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Offline presto agitato

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Scriabin Etudes Op 8
on: April 01, 2005, 01:42:18 AM
Can you rate them? because i cant...

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Offline fred smalls

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Re: Scriabin Etudes Op 8
Reply #1 on: April 01, 2005, 01:48:05 AM
All I know is that no.12 is amazing ;D And insane :-X (At least the way Horowitz plays it! But what doesn't Horowitz play insanely??)
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Offline maxy

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Re: Scriabin Etudes Op 8
Reply #2 on: April 02, 2005, 06:12:37 PM
Hard to rate.
Let's say that Scriabin seemed obsessed with providing "painful" left hands. It does not get any better in later op.

Offline thierry13

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Re: Scriabin Etudes Op 8
Reply #3 on: April 02, 2005, 06:15:20 PM
Horowitz's playing is amazing and beautiful, but nothing insane there. Personally I think Scriabin wrote etudes a lot harder than this one. It is hard but far from insane. Sorabji is insane  ;) Scriabin is hard  ;)
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