly from within, while changing harmonies sustain the music’s tension. A key point of interest is the careful tracing of shifts in volume and resonance within its concisely shaped course. In performance, it is important to balance the principal melody and inner voices without allowing the accompaniment figures to become too heavy. The pedal should preserve the resonance without blurring it, and natural breathing in the phrases, together with subtle flexibility of tempo, brings out the work’s concentrated emotion.