Symphony No. 2 (Scriabin)
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Alexander Scriabin's Symphony No.2 (opus 29) in C minor. This piece was written in 1901.
The symphony consists of five movements:
- I - Andante
- II - Allegro
- III - Andante
- IV - Tempestoso
- V - Maestoso
When Vassily Safonoff, known to Americans as conductor of the New York Philharmonic from 1903 to 1919, conducted Scriabin's Second Symphony for the first time, he waved the score at the orchestra and said, "Here is the new Bible, gentlemen... " [1]
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