HE WROTE THE BEST PIANO SONATAS! (After beethoven)the most gothic and atmopheric preludeshe had dark romantic style and a total new tonality and structurehe is underrated herecomeon!the ultimate scriabin threadtalk talk talk just scriabin
Alkan who?
the best sonata after Beethoven would be...Alkan Grandes Sonata ...period
His first pieces sound too Chopinian but i really believe that he is the best russian piano composer ever. Much better than Rachmaninov IMO.One thing is sure: He´s music is really hard to play ¡¡
Of his later works, for instance, Op. 42 #3 and Vers La Flamme, I have the opinion that they don't really sound too good and that the earlier "Chopinian" is better. Of course, I highly value 42 5 but I have already said that 8 times :p. Are there any other works by him that someone like myself would enjoy, as opposed to the modernists?
Well, how we change! About a year ago hodi made the statement that "Scriabin is a composer for smart people, Rachmaninov is a composer for all people! Yes, you know in your heart that you love Rachmaninonv more!" Or something to that effect. Hodi, what did you hear or play or who played it, that made you change your mind? Mah inqurin' mind wants to know...
Richter's 5th is much better.
i totally changed my mindscriabin is great musical geniusi ADORE his musicwhat do u think of his orchestral music?i like symphony no.2,poem of extacy and poem of fire the most!
Yes.But between Richter's and Horowitz' it's a tossup.Roberto Szidon also plays the hell out of this piece.
The 2 different Horowitz 5th's I've heard are fantastic, of course. Sofronitsky's (the 1955 live), Richter's (1962 live), and Feinberg's are also personal favorites. Hamelin's (both the studio and the one time I heard him live) bored me, phenomenal pianism notwithstanding.koji
Ashkenazy live and Hamelin.Pretty much everyone I have heard plays it well: Richter, Horowitz, Szidon and Austbø.Prometheus is possibly my favourite piece of music of all time. When the chorus enters I am almost ina different world.
phenomenal pianismkoji
note use of alliteration, it creates a sense of rhythm, and the alliteration of 'p' makes the reader slow down, which emphasizes the rhythm, creating a march-like rhythm in this context, with emphasis on the downbeat with the 'ph' sound.Wow..
Also curious about what people think of this performance; it has some weak moments but I think she conveys something unique and special about this piece, I like it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M91lMShw8s&mode=related&search=
I think it's on the weak side in general, with some few good things here and there.
I'm glad someone resurected this thread. I'm embarassed to say it, but the only scriabin i've ever played is his op.8 no.12 etude. I want a poll on everyone's favorite sonata. My next project. And please spare me rach4ever!
I'm waiting...