I am really enjoying the Scriabin. Such a different language, and you start to get the gist of the piece about halfway through, and you realize how beautiful it is.
A message has come in via email:
Nadia 11/3: Hi Ms. Helen! I started listening to the Scriabin Preludes on Spotify and I really like them! I’m currently listening to Mikhail Pletnev and I was just wondering if you had any other suggestions of where or who to listen to. Thanks again for including me in this even though I cannot play! I’ll definitely be playing through them when I come home for break soon.
Nadia, that is great that you are listening to them! I like Pletnev, but I also like Kuznetsov, who I found on Youtube. Sadly, it doesn’t appear that Valentina Lisitsa has recorded all of Op. 11 — she would probably be my first choice if she had. She has recorded some of them and uploaded to Youtube.