🇷🇺Alexander Scriabin ： Canon d-moll WoO 1

The melody enters one voice at a time, as if pursuing itself, while the same material overlaps at a delay to create quiet tension and a richly layered sonority. Although each voice remains independent, all are bound into a single musical flow; listening to the entrances and changing overlaps of the imitative lines offers a key to appreciating the structure. In performance, avoid overemphasizing only the principal melody, and instead give careful attention to the character of each voice and to the natural passing of the material between them. By maintaining an unhurried tempo, following the harmonic shifts attentively, and using a supple touch that keeps the inner voices from disappearing, the subtle shading within the concise writing can be brought out.