Scriabin plays Scriabin

Alexander Scriabin plays Etude Op.8 No.12 Welte-Mignon recording
Faure plays Faure
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQ36T...

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[th3wing3dpaint3r]

I bet you anything that if this performance didn't have Scriabin's name on it, it would have been one of the most negatively reviewed versions.

[tzenka]

Goosebumps.

[EknanTheDeath]

If this was supposed to end up on a record, I think he'd do it in a special way.

[niklakis lakis]

Correct!...music vibrates the same way feelings do:)..it is essential to know what came up in the life of an artist,to understand his creative mind.

[Cesariono]

Intended emotion? I heard that Scriabin played pieces differently depending on his mood that particular day.

[paderuski1]

It's interesting to know some of the personal history of the artist.

[blazerrips91]

I like the muffled sound it's soo far away. this recording has charm.

[niklakis lakis]

Yes! by all means,yes....the whole story may sound sad,,,but the rose has beauty as well as thorns...thank you for giving me an explanation for this "hunch" I had:)

[paderuski1]

Yes. Some say he descended into madness toward the end of his life and his music reflected this. It became more dissonant and after writing The Divine Poem he said it was the first time he found light in music. He explored this enlessly and wanted to become "one with the elements" and with the universe. Very intense.

[niklakis lakis]

Great fury!...was it in Scriabin's character?

[appleadvert]

gracias!

[paderuski1]

No, the Welte-Mignon wasn't Scriabin's invention. He was writing to thank the firm for it's invention of the piano roll (perhaps not the proper term of the day) upon which music was played by the composer/pianist and could be played back with exactly the same inflections, tonal qualities, etc. as were included in the original playing.