Op.51 - 4 Pieces

Four languid pieces:
No.1 – Fragilité
No.2 - Prelude
No.3 – Poème Ailé
No.4 – Danse Languide
The first is like a poem, with infinite delicacy, in one of the most lyrical tonalities among Scriabin’s compositions—F♯ major—its resonance and mobility somehow reminiscent of Chopin’s posthumous Études. The second is sorrowful and shadowed, perhaps influenced by the tragic loss of Scriabin’s daughter, Rimma (Scriabin would refuse to play it in public during his lifetime). The third is fantasque, like a man jumping, trying to reach the Moon. Scriabin, at the same period, attempted to write a symphonic poem on the mythological figure of Icarus. The last is full of mystery and sets a basis for all the poems of the late period.