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  • Scriabin's sonata sounds like Scarlatti by Hamelin.

    Oh my GOD....

  • very well done

  • 5:17 to 5:23 is amazing. I almost cried when I saw that 4 on 3 rhythym in the music lol.

  • Scriabin's later music has terrifying rhythms to calculate! And he loves to have one of the rhythms begin with a rest.

  • So, you're saying the primary method of mental mockup-playback is less real than the visceral lean-on repetitive game of human programming? In terms of getting a job done. Silence is a part of imagination. When you play a piece through the 'minds eye' prone at night what is to prevent you from realizing a rest within the rhythmic structure/lowest common denominator/decomposition/reco­nstruction. Using a rest prior to sound is a necessary way of writing without a lot of overhead. Theme.

  • I don't know if you were replying to me in earnest or channeling Scriabin's spirit. I hope the latter.

    All I meant is that five against four rhythms and six against five rhythms are intimidating - all the more so when there is a rest involved in one of the rhythms.

  • That's a given. The analytical mind, say as in plotting on graph paper 45 increments for a 5 against 9 flamme. You'd necessitate brain hemorrhage making sure each round of the other was equidistant to the other competing rhythm-flow. So, you invent a common beat and maintain that for both hands. Easier said than done. Right. But that's analysis. What you need is a left only and right only until complete off the trainer wheel. Then take the bike for a real spin down to Scriabin's house.

  • Sadly, that's actually one of the easier parts of this monster-of-a-piece! :P

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  • @aguyfromtexas and that's not even the worst of it...sigh. Great music comes at a price.

  • fantastic performance !

    superlatives ....

    To enlarge your perception of this piece you may also listen to Horowitz's performance in his american concert tours in 1975/76 RCA

    There may be the demoniac side of the work revealed as never, as Horowitz used to do, with thousand colors

  • His recording of the complete Scriabin sonatas is definitely the best out there!

  • Pretty freaking good!

  • Actually he makes couple tiny mistakes in very difficult parts:)

  • 228-229

  • Dobrivecher a malheureusement raison.

  • This guy (Hamelin) Has very conventional technique. I use him as a reference to how to play correctly. Even though this song is very difficult he maintains a fluidity in his arms you can tell there isnt any strain on the wrist a very good model to learn by.

  • Hahaha wow. What a DOUCHE XD

  • this is music:)i love scriabin...

  • I don't think it's possible for anyone to play this better. I really don't!

  • Hamelin's performance here is glib, aesthetically misinformed, and under-articulated. He presumes, wrongly, the presto to be driven by motoric speed rather than character. He consistently fails to grasp the rhythmic structure, particularly of 6 against 4. There is no rhythmic tension whatsoever, just a blurry wash of notes.

  • Too true

  • Fantastic playing, of course, and yet even MAH leaves out some aspects of this fantastic piece. If it's just that fraction too fast, too tite, some cross-rythms inevitably get lost. Some of the "caresses" could be warmer & softer, less britely lit....However, in the heat of the moment, and with his phenomenal capacities, one understands he can hardly stop himself running fast; still a remarkable achievement!

  • i actually play this piece. hamelin is virtuoso, and musical as well, but i think he made some justification of the articulation to show his technique. i prefer horowitz's interpretation.

  • Phantastically played. The tension, passion and the contrasts are overwhelming.Marc Andre Hamelin is more than a virtuoso. Thanks for posting this

  • Any friend of Sciabin's music is a friend of mine! Thank you for bringing out Hamelin's interpretation. Hamelin's dexterity, tempos, passion, and clarity is perfect playing the Great russians as Scriabin, Metner, Rachmaninoff, and now Kapustin. I can't say anymore about Hamelin than "I'm not worthy" LOL

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