Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Complete Mazurkas

Alexander Scriabin was a musical visionary, a genius, and an individualist with a strong, artistic voice, Born in Moscow on 6th January, 1872, the son of an accomplished pianist, he began music studies early, entering the Moscow Conservatory in 1888. There he studied with Safonov, Sergey Taneyev and Arensky, the last also Rachmaninov's teacher. In 1892 the Moscow Conservatory awarded Scriabin their highest honour, a Gold Medal, for his achievement as a pianist. During this period he began composing piano miniatures, which were published by Jurgenson and attracted the attention of the foremost publisher in Russia, Belyayev, who decided to sponsor the young musician, give him a handsome contract for his compositions and subsidise a tour for him as a piano virtuoso in programmes of his own works.

From 1898 to 1903, Scriabin taught the piano at the Moscow Conservatory. Teaching, however, proved a painful ch