Scriabin - Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 (Julius Paukštė)

Lithuanian pianist Julius Paukštė performs Sonata No. 5, Op. 53 by Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915).
Scriabin included an epigraph to this piano sonata, extracted from his essay Le Poème de l'Extase, which he finished in the same year 1907: "I call you to life, O mysterious forces! / Drowned in the obscure depths / Of the creative spirit, timid / Shadows of life, to you I bring audacity!" Unlike his later sonatas, the sonata-form of this work still has some meaning to the work's tonal structure. That means the sonata is arguably in F-sharp major (owing to the initial key signature of six sharps), but the sonata could also be said to be atonal due to its lack of a definite tonal center. The work does not contain any perfect cadence, nor any consonant chord. This is Scriabin's most recorded sonata. Pianist Sviatoslav Richter described it as the most difficult piece in the entire piano repertory.
Julius Paukštė (born 1997) is a multi-faceted solo and chamber music performer, based in Tallinn, Estonia. Having spent four years at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre with Ivari Ilja, he obtained both Bachelor and Master degrees in piano performance, enriching his knowledge in masterclasses with Petras Geniušas, Kevin Kenner, and Erik T. Tawaststjerna, among many others. His repertoire is largely comprised of romantic compositions by Robert Schumann, Frédéric Chopin, and Alexander Scriabin.
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The depth of musicality and expression here is so admirable. Such well implemented balance of voices and character.