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Scriabin plays Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin plays Etude Op.8 No.12 Welte-Mignon recording  
 
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8aetroya8 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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this is NOT a person playing a piano morons, it's a piano roll and there is no way you can give it any type of human feel besides basic note input to be spewed back out randomly concerning nuance. Only the tempo might have been accurate but that's about all.
acortot (1 day ago) Show Hide
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actually the phrasing is preserved..
dynamics are a bit iffy, also because the hammers are different (harder)
rancidcaty (4 days ago) Show Hide
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Ecstacizing!!
violinartist1 (5 days ago) Show Hide
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heart-wrenching. you can feel his pain in the way he plays it. :(
advisorC101 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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I feel sorry for Scriabin, that he had to endure such a hell the whole of his life.

As for the remark about the composer "doesn't know how to play his own works", is utterly dispicable. Scriabin knew what he was doing, this was HIS masterpiece infused with HIS meaning.

I can appreciate some interpretations like the one by Simon Barere for its insanity but this is as good as it gets. The rest is a just matter of personal taste.

Thank you for sharing this jewel. It's my favourite piece.
advisorC101 (6 days ago) Show Hide
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Just listen to that beautiful conclusion that so many (like Horowitz) are sloppy with. This is truly insane, as it is meant to be.

This is an invaluable document of his technical and musical BRILLIANCE.
philnoll (1 week ago) Show Hide
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agreed
henseltetude (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Thanks, anyway, we must know that this is a piano roll... that means Scriabin could have played this piece in a different way...
rvn10rvn17 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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it's just my opinion..
you don't have to flame me just because we have different opinions unless you're just a retard who doesn't understand politeness or a freaking childish douchebag!
and 'a composer cant play an interpretation'??????? think again!

btw this is not a song, a song is smtg you sing..

to summarize: you're the idiot!!!
Kafeifei (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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@rvn10rvn17 I cannot say I agree. Horowitz makes it sounds very... muddled within itself. Some of the poignance is lost in his takes.
At least so I feel.

And also, which is not to say he isn't a magnificent pianist, I am a fan.

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