"SCRIABIN: Nocturne for the Left Hand" genre: Romantic
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	This extraordinary work of Scriabin's youth may deceive the listener unfamilar with it. In spite of its opulence and rich polyphony, and its dreamy langour juxtaposed with virulent drama, it is in fact played by the left hand alone. Its difficulty hardly proceeds from that, but from its poetic nuances and innumerable shades of affect. For those of you discovering the music of Scriabin for the first time, this is a good place to start. If this work hooks you, then you may want to move on to his other great works featured on this site, such as the fragrant FRAGILITE; the seductive POEME OP 32:1; the utterly machismo POEME Op.32:2 and ETUDE Op. 8:12; and especially the pychedelic, even sexual FIFTH SONATA which elaborates the alluring sensuality of the Nocturne fot the Left Hand. Indeed, the SONATA No. 5 magnifyies that sensuality a thousand fold in a kind of musical orgy and dizzying dance. And all this en route to the even grander esoteric mysteries and magic of the SEVENTH SONATA.
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	Story Behind the Song Recorded in Harmony Hall, near Washington, DC, July 199

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