Listening to Mariangela's left-handed Scriabin Nocturne, I think back warmly to Slava Levin's performance of it (with the companion prelude) at the Cliburn amateur competition in 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9maZvAFIV7o I'm hoping, that Maria will let the carnal ecstasy out in Scriabin third sonata (f#). This piece reminds me a lot of his piano concerto, also in f# minor, which was written about the same time — when Scriabin was a horny 25 or so. Both pieces have piquant glimmers of Chopin.  There's a nice Wikipedia entry all about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonata_No._3_(Scriabin) This really is a gorgeous piece — I'm tempted to learn it. — Mike

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