Eiges - Piano Sonata-Toccata No. 4

[coaster1000]

Great music - interestingly, the first full bar is nearly identical to that of Scriabin's 3rd...

[TheWanderingNight]

The themes sound awfully modern. One can imagine them being used in today's video game or film music, but most likely not to the sophistication of development here.

[titusbeertsen]

The beginning makes me think of Scriabin's 3rd sonata.

[afertyus1000]

@titusbeertsen yea a bit

[diuleelomei]

Who was the pianist of this piece? Great performance!

[MissIdioms]

Ahhhhh stirring stuff

[hailkayy]

@MissIdioms lol yeah

[ssdamouni]

Does any one know who the publisher is or where i can buy this music?

[hailkayy]

@ssdamouni I ahve it in .pdf if you want 

[ssdamouni]

@hailkayy that would be awesome. I sent you a message with my email address please tell me if there is a problem with it.

[dindan4]

please please how can we get the sheet of this toccata?

[rojorunner27]

@dindan4 please send me a youtube message with your e-mail. I have the score as a pdf file. It was not easy to find.

[Soappoa]

A very beautiful piece. Reminds me of Prokofiev's works, but there's also an unique touch in it. This has to be one of my favorites at least now. :)

[f1f1s]

The beginning is so desperate, while it's getting brighter and more cheeful to the end. A really great piece.

[hailkayy]

Hexameron please accept my request, can you communicate me the pdf of this ?

[hailkayy]

WTF is this piece ?! ? Wowww

[hailkayy]

Violent !

[5tgb6yhn5tgb]

Stunning :) - enjoyed that.

[locomotifx]

It is so refreshing to hear some of the many contemporaries of the most well-known names of Russian music- reminding us again, perhaps, that even famous composers do not work in isolation! I think this as good as much music i've heard by the "famous", "canonical" musicians, however gifted.

[Zebeldarebel]

I can't find the sheet music anywhere for this :( Do you have it Hexameron?

[rojorunner27]

@Zebeldarebel pianorarescores has the music for this. Just search Oleg Eiges. The pdf file is $6.50 american and comes with two short pieces by K. Eiges, Oleg's father, as well.

[Zebeldarebel]

@rojorunner27 ah, an answer like this is what I have been looking for. Unfortunately I'm lazy and if it isn't in the Petrucci Library then I search ends:( lol

[mtybumpo]

I rarely comment on anything posted to Youtube but this is Absolutely stunning! It sends chills down my spine every time I hear it! Thank you for posting it so I could have to opportunity to discover and hear such a masterpiece!

[chopin8199]

Very glad I discovered this.

[SKGScintill]

It may be a long shot, but I'd like to give an attempt at learning this piece, is there any way I could get hold of the piano sheet?

[robbiethemann]

that toccatta shits over prokofiev

[kmpiano1]

The beginning reminds me of the start of Scriabin's 3rd sonata!

[Franklindriessen]

certainly!

[eiges36]

no doubt this is my great ancestor or something lmaooo

[MezzoMasha]

Truly splendid.

[driemaaldrommels]

fantastic!!

[npelletier89]

Again, I had to post at how jaw-dropping this is! Right at 1:22, the silence then goes into one of the scariest lines of music I've heard...one that always gives me goosebumps.

[Hexameron]

I'm glad you like this, but scary? Hmm... I've heard a lot of piano music that could be described as frightening, disturbing, eerie, and "scary," but I don't think of this sonata.

Have you heard Mosolov, Protopopov, Feinberg, and Wyschnegradsky's quarter tone music? That's the kind of stuff that gives *me* goosebumps.

[npelletier89]

Haha, I mean just as soon as it goes into the Allegro Moderato, that instant is very unsettling; the slow sections, and the Maestoso are far from 'scary'. The harmonies near the end are amazing.

[afertyus1000]

@Hexameron fantastic find thanks

[hailkayy]

@npelletier89 The F*****ING scariest lines if music i've Neva Heard !!!!! TagatagaDi Da ! TagatagaDi Da §

[alexcortot]

Hello Hexameron.

I have been collecting rare and unusual music from the XXth century for more than ten years now and was quite aware of such musicians as Lourié, Roslavets or Mossolov. Today, I owe you a great discovery. This piece is wonderful. Thanks very much !

[IlDottoreFaustus]

Spectacular!!

The pianist also blasts, burns, shines!!

[npelletier89]

I keep coming back to this one.  It's such a terrifying piece! Probably my favorite upload (I've spent about 3 days going through all of your vids lol)

[thetamman]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been looking for a recordings of Eiges works for ageeees now! This made my day :D

[ch252525]

grave... = slow?

[JCHBONNET]

Grave = solemn.

[FabioThePianist]

Thank you for this upload, Hexameron!

[Jman0101]

i like how it sounds tonal...but not...thats cool:D

[scriabinwasmydad]

amazing upload! by far the best channel I have ever encountered on YT!

[JCHBONNET]

Hexameron's channel is indeed the best place to listen to rare piano music from the XX century. It is also my favorite channel.

[KeithWhalen11]

I second that notion, thanks Hexameron. The Auerbach preludes are so interesting!

Twenty symphonies, five concerti!? It's amazing how much music there is left to be discovered.

[npelletier89]

Damn! The long strings of 4ths are mind bending! This is crazy!!