classical music like this is slowly being forgotten in our generation, im a teenager and i play the piano, not that poppy trass but beautiful songs like this. Long live the Etude!!!
I hate all of these people who are like "modern music is so bad" and "this piece is too beautiful to be lost in my generation". Firstly, modern music is a natural evolution of classical, however far removed, and whilst very different should not be dismissed because of the term 'pop' or due to other factors. Secondly, I am your generation and listen to this, but most people grow into classical over time. Please stop being so condescending, you're not better people for listening to classical music
Yes, agreed, however, I hate when people dismiss classical music and accept modern music without taking the time to get acquainted with classical music. Classical music is better once you get into it. There's just no way you can get as much feeling out of modern music as classical music. I still listen to both and appreciate both highly.
I actually pity people who don't enjoy classical music in the same way that I do. It would be almost as bad not having sexuality.
@tweriovnzxclb -- Horowitz was Chopin's kind of pianist. Very precise and took very few liberties with pieces. I was told once by my music teacher, when I studied the Mazurkas, that Chopin detested it when people played his music any way but exactly as he'd written it.
@tweriovnzxclb -- Horowitz was Chopin's kind of pianist. Very precise and took very few liberties with pieces. I was told once by my music teacher, when I studied the Mazurkas, that Chopin detested it when people played his music any way but exactly as he'd written it.
Scriabin achieved more at age fifteen than any of us ever will in our entire life time......................................Probably. Horowitz is the, in my opinion, the best Scriabin interpreter ever!
I said that about Chopin because I feel it's similar in mood to some of his nocturnes. So yes, I think Chopin would have loved this, but we will never know. Indeed amazing that Scriabin wrote it when he was 15, because it sounds like it's coming from someone with a lot of life experience.
im 16 and listen to todays pop music but i also play the piano so i am very passionate about classical music... listening to this i just think my god what is wrong with music today and me for liking it... this piece is too beautiful to be lost in my generation
@reeg7200 Now ur probably 17... But id like to say, that this musical piece ins lost in any generation since it was written, its know by people who are into music and may feel it. Im into this etude for a couple years, now im 20 and must say that in my musical college lots of pianists like many kind of music. Versatility and of cause interest of classic.
@reeg7200 keep listening ... don't worry about modern music being different. It's like comparing instant coffee and real coffee - they are different drinks. Classical music is going through a massive boom in fact due to the internet. Imagine how difficult it would have been to find a piece like this in the offline world. You would only have found it if you knew someone who knew it or by complete chance. Now you can find it just by browsing around *and* then share it. Keep the faith :-)
@reeg7200 Good, good, but I won't praise, you, when I was 16 I already pleayed the piano and I composed like this, still I also played in a progressive metal band and even in a mathcore-based act. Something is surely with today's music, I cannot disagree, even though it is no surprise someone is versatile, the output of music nowadays is damn huge, from this, to Rihanna and even so far way more things.
@reeg7200 if you ask me, I wouldn't give a damn about how many people prefer pop over classical, instead, just enjoy listening to the kind I like, which is classical. Comparing pop-shit with classical is like comparing comic cartoon with the classic novels of Leo Tolstoy. So fluffy and corny, I can't stand listening to pop-shit
One of the most beautiful pieces ever written for piano (in my opinion). All the more incredible when you think that Scriabin was only 15 when he wrote it.
@Chakiejan You' re right. Scriabin wrote it dedicated to his best firend.
I made a musical analysis in which you can notice every step of death, lost, pain, light and sorrow in the piece. everything in this etude is composed with a sentimental meaning and with a clear sinesthetic sense.
I think they should just call "ppp" a Horowitz because no one else can maintain clarity and control of tone at that dynamic level like Horowitz can. Spectacular!
@EuphoricDan Great reply, but Horowitz could produce a tremendous fff without using body weight. Listen closely to his Rach 3 recording, when the climax is reached in the middle of the performance. My ears could not take the tremendous power of his powerful sound that was actually equivalent to a fff in a real life performance.
However, I agree that Richter created a more forceful fff than Horowitz. Both put their souls into such dynamics.
I think you may be confusing the fact that Richter only played on Yamaha's opposed to the much heavier, darker sounding Steinways Argerich and Horowitz played on.
I listened to this while it was storming. One of the most emotional songs mixed with the stormy ambience is pure magic. Thunder works wonders for this piece.
Pardon me for my ignorance, but I was curious how composers such as Scriabin and others go about naming their pieces? It seems to suggest it would be codified, however, this does not seem to be the case, and unfortunately I have yet to discover the intricacies in terms of naming. Would someone care to enlighten me please? It would be greatly appreciated, thank you. ^_^
Well, pieces like this aren't really "named," they are classified as etudes because that's simply what they are. An etude is a piece that studies one or more specific technical problems. This one is aimed at: voicing chords, tone color, and pedaling. It's much more difficult than it looks! Another example is Scriabin's Etude, Op.8, No. 12, which is a study in octaves for the right hand and arpeggiated figures in the left. I hope this helps and makes sense!
@classicaland There is one better rendition !!! Horowitz performing this in his 1986 Moscow concert. And even better, you can watch Vladimir playing it :-))
How can a boy with his miserable 14 years-old can write such music? God, this song came from heaven or from a passionate heart filled of the deepest sorrow a person can feel.
Was written for a girl, when he was 15 years old. if i was that girl, I would marry him in a heart beat. It occurs to me, that sometimes even the technically less challenging pieces, can be prettier, than a 20 page ballade filled with the hardest passages. However, it is not right to say this etude is easy. I play this, and look on my channel for it. there are many voices in the chords, and you must preciously articulate each voice in a different way. not to mention the legato required.
Strange how this piece makes me kind of arrogant... Of people say like: "Oh, this and this is the most beautiful music I've ever heard". I'd just reply: "Nah, you just haven't heard Horowitz play Scriabins Etude 2.1".
I know people have given you a lot of thumbs down, but you are right to mention the piano and technician: both played a big part. However, it is ultimately Horowitz's genius that turned this into a masterpiece.
Scriabin Etude 42/5, 2/1, 8/12, 8/5, 8/11. In that order.
In the last months, these pieces (played by Horowitz, except 8/5 by Richter), have become an important part of my life. Yes, that's the best way to describe it.
@titusbeertsen I love classical music, but some listeners and their pretensions make it unbearable. Why do you have to belittle pop musicians? Are you so limited in your ability to appreciate music that you can only listen to a few genres? Do you think of yourself as "superior" or your taste in music as such? Why do you feel the need to boast of your "distinguished" preferences?
@hoishiaproductions Take it easy. I said "some popbands", I think we all know what I'm talking about here. Don't get me wrong, I love popmusic (even play it myself), and all kinds of other genres: jazz, blues, fado, rock, folk, etc. I do not consider myself musically superior in any way, the reason I wrote my statement was just because, well, because it's true...
@hoishiaproductions i agree as well with him. When Scriabin was depressed or when he was sad, he wrote this beautiful music. Now we have emo fucks writing about suicide and screaming the word fuck every 2 seconds or we have miserable idiots writing about cliche love. You want to hear a real love piece? Listen to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
@nmbanana Hmm I wouldn't go that far... There are definitely some pop-bands that have very good/emotional songs or compositions. Listen to Blackbird by The Beatles for instance. I really meant SOME popbands, not all ;)
@gr0mithtimon I know, but the result is beautiful. Nothing wrong with a little borrowing here and there, I mean, listen to Scriabin here, and then listen to some Chopin. Get what I mean? :)
magnífica interpretación, de última la mejor. El constraste entre las distintas voces y expresividad en cada una de ellas, es maravillosa, muy cantada, el tempo, todo, es una hermosa y fiel interpretación!
It's called musical interpretation. Horowitz wasn't some robot mindlessly playing what is in front of him, he changed things to sound better. If you don't like it, then choose another composer.
he changed things to his liking,THAT is interpretation. not everyone must feel the same,you are implying that his way of playing is the best. i'm not being offensive,in fact i am agreeing with you but want to remind you of staying fair.
also let me add that a pianist should 1st thoroughly play by the original sheet, as it displays the exact way the composer intended the piece to be played. once this is understood the pianist can start altering a piece, whether its good or bad remains subjective!
One might want to recollect that Vladimir actually knew Alexander Nikolayevich and thus played what Scriabin wrote rather than what the editor printed, if you can transcribe exactly what Horowitz played, you would probably end up with an edition that's more accurate than the uhrtext of the editor.
A good pianist is also a good composer. One has to understand music at a very fundamental level before they can play music well. The worst sin is never to ask questions such as why am I playing this line? What is the purpose of it. How does it contribute to the message one desires to convey.
On a related note, Horowitz was also good friends with Rachmaninoff and contributed several modifications to rach's work. Therefore, had strong roots in composition.
But he's still a pianist. Composer writes a piece, and pianist interpret. Both very glorified positions, but entirely different. I was just giving you a hard time, so you didn't exactly have to explain mello dramatically what a pianist does.
You don't necessarily have to be a good composer to be a good pianist. Some people are Great/godly pianists but wouldn't know where to begin composing something. And vice versa.
1/2 posts : A good pianist is good at composing piano music. Their orchestral works aren't always the greatest. You're good at composing for your instrument just from mastery of it. Yann Tiersen's piano work sound like they should be for strings and his piano works are very rudimentary. He's a good composer, but not a good piano composer. Beethoven was a pianist... His piano works and symphonies are magnificent.
2/2 Symphonies take a similar mind when composing, because like piano music, there's several layers of sound. Then he made Fidelio.... But don't get me wrong, there are plenty that are amazing at both - Although I can't think of any... Rachmaninoff, perhaps. But really, I've heard many compositions by composers who played piano, but sparsely a composition from a pianist who composes. Arrau, Horowitz, Ashkenazy, Richter... Never heard a piece of their own creativity. Perhaps you can enlighten me?
Horowitz plays it incredibly beautiful!! This piece etude is so profound!!
TheEsty98 5 days ago
chinese nigger is a chigger
thedirtymeatball 6 days ago
Just a few notes of this is better than the entire output of Ludovico Einaudi.
MrRrrrvvvv 4 weeks ago
never mind the piano crying, im crying.
vladimir1341 1 month ago 2
From this Etude all the way to Vers la Flamme and everything in between. Scriabin is utterly amazing.
MrRrrrvvvv 2 months ago
sadly beautiful
mitaibiru 2 months ago
Amazing music is amazing, no matter how old you are or when it was written.
emilyjrose 3 months ago
classical music like this is slowly being forgotten in our generation, im a teenager and i play the piano, not that poppy trass but beautiful songs like this. Long live the Etude!!!
chrissyluvspeace 3 months ago
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ToninoBorzelli 3 months ago
amazing -- period
mensabs 3 months ago
there is so much control of the voicing, it's unbelievable.
utubuser10 4 months ago
you can find sheet music @ sheetsearch . com
Ir0nman86 4 months ago
so who is greater, Scriabin or Horowitz?
MozartK365 4 months ago
@MozartK365 Scriarowitz
FlyingBlackAndWhite 4 months ago
@MozartK365
Scriabin by miles.
RemovdSande11 4 months ago
@MozartK365 Well Scriabin wrote music, I don't think Horowitz did. They are both amazing though!
ericisindebt 4 months ago
I hate all of these people who are like "modern music is so bad" and "this piece is too beautiful to be lost in my generation". Firstly, modern music is a natural evolution of classical, however far removed, and whilst very different should not be dismissed because of the term 'pop' or due to other factors. Secondly, I am your generation and listen to this, but most people grow into classical over time. Please stop being so condescending, you're not better people for listening to classical music
TheChaztastic 5 months ago 4
@TheChaztastic
Yes, agreed, however, I hate when people dismiss classical music and accept modern music without taking the time to get acquainted with classical music. Classical music is better once you get into it. There's just no way you can get as much feeling out of modern music as classical music. I still listen to both and appreciate both highly.
I actually pity people who don't enjoy classical music in the same way that I do. It would be almost as bad not having sexuality.
hellomate639 4 months ago 2
splendide
MrMusic1500 6 months ago
I think the piano is still crying
giuseppe35789 6 months ago 15
@giuseppe35789 Condivido
mirrors1 2 weeks ago
@mirrors1 grazie
giuseppe35789 2 weeks ago
Hermoso.
att. smorf 3R (México).
akzayacalt 6 months ago
Cómo disfruto este estudio... es sublime
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@tweriovnzxclb -- Horowitz was Chopin's kind of pianist. Very precise and took very few liberties with pieces. I was told once by my music teacher, when I studied the Mazurkas, that Chopin detested it when people played his music any way but exactly as he'd written it.
thelizardprez 7 months ago
@tweriovnzxclb -- Horowitz was Chopin's kind of pianist. Very precise and took very few liberties with pieces. I was told once by my music teacher, when I studied the Mazurkas, that Chopin detested it when people played his music any way but exactly as he'd written it.
thelizardprez 7 months ago
@thelizardprez "took very few liberties with pieces" Are you stupid? Horowitz even adds his own notes to piano pieces.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 7 months ago 2
you can find free piano sheet music @ sheetsearch . com
Ir0nman86 7 months ago
I needed to hear this after getting trapped in the pretentious mire of modernist music and arguing with the sadly misguided consumers of it.
dasklavierleben 7 months ago 2
It feels like the world stops every time I listen to this piece. So intense...
cfwpiano 8 months ago
Scriabin achieved more at age fifteen than any of us ever will in our entire life time......................................Probably. Horowitz is the, in my opinion, the best Scriabin interpreter ever!
wantrice 8 months ago
@wantrice Do not project yourself onto others.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 7 months ago
Very Russian, very sad, very Horowitz and ultimately highly typical of early Scriabin.
Horowitz completely indentified with the complexities and mystic of the composers writing.
meredith21846 9 months ago
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meredith21846 9 months ago
I said that about Chopin because I feel it's similar in mood to some of his nocturnes. So yes, I think Chopin would have loved this, but we will never know. Indeed amazing that Scriabin wrote it when he was 15, because it sounds like it's coming from someone with a lot of life experience.
RpianoV 9 months ago
im 16 and listen to todays pop music but i also play the piano so i am very passionate about classical music... listening to this i just think my god what is wrong with music today and me for liking it... this piece is too beautiful to be lost in my generation
reeg7200 9 months ago 58
@reeg7200 where can i find people like you?
4hm3dimr4n 6 months ago
@reeg7200 Why is modern music so bad?
SUPPLEANDFIRM 5 months ago
@reeg7200 Now ur probably 17... But id like to say, that this musical piece ins lost in any generation since it was written, its know by people who are into music and may feel it. Im into this etude for a couple years, now im 20 and must say that in my musical college lots of pianists like many kind of music. Versatility and of cause interest of classic.
Leo199169 5 months ago
@reeg7200 i totaly agree with you! im 16 too, and also i play the piano :D
VigesimatoR 2 months ago
@reeg7200 keep listening ... don't worry about modern music being different. It's like comparing instant coffee and real coffee - they are different drinks. Classical music is going through a massive boom in fact due to the internet. Imagine how difficult it would have been to find a piece like this in the offline world. You would only have found it if you knew someone who knew it or by complete chance. Now you can find it just by browsing around *and* then share it. Keep the faith :-)
doowell 1 month ago 3
@reeg7200 Good, good, but I won't praise, you, when I was 16 I already pleayed the piano and I composed like this, still I also played in a progressive metal band and even in a mathcore-based act. Something is surely with today's music, I cannot disagree, even though it is no surprise someone is versatile, the output of music nowadays is damn huge, from this, to Rihanna and even so far way more things.
Keep up the good work and the piano.
Peace out.
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@reeg7200 if you ask me, I wouldn't give a damn about how many people prefer pop over classical, instead, just enjoy listening to the kind I like, which is classical. Comparing pop-shit with classical is like comparing comic cartoon with the classic novels of Leo Tolstoy. So fluffy and corny, I can't stand listening to pop-shit
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sdegrace 9 months ago
One of the most beautiful pieces ever written for piano (in my opinion). All the more incredible when you think that Scriabin was only 15 when he wrote it.
videoreff 9 months ago
@videoreff Holy! Fifteen!? I wish I could've written something epic when I was fifteen.
5minutesToForever 9 months ago
Magnifique!Love Horowitz.
Siberiaeterna 9 months ago
OMAIGAD Lady Gaga is totally better. They copy her. ALL of them.
(insert sarcasm here)
pishykikiface 10 months ago 3
What...no Lady Gaga comment? That's a new one.... XD
Jurek009 10 months ago
1:42 remembers me to bach music... wonderfull score..
00davideperez00 10 months ago
This song is beyond profound if you listen to it while imagining you've lost the most important person in your life........
Chakiejan 11 months ago
@Chakiejan You' re right. Scriabin wrote it dedicated to his best firend.
I made a musical analysis in which you can notice every step of death, lost, pain, light and sorrow in the piece. everything in this etude is composed with a sentimental meaning and with a clear sinesthetic sense.
TheGroovestock 10 months ago
A fantastic Composer, He makes us Feel that there are Four Hands playing... Intense!!!
Sanitoeter666 1 year ago
I cant hear this piesce withoute hearing the begining at lees 18 million times <2
BenjaminTheHolyDiver 1 year ago
Happy 2011 guys, im spending mine with Stoli's and Scriabin =)
k2aka111 1 year ago
I got this sheet music
Im not some spammer trying to sell you a product they have sheet music there for a variety of instruments and it's all free.
superjam18 1 year ago
Man is a creature, limited by God. This piece is limitless in its beauty. We are forced to conclude that SCRIABIN IS GOD.
KheldarPr 1 year ago
4 people are Satan.
chei1 1 year ago 5
@chei1 nah i love this piece must be that theyve coled jedward and all 4 have been on here
mukeshcuster 1 year ago
well i actually typed cloned. thanks slow internet
mukeshcuster 1 year ago
@chei1 lol. I think this version is a touch too slow for my tastes, but I love all the other interps
firesoftheempyrean 1 year ago
Chills at 0:46...
ninecat 1 year ago
Long live Mr. Vladimir Horowitz. I strongly recommend "The Last Concert", in Hamburg, D-Grammphon. Marvellous.
TangoDandy 1 year ago
I think they should just call "ppp" a Horowitz because no one else can maintain clarity and control of tone at that dynamic level like Horowitz can. Spectacular!
luke1841 1 year ago 38
@luke1841
By the same accord they should call "ffff" a Richter... Hard to find anyone in history as firey as the man.
I could listen to Horowitz for days on end, but when I want some piano-breakage there is only one man to turn to.
EuphoricDan 1 year ago 3
@EuphoricDan Great reply, but Horowitz could produce a tremendous fff without using body weight. Listen closely to his Rach 3 recording, when the climax is reached in the middle of the performance. My ears could not take the tremendous power of his powerful sound that was actually equivalent to a fff in a real life performance.
However, I agree that Richter created a more forceful fff than Horowitz. Both put their souls into such dynamics.
kczapper 1 year ago
@EuphoricDan If you mean literal piano-breakage than it has to be Berman...
doomownage94 1 year ago
@doomownage94
Have any links?
EuphoricDan 1 year ago
@EuphoricDan idk... just search up the cadenza to rachmaninov's 3rd piano concerto and you'll see.
doomownage94 1 year ago
@EuphoricDan Martha Argerich could produce much larger sounds than Richter's. Horowitz's bass notes easily drown out Richter's.
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics
I think you may be confusing the fact that Richter only played on Yamaha's opposed to the much heavier, darker sounding Steinways Argerich and Horowitz played on.
EuphoricDan 1 year ago
@EuphoricDan eh, Martha Argerich could play faster octaves than Horowitz and Richter combined. Check out her Tchaikovsky third movement
bobbphysics 1 year ago
@bobbphysics
I'm an Argerich fan.
EuphoricDan 1 year ago
@luke1841 I love this comment. Horowitz was a powerful pianist with complete control over his sound.
kczapper 1 year ago
I can.
SUPPLEANDFIRM 9 months ago
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hellomate639 1 year ago
This sounds like a person who went on a long and dramatic journey.
dberry02jr 1 year ago
I prefer Horowitz, no! Rubinstein. no! Horowitz. no! ......... oh my god, i love them both
LifeforArt 1 year ago
Learning this piece makes it mean so much more.
MachineMalfunction 1 year ago
Eternity, just eternity...
korrigan8 1 year ago
I listened to this while it was storming. One of the most emotional songs mixed with the stormy ambience is pure magic. Thunder works wonders for this piece.
hotstripeinfudel 1 year ago 2
Tremendous. Beyond great.
Amneris3 1 year ago
One of the most beautiful things in my life... just listening - disconnect from the world. Myliu.
grietuke 1 year ago
Pardon me for my ignorance, but I was curious how composers such as Scriabin and others go about naming their pieces? It seems to suggest it would be codified, however, this does not seem to be the case, and unfortunately I have yet to discover the intricacies in terms of naming. Would someone care to enlighten me please? It would be greatly appreciated, thank you. ^_^
Teksunai 1 year ago
@Teksunai
Well, pieces like this aren't really "named," they are classified as etudes because that's simply what they are. An etude is a piece that studies one or more specific technical problems. This one is aimed at: voicing chords, tone color, and pedaling. It's much more difficult than it looks! Another example is Scriabin's Etude, Op.8, No. 12, which is a study in octaves for the right hand and arpeggiated figures in the left. I hope this helps and makes sense!
pianist3912 1 year ago
@pianist3912 Yes but it is a beautifull way to study :) Maibe, can we call them not just pieces for study, but also works of art :)
eldiagrama 1 year ago
The best rendition of this piece ever.
classicaland 1 year ago
@classicaland There is one better rendition !!! Horowitz performing this in his 1986 Moscow concert. And even better, you can watch Vladimir playing it :-))
Bret6464 8 months ago
Just amazing. Played so much better than I can ever hope to play it. If I had a hat I would surely take it off.
GuiZhang13 1 year ago
grande compositore ed esecutore
gigisicily43 1 year ago
Che cosa fenomenale la musica di Skryabin nell' interpretazione ultraterrena di Horowitz!
DERFNAM72 1 year ago
Do filma O Caçador, da cena imediatamente anterior à ida para o Vietname, quando estavam reunidos num bar. A rever,o filme claro
jobal43 1 year ago
Horowitz moves me musically more than any other pianist. So much true magic and deep feeling.
cattleman6420012000 1 year ago
How can a boy with his miserable 14 years-old can write such music? God, this song came from heaven or from a passionate heart filled of the deepest sorrow a person can feel.
BirdsBrasil 1 year ago
@BirdsBrasil I believe he was actually 17 when he wrote this.
ultracoolhomies 1 year ago
yeah 0.00-3.06 is the best part, the rest of this piece sucks ass
Angel94angel94 1 year ago
@Angel94angel94 lol
openmindspace 1 year ago
One of the most sorrowful things I've ever heard.
ultracoolhomies 1 year ago
what is about, the Scriabin Etude.
skashby1 1 year ago
breathtaking, I can't manage to play this piece in so refined and delicate way. Magalov's perfomance seems easier somehow.
PablitoBodhisattva 1 year ago
beautifull. I remember when I used to play this piece. Always loved it
pierofocaccia 1 year ago
I recognize a piece of this composition
fquebral 1 year ago
Was written for a girl, when he was 15 years old. if i was that girl, I would marry him in a heart beat. It occurs to me, that sometimes even the technically less challenging pieces, can be prettier, than a 20 page ballade filled with the hardest passages. However, it is not right to say this etude is easy. I play this, and look on my channel for it. there are many voices in the chords, and you must preciously articulate each voice in a different way. not to mention the legato required.
Martel211996 1 year ago 3
It's sometimes the technically simplest pieces that purge the soul the most.
Asphyyxia 1 year ago
Strange how this piece makes me kind of arrogant... Of people say like: "Oh, this and this is the most beautiful music I've ever heard". I'd just reply: "Nah, you just haven't heard Horowitz play Scriabins Etude 2.1".
titusbeertsen 1 year ago 3
@titusbeertsen very true! but i have to say my personal favorite is chopin's nocturne op.9 no.2
emilyunderscoremarie 1 year ago
Chopin would have loved this.
tweriovnzxclb 1 year ago 58
За ово вреди живети.
t1g3r13188 11 months ago
@tweriovnzxclb really?
newFranzFerencLiszt 9 months ago
gar stupid laptop. so quiet i cant hear a single thing! im gonna have to listen to a diff version. was probably good tho :)
AuppaWappa 1 year ago
Genius playing genius. Horowitz has enveloped this study and made it his own.
rhiannonsdad 2 years ago 3
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he must've not only had talent but a great piano and sound technician cos this is impossible to get the tonations in a lounge
afertyus1000 2 years ago
I know people have given you a lot of thumbs down, but you are right to mention the piano and technician: both played a big part. However, it is ultimately Horowitz's genius that turned this into a masterpiece.
davidgray2 1 year ago
yes i don't really care what people think of my comments the ones who thumbed me down are not pianists.
Horowitz did have an inimitable style and 'brought out' harmonies with an exquisite touch i agree
afertyus1000 1 year ago
Is there anywhere i can learn to play this piece?
KinkGamer 2 years ago
Kink Gamer: Find a piano. Sit in front of it. Begin. Repeat as necessary.
ddsoco 1 year ago
Yes: your piano room
davidgray2 1 year ago
Terrific, indeed, But you haven't really heard this piece until you've heard Ashkenazy play it.
lisag6 2 years ago
This is a terrific performance.
andretchaikowskycom 2 years ago
After 3 months of working on this and getting it to a decent level, I find even more appreciation for the brilliant playing of Horowitz.
tweriovnzxclb 2 years ago 2
Ditto... for me this performance is unmatched - including his other performances of it that I have heard... Incredibly clarity...
sailwavedev 2 years ago
my life lost its meaning after this piece
oelefante 2 years ago
Scriabin Etude 42/5, 2/1, 8/12, 8/5, 8/11. In that order.
In the last months, these pieces (played by Horowitz, except 8/5 by Richter), have become an important part of my life. Yes, that's the best way to describe it.
tweriovnzxclb 2 years ago 3
The first 8 seconds of this recording contains more emotion than some popbands have in their entire output.
titusbeertsen 2 years ago 127
@titusbeertsen
Haha I agree completely
pianowink 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen I love classical music, but some listeners and their pretensions make it unbearable. Why do you have to belittle pop musicians? Are you so limited in your ability to appreciate music that you can only listen to a few genres? Do you think of yourself as "superior" or your taste in music as such? Why do you feel the need to boast of your "distinguished" preferences?
hoishiaproductions 1 year ago
@hoishiaproductions Take it easy. I said "some popbands", I think we all know what I'm talking about here. Don't get me wrong, I love popmusic (even play it myself), and all kinds of other genres: jazz, blues, fado, rock, folk, etc. I do not consider myself musically superior in any way, the reason I wrote my statement was just because, well, because it's true...
titusbeertsen 1 year ago
@hoishiaproductions i agree as well with him. When Scriabin was depressed or when he was sad, he wrote this beautiful music. Now we have emo fucks writing about suicide and screaming the word fuck every 2 seconds or we have miserable idiots writing about cliche love. You want to hear a real love piece? Listen to Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto
Martel211996 1 year ago 2
@Martel211996 amen to that! love the Rachs 2 and 3!!
stinson1993 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen the minute you see scriabin in the title you already knwo it has more emotion than a lot of popbands do :P
druglover200 1 year ago
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Pandrew40 1 year ago
@Pandrew40 I think his point is pop is emotionless and this is not, I believe he was pretty clear...
leandrusi 1 year ago
I was addressing my comment to someone else, not to you.
Pandrew40 1 year ago
@Pandrew40 dont care, my comment did was for you
leandrusi 4 months ago
@titusbeertsen It's an evidence, man.
ShoggyShoggy 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen, more than all pop bands have ever produced together.
KhagarBalugrak 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen The last 8 seconds of this recording contains more emotion than some popbands have in their entire output.
crapatitus 1 year ago 3
@crapatitus
Haha, yep, the last couple decibels of a note ringing beats out a lot of crap today.
hellomate639 1 year ago
@crapatitus Nevertheless, the last 8 performances of the Basterdboys contains more emotion than a worm
PrincessDesert 1 year ago
@PrincessDesert debatable
crapatitus 1 year ago
@crapatitus
lol
nateman742 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen comparing this with any sort of pop band is a complement to the pop bands, this is just a whole nother lever
nmbanana 1 year ago
@nmbanana Hmm I wouldn't go that far... There are definitely some pop-bands that have very good/emotional songs or compositions. Listen to Blackbird by The Beatles for instance. I really meant SOME popbands, not all ;)
titusbeertsen 1 year ago
@titusbeertsen NEVER call the beatles a pop band, ever. i mean the VAST majority of pop bands can't compare to this.
nmbanana 1 year ago
@nmbanana Technically since pop is short for popular the Beatles are more pop than any other band has ever existed.
dredeye 11 months ago
@titusbeertsen
A most humorous comment! But not a very good example! Blackbird barrows from our old friend Johan Sebastian: BWV 996.
gr0mithtimon 9 months ago
@gr0mithtimon I know, but the result is beautiful. Nothing wrong with a little borrowing here and there, I mean, listen to Scriabin here, and then listen to some Chopin. Get what I mean? :)
titusbeertsen 9 months ago
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retrocareermelted 2 years ago
magnífica interpretación, de última la mejor. El constraste entre las distintas voces y expresividad en cada una de ellas, es maravillosa, muy cantada, el tempo, todo, es una hermosa y fiel interpretación!
SuGarM0on 2 years ago
Bien dicho.
GrandPatzer 2 years ago
i love horowitz but from what i can hear he doesnt play all the notes in the piece and changes the rhythm on the bass chord note
JCruz0587 2 years ago
It's called musical interpretation. Horowitz wasn't some robot mindlessly playing what is in front of him, he changed things to sound better. If you don't like it, then choose another composer.
charleshoskinson 2 years ago 4
he changed things to his liking,THAT is interpretation. not everyone must feel the same,you are implying that his way of playing is the best. i'm not being offensive,in fact i am agreeing with you but want to remind you of staying fair.
also let me add that a pianist should 1st thoroughly play by the original sheet, as it displays the exact way the composer intended the piece to be played. once this is understood the pianist can start altering a piece, whether its good or bad remains subjective!
TimmyIsNice 2 years ago
One might want to recollect that Vladimir actually knew Alexander Nikolayevich and thus played what Scriabin wrote rather than what the editor printed, if you can transcribe exactly what Horowitz played, you would probably end up with an edition that's more accurate than the uhrtext of the editor.
Mjws2907 2 years ago
You mean pianist? :)
Lukecash12 2 years ago
A good pianist is also a good composer. One has to understand music at a very fundamental level before they can play music well. The worst sin is never to ask questions such as why am I playing this line? What is the purpose of it. How does it contribute to the message one desires to convey.
On a related note, Horowitz was also good friends with Rachmaninoff and contributed several modifications to rach's work. Therefore, had strong roots in composition.
charleshoskinson 2 years ago
But he's still a pianist. Composer writes a piece, and pianist interpret. Both very glorified positions, but entirely different. I was just giving you a hard time, so you didn't exactly have to explain mello dramatically what a pianist does.
Have a good one.
Lukecash12 2 years ago
You don't necessarily have to be a good composer to be a good pianist. Some people are Great/godly pianists but wouldn't know where to begin composing something. And vice versa.
Jurek009 2 years ago
Aaand when i say pianist i mean interpreter
Jurek009 2 years ago
1/2 posts : A good pianist is good at composing piano music. Their orchestral works aren't always the greatest. You're good at composing for your instrument just from mastery of it. Yann Tiersen's piano work sound like they should be for strings and his piano works are very rudimentary. He's a good composer, but not a good piano composer. Beethoven was a pianist... His piano works and symphonies are magnificent.
TheTempestSonata 2 years ago
2/2 Symphonies take a similar mind when composing, because like piano music, there's several layers of sound. Then he made Fidelio.... But don't get me wrong, there are plenty that are amazing at both - Although I can't think of any... Rachmaninoff, perhaps. But really, I've heard many compositions by composers who played piano, but sparsely a composition from a pianist who composes. Arrau, Horowitz, Ashkenazy, Richter... Never heard a piece of their own creativity. Perhaps you can enlighten me?
TheTempestSonata 2 years ago
and that last comment was by no way me being facetious. If you know of a piece, let me know.
TheTempestSonata 2 years ago
i don't know
I good script writer is not necessarily a good actor nor is the good actor a good writer
PrinsTan 2 years ago
JCruz, where is it exactly? As far as I can hear, he plays EXACTLY what is written..
88Woland 2 years ago
He doesn't re-articulate the high Eb at 1:15, doesn't play the sixth quarter note chord of the measure around 1:50 - that's all I noticed
MEpianist 2 years ago
Funny how you didnt notice that the rest was of a very high quality.
A cynic perhaps?
Powerslider 2 years ago 2
No just answering a specific question from 88Woland. Funny you don't know how YouTube's admittedly inferior forum structure works.
MEpianist 2 years ago
@MEpianist
Good job taking yourself out of context...? Guess I can't exactly say that, though...
Robotman42 2 years ago
He plays all the notes...
andrewfox777 2 years ago
I must thank my Piano teacher for introducing me to such a profound individual from the world of Music.
This composition is so powerful that you can almost feel Scriabin's pain. In my opinion, it really is the pinnacle of genius.
TheObliviousBlackout 2 years ago
best part is 0.00-3.06
aektzis91 2 years ago 94
Too right.
Rachmanomaniac 2 years ago 2
Sublime,divine.
Love´s pain and triumph.
Played with monumental dignity and warmth by WH.
klokheten 2 years ago
ive heard the same etude with a more wagner style music, you know more powerfull , more strong, more loud .
any clue where i can find this version ?
romas1995 2 years ago
Haha, that's not at all ambiguous.
I love this piece so much, and from what I've heard Horowitz plays my favourate rendition.
elevenwhy 2 years ago
no, but why do you want it more loud? its one of the most intim pieces i know O.o
djuit 2 years ago
i dont want it more loud , i love this piece, it just "cought my ear".
romas1995 2 years ago
oh sry, i've read something else sorry :-)
i dont know any other version.
djuit 2 years ago