Lugansky - Scriabin Etudes, Op. 8 (Concert at Ivanovka)

Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Etudes, Op. 8 (1894-1895) - No. 2, No. 4, No. 10, No. 11, No. 12 Nikolai Lugansky, 2019 Benefit Concert @Rachmaninoff’s Ivanovka Estate [0:00] #2 in F♯ minor. A capriccio, con forza [2:01] #4 in B major. Piacevole [3:43] #10 in D♭major. Allegro [5:41] #11 in B♭minor. Andante Cantabile [10:02] #12 in D♯ minor. Patetico “Corncrakes and quails do not call in the July nights, the nightingale does not sing in the woodland marsh, and there is no scent of flowers, but still the steppe is lovely and full of life. As soon as the sun goes down and the darkness enfolds the earth, the day’s weariness is forgotten, everything is forgiven, and the steppe breathes a light sigh from its board bosom. As though because the grass cannot see in the dark that it has grown old, a gay youthful twitter rises up from it, such as is not heard by day; chirruping, twittering, whistling, scratching, the basses, tenors and sopranos of the steppe all mingle in an incessant, monotonous roar of sound in which it is sweet to brood on memories and sorrows….” “The Steppe”, Anton Chekhov, tr. by Garnett