最具挑战精神的钢琴家李希特萨一连推出了多张叫好又叫座的专辑，包括：《追逐．钢琴》- 麦可．尼曼钢琴作品、《菲利浦・葛拉斯作品》与《萧邦＆舒曼：练习曲》，如今挑战的目标转向俄国神秘主义作曲家史克里亚宾，演奏其少为人知却又美丽如珍宝的独奏钢琴曲。其中有许多都是史克里亚宾创作初期的作品，所收录的作品亦均为DECCA唱片目录之首见，包括：圆舞曲，作品1、三首小品，作品2、为左手而作之《夜曲》，作品9、两首即兴曲，作品14、音乐会快版，作品18等。另外还有多首无作品编号的小品，如：夜曲、詼谐曲、赋格、马祖卡舞曲等。
2015年是俄国作曲家史克里亚宾（Alexander Scriabin, 1872-1915）逝世100週年，DECCA特别推出多套专辑作为纪念，本集便是其中之一。史克里亚宾的一向受到许多传奇钢琴家的喜爱，更被推崇为二十世纪初最具创新力与影响力的作曲家之一。作品具有高度抒情性与特殊的音乐语言，其灵感则是来自於萧邦，可视为俄罗斯象徵主义作曲家的重要人物。
史克里亚宾不仅是作曲家，也是一位是技巧精湛的钢琴家，作品具有很高的挑战性。音乐上继承了贝多芬的气势和萧邦高度抒情的诗意，更融入了俄国独特的色彩与忧鬱，以及他对神秘主义的信仰，这数种不同特质相互间的平衡，是许多演奏者对其作品敬而远之的原因。而透过神祕主义，他也渐次增加无调性的音乐技法，不仅发展出与「十二音列音乐」创始人荀白克（Arnold Schoenberg）不同的创意，更预示了十二音列与序列音乐的发展。
李希特萨自2012年加入DECCA唱片公司之后，截至目前为止已经出版七张唱片专辑，以及一张现场实况录影DVD。观看她youtube演奏影片的点击率已经超过九千万次，而影片的订阅人数也将近20万。李希特萨的演奏始终保持著流畅自得的轻鬆感，以及不拘一格的成熟与大器。在这张专辑中，再度发挥她无人能及的音乐性与技巧，成功征服这些少有人挑战的作品，无论演奏或是录音，皆达到让人无从挑剔的完美境界。

The piano was the instrument of choice for Russian composer Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915), and the Piano Sonata was the world in which he lived and blossomed. Like Chopin, he wrote many Mazurkas, Preludes and Etudes for the piano, all of which are amazing examples of short-form creative bursts, but it is within his Ten Sonatas that Scriabin fully explored and deployed the harmonic universe he created and developed throughout his life. And each and every pianist who has set out to perform or record these monumental pieces, knows that technique alone is not sufficient to master them. From the highly passionate and darkly emotive early sonatas to the volatile, luminous and coruscating final sonata, each one's narrative and spiritual content need to be precisely captured and projected for them to be effective.
Now I will say that I've heard some thrilling accounts of these pieces in the past. For example, the third movement marked Presto of the Sonata No. 1, has been recorded at ludicrous speeds by some, but then pianist Nuccio Trotta's more relaxed approach allows one to hear each and every note clearly. Where Trotta shines is in the more luxuriant passages like the opening movement of the Second Sonata, or in the darker corners of the mysterious No. 6. Nonetheless it takes an intrepid musician to tackle all ten of these at once. His account may be slightly less ostentatious or theatrical than some, but he at least reveals the essence of Scriabin behind each page. In the booklet notes Nuccio Trotta states: "It is our primary duty to leave behind any vanity or showing-off when we approach music. Only then can we hope to be worthy of it." Very well said when you consider all the pianists these days that play eveything faster simply for the sake of velocity, but then don't possess a single musical bone in their body. Recommended ... if you are not all that familiar with the music of Alexander Scriabin, this recording is as good as any to make the first leap.