Need help with new piece

[the_franzliszt]

Good afternoon, I need a new piece to learn. Preferably something Darker toned, Russian, not overplayed. Thank you, any suggestions work

[dizzyfingers]

The most immediate response might be Scriabin sonata 5, but it's perhaps over played.
There are the other less played but still very good sonatas - 4 and 6 for example.

A musical descendant of Scriabin is Samuil Feinberg.  He wrote a lot of sonatas - number 3 is a masterpiece and perhaps the most played of Feinberg but still unheard of by most.  I would check them all out.

[thorn]

I'm glad to see Scriabin 6 mentioned, it deserves more attention than it gets. But not easy!

The Poème-Nocturne is same sound world yet more approachable:

i=hU7jlSD5fegRE5Hj

[the_franzliszt]

There are the other less played but still very good sonatas - 4 and 6 for example.

A musical descendant of Scriabin is Samuil Feinberg.  He wrote a lot of sonatas - number 3 is a masterpiece and perhaps the most played of Feinberg but still unheard of by most.  I would check them all out.

Thank you, I haven't heard about Samuil Feinberg yet, so I'll definitely have to give his Sonata's a listen. I love Scriabin too, I feel like he's very underplayed for a composer of his talents, especially his later works.

Edit: I'll also have take a deeper dive into the Poeme-Nocturne Op. 61, very dissonant and dark, I really like it.