Etudes, Op. 42 (Kalmus Edition) [Paperback] Review

Scriabin's once-huge piano catalogue is getting very hard to find, as his heartrending music falls even more out of fashion than it was 80--or even 40--years ago.The master is too prickly and demanding of the kid who just wants to play pop and easy Chopin.As a forgotten master, only a few pieces are affordably available to modern pianists, and only a few of these few have finger notations for the difficult--or should I say the MORE difficult--passages.Someday, at this rate of frustration, I'll be forced to invest in that green German series of 6 books at $42 a pop, on the off-chance someone remembered that real humans still struggle through his knotty compositions.

This collection of the famous Op. 42 has a lot to recommend it, though.The book is light, slightly oversized, easy to read, and lays nicely on the music stand.No fingering, though.So I'm on my own for that weird filigree'd, whispy atonal measure in 16th notes that's sprinkled throughout the Grand Piece, No. 5.Only Scriabin is worth it.

PS: Yes, I know you can download music scores for free, and in a pinch (Alex's small Poème Tragique, for instance), it's fine.But it's a pain, and it forces publishers to drop the catalogue.Scriabin MUST stay in print!

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