Composed in 1900-01, the Fantasie in B minor is one of Alexander Skryabin's most demanding and brilliant works for the piano. 1 It has a special position in his oeuvre, being his only solo piano piece with this title.2 The work is laid out in abridged sonata-allegro form and was composed roughly at the same time as his first two symphonies.3 The orchestral writing may have had a strong influence on the Fantasy, which boasts of multi-tiered sound edifices...