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evariste

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Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

on: February 25, 2007, 11:52:38 AM

Last Friday, I was lucky enough to see Sokolov play Scriabin's tenth sonata, it was a truly transcendental performance. The bass notes in the first theme were played with such a delicacy, the harmonies this created were pure bliss...
The next day, i listened to Ashkazy's recording and I was, erm, mildly disappointed. The sound of this Decca recording is just awful. The trills (and the high register in general) sound as if Vlad was having some fun with (saucepan) lids, and the sound is blurred and bangy.

Now... My question: what's your favourite recording of the tenth and of Scriabin's sonatas in general?
I already have Pletnev's CD (sonata #10 with the préludes op 11 etc) and Volodos' (Carnegie Hall) but even these interpetations are dwarfed by Sokolov. (NB as far as I know he's only released sonata #3).

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tompilk

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #1 on: February 25, 2007, 01:05:15 PM

hamelin!
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evariste

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #2 on: February 25, 2007, 03:01:33 PM

Ah, dear Hamelin... Although I admire him for his technique, (or perhaps I should've written because of his technique) I find that his playing lacks some sort of naturalness. Admittely, I'm not so keen on listening to complete beginners struggling with Scriabin's demands, but I'd like to hear human playing, I'd like to hear the person behind these notes. Somehow, when I listen to Hamelin, I feel there's no atmosphere. (Perhaps because I own only some of his studio recordings ?

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Again, he's an excellent piano player, and I'm glad he made me discover Alkan, but when I hear him there's no immdediate sparkle. I don't get all jumpy and excited (that happens when I listen to Argerich's 3 mvt of Prok 3

), it usually doesn't affect me emotionally.

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hodi

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #3 on: February 25, 2007, 04:13:34 PM

i think hamelin's set of the whole sonatas is second to none.
just hear his first sonata - he is the only pianist in the world (and i mean it) to play the 3rd movement with great speed and accuracy, and still he creates a very darkish atmosphere thoughout the whole movement.
his second sonata is also good, but for this i prefer ricther.
3rd sonata - hamelin, no doubt
4th - robert szidon and pletnev are also good, but hamelin is great.
for the rest, i say hamelin owns all except the 9th, in which richter really excells.

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mephisto

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #4 on: February 25, 2007, 05:51:53 PM

Complete sets:
Hamelin
Austbø
Szidon

Specific sonatas:
Richter
Horowitz
Sofronitsky and others

The best Scriabin I have heard are live recordings by Ashkenazy from the 70ths; 1000 times better than his studio recordings.

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anodibu

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #5 on: February 25, 2007, 07:53:29 PM

Igor Shukow's set is also worth mentioning.

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evariste

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #6 on: February 25, 2007, 08:51:16 PM

Quote from: anodibu on February 25, 2007, 07:53:29 PM

Igor Shukow's set is also worth mentioning.

Do you mean the first one (on LPs) that's no longer commercially available, or the second one ? Apparently (I haven't listened to it, so I can't tell) the second set is less powerful and has an awful lot of background noise.

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anodibu

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #7 on: February 25, 2007, 10:52:21 PM

I haven't heard the LP set, the set I have is from 2000 (Amazon link) but the sound quality is very good.

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evariste

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Re: Good recording of the scriabin sonatas?

Reply #8 on: February 26, 2007, 07:58:55 AM

Thanks!

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