The edition presents the first scientifically verified publication of all compositions by the great Russian composer Alexander Scriabin. Every volume contains detailed commentaries, bar-by-bar textual notes (in Russian and English), and the list of sources and publications' references (edited by Valentina Rubtsova). This new publication allows recreate the process of Skriabin's artistic work, thus being of great importance both for performers and music scholars.
Vol. 8 contains impromptus, preludes, poems, and other pieces, composed in 1894-1903 (opuses 12-18, 21, 22, 25, 27, 28, 31-36). The editions issued during the composer's lifetime are compared with all surviving author's materials. The comments give the unique insight in the composer's creative laboratory. As an example we can
cite the facsimile sketches of the Prelude op. 15 No. 5 in C sharp minor, taken from Scriabin's notebook and his manuscript of the opus 15 (kept, respectively, at the Moscow Scriabin Museum and Russian National Library). To verify the note text the manuscripts were used, as well as editions of different years and the transcriptions of Scriabin's performing on the mechanical piano made by P.V. Lobanov, a researcher of composer's creative work.

Preface
Two Impromptus. Ор. 12
1. F sharp major
2. B flat minor
Six Preludes. Ор. 13
1. С major
2. А minor
3. G major
4. Е minor
5. D major
6. В minor
Two Impromptus. Ор. 14
1. В major
2. F sharp minor
Five Preludes. Ор. 15
1. А major
2. F sharp minor
3. Е major
4. Е major
5. С sharp minor
Five Preludes. Ор. 16
1. В major.
2. G sharp minor
3. G flat major
4. E flat minor.
5. F sharp major
Seven Preludes. Ор. 17
1. D minor.
2. Е flat mqjor
3. D flat mqjor
4. B flat minor.
5. F minor
6. В flat major
7. G minor
Concert Allegro in В flat minor. Ор.18
Polonaise in В flat minor. Ор. 21
Four Preludes. Ор. 22
1. G sharp minor
2. С sharp minor.
3. В major
4. В minor

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Nine Mazurkas. Ор. 25
1. F major
2. С major
3. Е minor
4. Е major
5. С sharp minor
6. F sharp major
7. F sharp minor
8. В major.
9. Е flat minor.
Two Preludes. Ор. 27
1. G minor
2. В major
Fantasy in B minor. Ор. 28
Four Preludes. Ор. 31
1. D flat major
2. F sharp minor
3. E flat minor
4. С major
Two Poems. Ор. 32
1. F sharp major
2. D major
Four Preludes. Ор. 33
1. Е major
2. F sharp major
3. С major
4. A flat major
Tragic Poem. Ор. 34
Three Preludes. Ор. 35
1. D flat major
2. B flat major
3. С major
Satanic Poem. Ор. 36
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