Simon Barere plays Scriabin Etude Op.8/12

[AulicExclusiva]

Passion! (And live, not a studio product...)

[MrRhiannonsdad]

Light the fuse and stand well clear

[Xiphosss]

Who the heck can dislike this? Seriously, this is the best interpretation I've ever heard.

[wagerfilmART]

we are very lucky to be able to point & click and find these spectacular performances.

[Juliet0307]

I understand why Rachmaninov told Mr Barere that he was a genious!!!

[advisorC101]

I just had to come back and listen to this beautiful, passionate madness again.

He really knows how to bring out all the agony in this that Scriabin lived with.

Thanks again for uploading this.

[Villeggiatura]

Martyrdom.

[advisorC101]

Exactly.

[guitarwizard6]

That must have been something else to behold live! (The handful of clinkers don't matter when a piece is played so powerfully!) I wish there were some actual videos of him playing.

[advisorC101]

But... When you really think about it. Insane is exactly what this piece is all about.

[JHJennings]

He's technically gifted but I think he starts too loud. The result is that the whole piece is too much the same, little contrast. Horowitz is MUCH better at starting quietly and building to a THUNDEROUS finale.

[hophmi]

Wow, great recording. It sounds an awful lot like Horowitz, in a good way. Barere could be great, no question about it.

[cortor3652]

Simon Barere was one of the most technically advanced pianists of his time, too scarely recorded and now seldomly played. Here he was a little careless.

[chad410]

fab.