This is a great post to follow the last one I made. I will essentially be commenting on what appears to me to be another connection between a work by Chopin and a work by Scriabin.
The first (chronologically) of the two is an etude by Chopin in D flat, studying parallel sixths in both hands, but particularly the right, which, if I'm not mistaken, plays nothing but sixths throughout the entire piece. It's a beautiful, if short, work, with a light character. It isn't one of the more famous of Chopin's etudes, but I have always had a certain affinity for it. I particularly enjoy the coda. This seems to be the most graceful interpretation I can find. I also appreciate the non-grandiose ending in this interpretation since I don't think the piece really warrants that.
The second piece is an etude by Scriabin, I think in A major. The right-hand part is in sixths also, and it does have some similarly light textures. I don't like this piece as much though, for a few reasons. First of all, it starts with the Pachelbel's Canon progression (only interrupted at the last second), which makes the piece seem a bit too sweet (like Splenda or something), and the other thing is just that it seems like a half-ass job on Scriabin's part. That is to say, I have very high standards for his work, I think he had a unique and practically unparalleled musical genius and a great wealth of valuable ideas, none of which were this one. It's a pretty piece, but out of character, and not realizing Scriabin's full potential. There were approximately zero decent interpretations of this so here's what I think is the least crappy.
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