Étude in D-sharp minor

The D-sharp-minor Etude, imbued with great elan and courageous pathos, is the volcanic climax of the set. The focus of the drama changes when the poet enters the space, captivated in a brief reflective monologue. The storm gains speed again reaching an apogee of explosive emotions, dramatic expressions, and feelings of splendid revolution.

“I give full flowering to each feeling, each search, each thirst. / I raise you up, legions of feelings, pure activity, my children. / I raise you, my complicated, unified feelings, and embrace all of you as my one activity, my one ecstasy, bliss, my last moment.”

— Scriabin, Alexander