Scriabin's early mazurkas are already imbued with his distinctive harmonic language and emotional intensity, balancing lyrical beauty with moments of dramatic power.
Mastering the expressive rubato and navigating the rich harmonic language are key challenges.
2 Mazurkas (Op.40) is rated Henle level 6 of 9 — advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 7–8. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 9.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 6 — meaning you can already play level 5–6 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of 2 Mazurkas (Op.40) lasts about 7 minutes.
2 Mazurkas (Op.40) is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.