Scriabin, Prelude, Opus 16 #1, B Major (piano solo)

[nannymac47]

I love

[Invisiblegirlswatchn]

I'm pretty sure I recall hearing this on Mr. Rodgers when I was little. Oh the memories...:) I love you smalin!

[shehry1shehry]

@smalin In Horowitz' version every now and then notes crop up that seem misplaced, or at least out of the blue. Your dynamics seem to have suppressed them. Your version seems to be more coherent and consistent, Horowitz' more shattering.

[Bluehawk2008]

Sounds like it could be a "love theme" from a hollywood film. That's meant as a compliment (but feel free to be offended).

[PorcupineFloyd68]

@Bluehawk2008 I am enraged!!!

[witness124]

The first thing I ever hear by this composer and I still know that I'm going to love his work for the rest of life. Beautiful playing, very well done.

[amadeus5889]

This is what would happen if Rachmaninov and Debussy wrote a piece together. Highly romantic, but with some Impressionist color added for amazing effect.

[witness124]

@amadeus5889 I like this sort of stuff. I find that a lot of composers (Scriabin and Schoenberg the prime examples), before they 'went all atonal' as a friend of mine put it, wrote these lovely romantic pieces. I'll always call these pieces their crowning acheivment.

[marmasiotis]

It isn´t a real piano... it is an e-piano...

[MuZacful]

@marmasiotis True, I couldn't afford a real piano. The sound of my Roland F110 digital piano is however more than satisfactory for a beginner like myself. Having started to learn, I feel even more impressed when I listen to professional pianists.

[MuZacful]

A few months ago my sister posted me a link to your Bach fuga video. Since then I've spent hours listening to and watching your videos. It even inspired me to buy a synthetic piano and start learning. I've wanted that for many years. As I'm no longer young, I will probably never get close to your level. But if I want to listen to something beautiful I can still listen to your pieces.

I'm really impressed, and what impresses me as well is the time you spend patiently answering comments.

[dgaranin]

@MuZacful Buying a piano after listening to a recording is the highest praise for the artist! I wished I could do the same;-)))

[axdy91]

I'm going to play this sometime soon.

[monkeymanNr1]

I love this song

[Ally123234]

I cant belive I missed this video from you! From my favorite composer as well! Thank you for posting. And thank you for playing so beautifully

[intervalkid]

It sounds like the final note is about 20 cents sharp.

[arqweryon]

I've listened to this countless times and it's simply superb! I've search for many other interpretations and yours is my favorite (even over Horowitz)

[ShoggyShoggy]

Simply Awesome.

[signorinakitty]

ke dolcezza! ne ho proprio bisogno!

[Lottiemcgoo]

I love this piece to bits! It really is unique because it sounds both beautiful and eerie at the same time. I love how this piece is played. It sounds really good. Scriabin is one of my favourite composers.

[MrDaduh59]

Gorgeous piece and interpretation!

[Tintenfix]

That was so beautiful, something inside of me died happily.

[AristYdes]

the green notes draw the mountains and the red notes the peaks. its like looking at a landcape in 360 degrees

[nomukodonosor]

@AristYdes that is an interesting observation

[lotusbuds2000]

And I did mean "peace" but it would also make sense to say "piece"...double entendre...lovely...starting my day of nicely...:)

[lotusbuds2000]

thank your for the peace!

[BasdK95]

I like your video's very much. I actually don't watch for the graphic visualisation, but especially for your very good taste! ;)

[RATwihard1997]

Beautiful!!

Keep up the Lovely music!

[timetwisterr]

I love this music,the melody flows gently to my ears!

[TheVOC]

That was beautiful I felt your Romantic Era spirit sing in this piece, I love it. Thank you also for providing the music. Skrijabin has a lot of strange stuff however are all his preludes in the Dover the same "Early Skrijabin" style?

[smalin]

There's a progression ... the other prelude I posted is from somewhat later in the volume.

[NoTealSweater]

oh boy that was great.

[Ravel87]

Scriabin > Chopin  - I've been saying it for years.

[MultiFailBot]

Every composer brings something different to the table.

[Yoshi5020]

Dude! No one ever talks about Scriabin, but really he's up there with the rest of them. Very interesting-- unique in a very subtle way, highly nuanced. Strange, enchanting, dreamlike.

Like the person below me, I like your playing better than the Horowitz recording! I think it is you who really "understand" Scriabin!

[RemovdSande11]

I think you actually did it better as Horowitz. your version is lighter, like it more. good job!

[alvarezdiazdaniel]

thank you smalin i realy apreciate what you've done here your videos have made me apreciaate clasical music and i normaly listen heavy metal thanks man keep it up

[jasonkhtam7]

the first thing when I listened to your videos,

First word that came into my mind :WOW

[masonsbeenspacin]

Well I can say that this song is definitely in my top 5 favorites right now... which is funny because i never used to like this kind of music.

[smalin]

Your ears have come a long way ... this isn't an easy piece to appreciate. But I'm surprised you've favorited this and not the Horowitz version, which is way better (see the note in the FAQ).

[surferchance1]

well as good as it is i think it would be exicuted in E minor on the violin

[williampv]

@smalin kinda like your version over horrowitz i must say xD it has a deeper tone than the Horrowitz one, but that's just personal taste :p

[ionas82]

@smalin The Horowitz version was killed by Sony (in Europe at least). Thanks for yours.

[epiqseba]

This videos are wonderful. They take you right into the music. You´ve found a simple, attractive and emotional way to do it. Thank you for sharing your work.

[masonsbeenspacin]

Are you the one who's playing all these songs?

[smalin]

Not all, but many, maybe most, even ...

[mygalmo]

I've always had a fine appreciation for classical music, in fact anything without vocals will be just fine with me. It took some time for me to find a really great page out here and yours hit the top of my list! I love the videos and am deeply appreciative of all the insight you provide on each piece. You have superb taste in your selection and have done a fine job smalin! Thank you! You are most appreciated!

[brightsideoflife64]

This is almost hypnotically relaxing. I've never heard this before. Thank you for uploading.

[smalin]

Heh, uploading was nothing. Thank me for learning the piece and making the video. :-)

[brightsideoflife64]

@smalin er.......Thank you.

[GhettoKid96]

thank you :)

[IOnlySleepWifTheBest]

Scriabin and Debussy sounds quite alike in my opinion. There's that dreamy, fantasyland charactheristic in their music.

[xxanythingwilldoxx]

how do u do those animations?? it's cool, keep those videos coming. i love all of them

[smalin]

If you follow all the links in the FAQ, you will find out.

[ultracoolhomies]

Ah, I understand. I've watched your tutorial on the Tapper.

[ultracoolhomies]

So you're not actually playing? Its play the notes for you while you just control the tempo?

[smalin]

I control everything except the pitches: dynamics, tempo, articulation, pedaling, etc. In other words, since the pitches are determined by the composer, I control everything that a performer controls to make one performance different from another. The only thing that's different is that it's not possible for me to play a wrong note.

[InvaderSkat]

this is amazing <3 ur really good I want to go back to piano lessons now but only with a different teacher c:

[mhs91111]

love it! B major is my favorite key :)

[LadyMishari]

Amazing, tryed to play it on my own piano, but still very insecure when i try, making tons of errors.

[ultracoolhomies]

You play very well.

[infernobegins]

Beautiful playing. Absolutely beautiful!

[jussssig]

loving all your posts mate.

[slimc1000]

I was going to ask you how do you create these videos, but i decided to be smarter and check the FAQ ^.^

[smalin]

Bless you.

[Tutaiz1]

Thanks

[Tutaiz1]

Where i can download that music?So beautiful...

[smalin]

Do you mean the score or the audio?

[Tutaiz1]

The audio...

[smalin]

There are sites that let you download the audio right off of YouTube. I'm sure you can find one.

[liviacolare]

I am in love with this prelude, thanks for playing it and uploading this video :) i was wondering whether you are planning to play also Chopin's nocturne Op.9 No.2. It means a lot to me and I'd be happy to hear it played by you.

[smalin]

You should probably take a look at my to-do list (follow the link in the FAQ).

[housmous]

Beautiful song.

[MaestroAnnie]

I thank you for the glorious playlists. Always on while I study. Thank you very much! :)

[floywilson]

Haha, me too! You've just earned me an A on my first AP exam. Thank you!

[RobloxSpirit]

GREAT!!!!!!!

[gre2g]

SWEET !

[kpunkt]

celestial

[Matthewc314159]

Awesome. Once again, very cool beans.

[dmsanct]

kinda reminds me of satie's gymnopedies xD

[shizohal]

Beauty!

[MagicDonDino]

Sublime!

[mindygrahamkrauth]

excellent !!

[Zeca2009]

Muito bom, eu gostei do seu video, bem interessante!

[imuruki]

It's Italian.

[smalin]

No it's not.

'Ceux' and 'jeux' are French ... but the rest?

[MLuckman]

glad you liked my suggestion, very beautiful - performance!!!

[3cplantin]

Beautifully played! I like the subtle color palette, too. In some others, the colors change with the harmonies, don't they? That might be a little distracting here, where you seem to be highlighting the melody and accompaniment. Maybe subtle color changes that correspond with the chords could work (different shades of green/blue or something like that), but it is so beautiful the way you've done it here, I'd hate to see it messed up!

[Frankadelphia]

Very excellent! It is so beautiful and full of pasion! I love it!

¡Múœeux iåb d'grètnyc! L'præmèreux ørå jeux hµd dàc, ë j'ô ën låw á dàc. Ceux päçånëtt, bütåföll, ë pµfyst.

[smalin]

What language is that?

[Frankadelphia]

It is actually an extinct language that I found in the back of a library. I learned it with a friend, and made some changes to it for modern times. It is partly a Romance language, but jeux and ceux do not mean the same things as the do in French. Jeux comes from the Spanish 'yo' for I, and a German influence with the 'j'. I'm not exactly sure where it is called in English, but the title of the book is 'Ëcsúœàndeux l'Màdµn Tåñ d'Lúcytènæynn'.

[Frankadelphia]

Which means, 'The Book on Learning the Language of the West. I think it means the Western part of the Roman of Greek influence. But I am not sure, because I couldn't find anything on the internet. It is old, and handwritten, but looks like it was taken from a lecture about it long ago.

[smalin]

Heh.  Well, that explains why my friend who's a classics scholar didn't recognize it.

[Frankadelphia]

Oh, wow! I wish I had friends like that! But I guess you won't have friends like that when you are 14. What did they think of it?

[smalin]

He had no idea. His guess was that it was Turkish (probably because he doesn't know Turkish).

[Frankadelphia]

Probably from all of the umlauts.

[smalin]

I'm guessing it's just a hoax.

[Frankadelphia]

What? Why would it be a hoax?

¿Dú ànyctlæ pæëncå πätt èceux ëc é'hósc? Juex pvèdeux à åçµ dú, eceux ère é'låiytt sàn lèñ.

[smalin]

Well, extinct languages are my friend's specialty, the mix of diacriticals seems unlikely, and the odds that an extinct language exists only in handwritten notes that you found seems very unlikely.

It looks like a simple letter substitution to me.

[smalin]

Oh, and you called them "umlauts."

[Frankadelphia]

Um, that is what they are called, or so I learned in school! And anyway, it is not a hoax. But what ever, I guess that it doesn't matter.

[TFreckle]

I don't get why it has greek letters as well as germanic/scandinavian letters in it...

[Frankadelphia]

It also has ´ ` ¨ ˜

L'πyñ hëbb åkû gålyfc. ^

[TFreckle]

Brava! Brava!

[7papaverirossi]

bello grazie , complimenti !