Alexander Scriabin - Prometheus or The Poem of Fire (with score)

Many thanks to Thomas Van Dun for his preparation of this score video. Prometheus or The Poem of Fire / Symphony no. 5 - for orchestra, chorus and light organ Written by Alexander Scriabin in 1910. Performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Symphony Chorus, conducted by Pierre Boulez ’This was the last orchestral work written by Scriabin, and it is widely regarded as his most radical large composition and one of his greatest masterpieces. From about 1903 onward Scriabin was drawn toward the study of theosophy, and he gradually became more daring stylistically as well. The Symphony No. 5 reflects his increasingly eccentric artistic persona: it attempts to take the first step toward uniting all art forms, as well as to express certain religious and philosophical ideas. The work’s harmonic language is advanced -- but this was only another step along the way for Scriabin, who had already fashioned a st