Scriabin Piano Concerto

[argerichfan]

Oh wow, this is wonderful!  I have known it since my uni days, but somehow I forgot...

My recording with Oleg Marshev delivers the goods... and a superb Rimsky-Korsakov (another under appreciated concerto... I have always said this), and nice to have the Pabst.  But Pabst was better at making virtuoso stew out of thin soups. 

What do you people think?  The Scriabin brings me back to my uni days when falling in love meant something, though how quickly I got jaded.   But I never wanted it to be that way...

[retrouvailles]

I have always loved the Scriabin concerto. I have always wished that it were more popular and performed. However, part of me wishes he had waited till around opus 40 or 50 to write it, or that he had written another one around then.

[argerichfan]

However, part of me wishes he had waited till around opus 40 or 50 to write it, or that he had written another one around then.

Would be nice if he had written another concerto around the time of the 6th sonata, alas things don't go as we wish! 

[retrouvailles]

Would be nice if he had written another concerto around the time of the 6th sonata, alas things don't go as we wish! 

Well, one could argue that Prometheus can count as a concerto, and it's 2 opus numbers away from the 6th sonata. If it isn't considered one, then yes, I would agree with you.

[argerichfan]

Well, one could argue that Prometheus can count as a concerto, and it's 2 opus numbers away from the 6th sonata.

Martha knows all about that one, but I do wonder why she never had any interest in the earlier concerto.  After all, she did yeoman service to early Richard Srauass... you know, the Burleske?