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WoO 22 — Etude in D♯ minor (Alternative)

Inconsolable Grief  by Ivan Kramskoi (1884). Like most Romantic composers, the pathetic and dramatic character is a main element in Scriabin’s output in his youth.
Inconsolable Grief  by Ivan Kramskoi (1884). Like most Romantic composers, the pathetic and dramatic character is a main element in Scriabin’s output in his youth.

An alternative version of arguably the most popular piece of Scriabin, Etude No.12 Op.8.

It contains richer harmonies, more variations and changes of key but at the expense of global effectiveness and dramatic force. Scriabin would look for more coherence when he would rewrite it the next year.

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