Scriabin Prelude Op.16# 4~E flat min~Lento © LVB1770

[guitarradeviento]

Have you ever heard the Variations for guitar of this beautiful prelude? Alexandre Tansman wrote them in the key of B minor, being more accessible to the guitar. Here on YouTube there is a version of Marcin Dylla performing this great piece with 5 variations and fugato.

Hope you enjoy it as much as me. Greetings!

[LukeMD]

Really good ! I sense in each note how you look for the perfection of the execution. Really coherent and balanced. Just speechless.

[SarrasaniPianoCircus]

You search and obtain a very different sound from my version. Very good and coherent, I think the comparation of our version is interesing for viewing different sound/colour/expressive perpectives.

[LVB1770]

Thanks SarrasaniPianoCircus, this is an old post. Please watch my 4 Scriabin preludes video for a much better version of this.

[jetelejure]

I disagree with the commenter who said this is too slow (even if you agree with him/her). What does that mean anyway? Is it too slow in the sense that Gould's 1982 Goldberg V. Aria is "too slow"? The important thing is, this is nicely executed at the chosen tempo. It is patient and thoughtful. I find Horowitz's version a little superficial. I think there is more sincerity in your interpretation. "U take care of it", as the last commenter said. Thanks for a very pleasant moment.

[LVB1770]

Thanks jetelejure! I haven't listened to this version in a long time and I do not like it anymore. Listen to my 4 Scriabin preludes to hear a better version of this. After listening to Sofroninsky and Neuhaus I understand the phrasing better and a while back I just had my 1st lesson with Scriabin's Great Grandson so my Scriabin can only get better. Thanks for the praise!

[agt200]

That's so beautiful!!! I dont know this piece, but U play rily rily well! Ur sound is great, U take care of it, it's great to hear! Thxs

[LVB1770]

Thanks agt200! I play this piece so much different now days. Even more different from the one I posted on the 4 Scriabin preludes version.

Since I have heard Sofroninsky, Neuhaus and Horowitz play it.

[ScriabinFanatic]

I play this peice as well. I like your dynamics, but I think it is a little bit too slow. Though hearing it this slow pointed out to me an error in my playing in measure 8, I was playing that third note in the tuplet of the right hand together with the two other notes and I now realize it is to be played as you played.

[LVB1770]

Thanks ScriabinFanatic, I agree this post is a bit too slow. My dynamics now are much more aware of proper execution. I now play it with a better rhythmic sense and touch to evoke the right mood. I like the way Horowitz and Neuhaus play it.

[zumvitz]

This is so..

i dont have no words. It makes me feel sad,

but, the song, so beautiful.

now i have to say my teacher to teach me some Scriabin's song.

Thanks for sharing!

[LVB1770]

zumvitz, It is a bitter sweet piece, Thanks!

[chad410]

my life is so imperfect the one thing that holds it together is blissful art Oh let be the door of the soul.SCriabin is an angel of heaven

[LVB1770]

I feel you chad410! I am so thankful for music! I am so addicted to Scriabin's music! I am currently working on Op.11, #2,#4,#5,#9 and #10. Others I want to play are Op.16#1,#3, Op13#3 and Op.17#6. Then it is on to the more difficult ones. Take Care my friend!

[jtone20]

Thats a cool piece from scriabin....my first time hearing it too! I dig it man and I would love to hear more....good job!

[LVB1770]

Thanks jtone20! I have 2 more Scriabin preludes posted in my videos of different character so please check them out. Scriabin is only starting to come to light now days.He was such a genius! His Symphonies are so amazing! You can read more about him on wikipedia dot org.

[PianoPlaya123]

There's no way in hell you're as old as your profile states either haha, you look like you're in your 20's

[LVB1770]

PianoPlaya,

in my 20's? Wow, thanks man! I am pretty fanatical

about my diet and herbal supplements. Oh, and the girls

help a lot too! LOL!

[PianoPlaya123]

Oh wow is this the one you were talking about?? That's incredible, excellent playing! I seriously need to play this and many other preludes from scriabin, it's very deep

[LVB1770]

Thank you very much PianoPlaya123! I really appreciate

that. I think my other Scriabin posts are much better.

I just started work on Op 16 #1 which I have fallen in love with.

[davfoster88]

It's kind of tacky to tag this with a bunch of irrelevant things.

[LVB1770]

davfoster88,

Is your user name a reference to the Great David Foster? Anyway, how is it tacky? All of my tags are relevant to Classical/Romantic piano music. Horowitz played for Scriabin when he was 10 years old. Scriabin loved Chopin and was obviously influenced by Liszt. Scriabin loved Beethoven's Tempest sonata. Creating tags in this manner brings people to your site

and may turn them onto something new. Open your mind, man!

[smb12321]

Nice, expressive with a deep resignation as it should be.

[hombremanq]

Scriabin rule!

la verdad no la habia oido jamas en piano.... es increible

saludos

[cziffra1980]

Also, when the unit recurs from the Gb Ab Cb etc. why not change the character more? The dynamic shape is probably similar but not the exact character. I don't think anything 'repeats' in this piece. Maybe more subdued and resigned from Gb? Later on the unit sets up 'sigh' but then goes UP! Perhaps you can show the difference by building to the top? Then the 'sigh' is right back (maybe the most tortured one of all, as it pulls everthing back down).

[LVB1770]

Great thoughts! I love your ideas! Thanks again.

[eligarf]

blah blah blah blah blah blah blah...

[cziffra1980]

Beyond your level of understanding? I posted that because he asked for my thoughts, by the way.

[eligarf]

sorry, but you have SO many thoughts; could you try to use the comment section for simpler comments; sending longer, personal messages via email?

[cziffra1980]

Well, people might or might not find them interesting but I don't think there's any need to keep them 'secret' (unless you get an insecure player who doesn't want any comments to reveal that their playing was anything less than perfect). Perhaps somebody else might disagree and want to discuss the ideas present an alternate approach after seeing that. I much prefer detailed comments on my own films, to brief expressions like 'needs more emotion' or 'too slow' etc.

[LVB1770]

eligarf, I think it is better if people comment in detail but comments don't always post. Thanks again czifrra1980.

[eligarf]

"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Music." -- Aldous Huxley

"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent." -- Victor Hugo

"Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah..." -- cziffra1980

[cziffra1980]

Thanks for the message. This is nicely played. Do you know the mazurka op. 3 with exactly the same motif? Although it's a simple piece I'd suggest a little more tension in the sound. When the melody begins, careful to deliberately 'unaccent' the A flat after the B flat dies away. I'd take a little time from Bb to Db to show the 'pain' of the wider interval. Also, the Db is like a suspension over an imaginary harmony and and Cb the resolution. Emphasising the high note gives an expressive 'sigh'.

[Sonolumino8939]

Wow, awesome playing. Loved the fade-out at 1:36 too.

[LVB1770]

Thanks. I love Scriabin!

[Sonolumino8939]

ya me too, are you going to upload more Scriabin? If you do let me know!

[LVB1770]

Op.11 #15 in D flat major is next. I'll let you know.

[LVB1770]

Thank you so much!

[FretArchitect]

very nice