Is Scriabin sonata too difficult for me?

[chatoto]

I am a junior student in conservatory.
These are my current repertoire :
Chopin ballad 1 3 étude op.10 1 3 4 5 7 12  Liszt waledesrauschen Brahms op.118
Ravel sonatine ,Beethoven 4th concerto...
 I did not list the works less technically hard.
Now I want to try sonata 2 or 4 of Scriabin.What do u guys think?
Is it much more difficult than those I have worked ?

[theholygideons]

The 2nd sonata is like the ravel sonatine but more textually thick with that Perpetuum mobile final movement and is also one of scriabin's earlier works so given your current repertoire, i'm going to take a guess and say that they're not more difficult.... honestly it wouldn't hurt.

[lostinidlewonder]

Why don't you sight read through the Sonata's at a slower tempo and see how you go? If you stop too often then you will know it is too difficult for yourself.

[nanabush]

The first movement of the second sonata is definitely playable.  It's texturally pretty thick, but with good slow practice and good fingering, it'll fit well.

The second movement... holy crap.  I'm just getting into it now, and even the first few bars for the RH are deadly... it's just so awkward (and I have a pretty large handspan)... there are some parts that I'm still puzzling over, and don't feel right even at a slow tempo.

I'm not too sure about the 4th sonata, but I'd say it's probably something similar with the second movement.  Scriabin has some pretty awkward writing, and having skimmed through the 4th a little, similar issues came up that I had found in mvmt 2 of the 2nd sonata.

Best thing is to try out a few chunks of each of them.  The first movement of Sonata 2 is my favourite writing by Scriabin no doubt.  That piece is like candy for my ears haha.