Prelude, Op. 74, No. 2 (Scriabin)

2, entitled Très lent, contemplatif (very slow, contemplating), is one of five preludes in Op.

Leonid Sabaneyev cites the composer with the following words: "These quints are really creating a totally new sentiment, don't you think?

[...] and here again this longing urge [he played the chromatically descending melody line] [...] You know, this Prelude gives the impression as if it would last for centuries, even eternally, millions of years."

Either coloured by manifold nuances, or, quite the opposite, completely uniform, without the least shading.

- "Until now I always composed so that the interpretation of a piece was only possible in one way [...] Now I want it to be possible to be played in totally different ways, like a crystal can reflect totally different rays of light."