Scriabin

[john coltrane]

Where to start with Scraibin? Evrything seems so dificult, and where can I find the op57 preludes on the internet?
Thanks

[rach n bach]

I started with Etude in C sharp minor Op2 no1.  It's a nice piece, and it's not that terribly long or hard to get the notes down... although the interpertation might take a little while.

If you want to post a sheet music request, do it here so thal will see it: 

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php/board,16.0.html

RnB

[phil13]

Learn all of Op.2. The etude is the star piece, obviously, but the Prelude in B major and the Impromptu a la Mazur in C major are also good, and none are hard at all. I agree with RnB, though, the interp on Op.2 No.1 can be a little tricky, but not any more than most of Scriabin's other works.

 Also, check out Prelude Op.51 No.2 in A minor. Judging by your interest in the Op.57 pieces, I'd also look at some of the other late preludes. Many are hard, but I'm sure some of them are manageable.

Phil

Afterthought: are you interested just in his late music, or in everyting? Because everything from the unpublished Romantic pieces to the F#m Concerto is very Chopinesque, including the Op.3 mazurkas, the Op.8 etudes, the Allegro appassionata Op.4, etc. He begins to really show his colors after the Concerto, though, and they change through his middle period until he discovered quartal harmony. That's where the innovation really takes off.

[dnephi]

Satanic Poem is a good start piece.

OK.  Just Kidding.

Op. 32 no. 1 is an easier of his poems.

Op. 8 No.5 is also a good introduction to his style.

[quantum]

Op. 57 are the 2 Morceaux aren't they?

Anyways they appear in this Dover compilation.  It's a great book (I have it).
https://www.amazon.com/Mazurkas-Poemes-Impromptus-Other-Pieces/dp/0486265552/ref=sr_1_7/103-5411767-6456654?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1174063030&sr=1-7

You may find Op. 57 here also:
https://www.piano.ru/skr.html

[pianowelsh]

some of the op11 preludes are not so hard and all are short...very beautiful.

[john coltrane]

Thank you very much guys, very helpfull...

[invictious]

I'd highly recommend the Preludes first.
Op.11 particularly. no. 9, 10 and 14 are ones you should begin with, because they were what I began with.
Op. 11 no.14 is a very fun piece to play, and it sounds amazingly impressive.

Of course, his Etude Op.2 No.1 is an amazing piece, but yes, it's Scriabin, it's relatively difficult.

You won't be attacking his Sonatas for a while if you just got into him, because they are amazingly difficult, both technically and musicality. Just take a look at the 5th.
The 8th is also pretty scary.
9th has such a difficult musicality to go for, you have to really really feel it.