randomly - listen to this (scriabin 15/3)

[stevie]

https://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I3AOIG2B7M66011LHPYK791ZR



one of the most beautiful short pieces ever composed, i listened to this on repeat, its so beautiful.

tell me if theres a better recording than this one out there, i know kissin recently did it, but i prefer this one.

and i know it sounds a bit like a certain chopin etude

[lau]

It sounds so scary.  Why is this beatiful?!?!?!

[Kassaa]

Indeed very beautiful, only a bit repetetive IMO.

[lau]

here comes phil 13

[phil13]

https://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I3AOIG2B7M66011LHPYK791ZR


and i know it sounds a bit like a certain chopin etude

It's like a better, more subtle version of 10-11.  

I love Scriabin's preludes. They're so hauntingly beautiful.

here comes phil 13

How'd you know!?! That freaks me out.

Phil

[lau]

It's like a better, more subtle version of 10-11. 

I love Scriabin's preludes. They're so hauntingly beautiful.

How'd you know!?! That freaks me out.

Phil

you fool, I know all

[phil13]

you fool, I know all

SERIOUSLY, how'd you do that?

Phil

[lau]

I am psychic.  Fool,  you mustn't reconcile with me

[phil13]

Okay, forget it. I don't even want to know.

Hey Stevie, do you have mp3s of any of Scriabin's other preludes? I'd be interested in hearing them.

Phil

[lau]

I was going to prophesize your next post, but you beat me to it

[arensky]

https://s54.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2I3AOIG2B7M66011LHPYK791ZR



one of the most beautiful short pieces ever composed, i listened to this on repeat, its so beautiful.

tell me if theres a better recording than this one out there, i know kissin recently did it, but i prefer this one.

and i know it sounds a bit like a certain chopin etude

Superb piece, superb playing...who is it? Without  listening too closely, I would say it's Ivo....

[stevie]

haha, i have the complete preludes on naxos, theyre very good, awesome sound  considering its a budget label too.

the pianist's name is a bit random - Evgeny Zarafiants

interesting things said in reviews -

"I first heard Evgeny Zarafiants as a jury member of the 1993 Ivo Pogorelich Competition in Los Angeles, where he was awarded joint-second prize. Those of us who were present at that strange and unforgettable occasion have remained haunted over the intervening yeas by his exceptional artistry. So how gratifying to find that this Naxos album, volume 1 of what promises to be a complete cycle of the Scriabin Preludes, not only confirms that first and indelible impression, but takes us beyond into a world of the most searching and impeccable pianism and musicianship. Indeed, such a flawless and personal distillation of Scriabin's style and idiom can make the wintry blast of, say, Andrei Gavrilov or even-dare I say it- the palpitating sense of neurosis of Horowitz in this composer, seem superficial by comparison.

"Zarafiants' tendency to opt for tempi slower than marked allows him ample time to characterise Scriabin's already obsessive and opalescent dreamworld, his shifting colors and perspectives, and yet nothing sounds directionless or lethargic. Such exploratoy and lucid playing can make the singling out of individual performances invidious, yet it is impossible not to mention the glorious sense of groundswell in Op 11 No 7, the relish of Scriabin's serenade-like memory of Chopin's Etude Op 10 No 11 in Op 16 No 3, or the way the wild virtuosity of Op 17 No 5 is so jubiliantly encompassed. Zarafiants may be a born poet of he keyboard, but he is also wide-ranging, of true Russian vintage, with a sonority as powerful as it is refined, of 'sweet' rather than deafening thunder.

"If I add that the Naxos Brandon Hill recordings are outstanding and that David Doughty's accompanying essay, with its reference to Scriabin's later 'shimmering and exotic dissolution of tonality' is fascinating, you will realise that everything about this disc is beyond simple praise."


haha, he obviously notices the 10/11 inspirado for this prelude, and where i agree with him in some ways, i actually prefer gavrilov's sheer fire and unique touch on many of the preludes, but then...gavrilov is one of my very most favourite piansits, so this doesnt say anything bad about da ZAF

[kelly_kelly]

Wow... that's beautiful. Anyone got the music?

[jamie_liszt]

wow, nice piece.

[jamie_liszt]

has anyone got the sheetmusic to this piece, its very nice

[infectedmushroom]

Beautiful piece. I'd love to have sheet music of this piece!

[semme]

its really nice