Alexander Scriabin
Impromptus

About Alexander Scriabin's Impromptus

Scriabin composed several sets of Impromptus in the 1890s, which belong to his most rarely performed pieces. The young Scriabin used to sleep with Chopin’s music under his pillow – the influence is obvious in the earliest piece here, the Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 2 No. 3: a faithful Chopin pastiche and a pretty straight-forward mazurka rather than an Impromptu. The mature impromptus from Opus 7 onwards retain the link to Chopin, but also reveal Scriabin’s mould-breaking compositional freedom and his idiosyncratic pianism.

Some of these (Op. 12 No. 2, Op. 14 No. 2) could easily have been named Nocturnes instead of Impromptus. A certain salon-like quality makes its mark, but the occasional tragic undertones, flashes of fire, and ecstatic rhythms give prophetic hints of late Scriabin.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 2 No. 3 in C Major by Scriabin piano sheet music AAB Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 2 No. 31 C Major 1889 6
Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 7 No. 1 in G-sharp Minor by Scriabin piano sheet music AAC Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 7 No. 126 G-sharp Minor 1892 7
Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 7 No. 2 in F-sharp Major by Scriabin piano sheet music AAD Impromptu à la Mazur Op. 7 No. 219 F-sharp Major 1892 8+
Impromptu Op. 10 No. 1 in F-sharp Minor by Scriabin piano sheet music AAE Impromptu Op. 10 No. 120 F-sharp Minor 1894 8+
Impromptu Op. 10 No. 2 in A-flat Major by Scriabin piano sheet music AAF Impromptu Op. 10 No. 227 A-flat Major 1894 8
Impromptu Op. 12 No. 1 in F-sharp Major by Scriabin piano sheet music AAG Impromptu Op. 12 No. 119 F-sharp Major 1895 8+
Impromptu Op. 12 No. 2 in B-flat Minor by Scriabin piano sheet music AAH Impromptu Op. 12 No. 234 B-flat Minor 1895 8+
Impromptu Op. 14 No. 1 in B Major by Scriabin piano sheet music AAI Impromptu Op. 14 No. 135 B Major 1895 8
Impromptu Op. 14 No. 2 in F-sharp Minor by Scriabin piano sheet music AAJ Impromptu Op. 14 No. 220 F-sharp Minor 1895 8