The Eight Etudes op. 42 by Alexander Scriabin were composed during a phase of great productivity. For many years, teaching commitments had hampered the composer. Gradually, he was able to dispose of these tasks. Thus, from 1903 he finally had more time to compose, including, among other things, the Etudes op. 42. The c-sharp minor Etude no. 5 is the central star of this collection and an exemplary virtuoso piece. Scriabin himself spoke of it as “an etude that in power and grandeur surpasses the ...