Scriabin, Prelude, Opus 16 #1, B Major (piano solo)

Alexander Scriabin's Prelude, opus 16 #1, performed by Stephen Malinowski, accompanied by a scrolling bar-graph score.

FAQ

Q: Where can I get the sheet music for this piece?
A: Here is a PDF
http://www.musanim.com/pdf/ScriabinOpus16n1.pdf
BTW, the Dover volume containing all of Scriabin's Preludes and Etudes has 250 pages of music and can be bought online for about USD 13 (including shipping); that's less than six cents a page, less than it would cost to photocopy it.

Q: I dont like the way you played it.
A: Well, yeah, I am still learning it. Here is Horowitz playing it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q7aXlGnYaI

Q: How long have you been playing the piano?
A: Since about 1961.

Q: Is there a way I could make the bar-graph scores myself?
A: The Music Animation Machine MIDI file player will generate this display; you can get the (Windows) software here:
http://www.musanim.com/player/
There are lots of places on the web where you can get MIDI files; I usually go to the Classical Archives site first:
http://www.classicalarchives.com/

Q: Could you please do a MAM video of _________?
A: First, check my "to do" list:
http://www.musanim.com/all/MAMToDoList.html ...
If the piece isn't listed, read the "Could you please do a MAM video of _________?" item on my main FAQ:
http://www.musanim.com/mam/mamfaq.html#copyright ...
and if you think I'd consider doing it, email me (stephen at musanim dot com).

Q: What instrument are you playing?
A: This is the Acoustica "Pianissimo" piano. I'm giving the demo version a try, playing it through the conductor program:
http://www.musanim.com/tapper/

Q: What do the colors in the bar-graph score mean?
A: The melody is one color, everything else is another color; this doesn't correspond to the hands in the piece.
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Category:

Music

Tags:

• romantic
• classical
• chopin
• beautiful
• dreamy

[TheVOC]

That was beautiful I felt your Romantic Era spirit sing in this piece, I love it. Thank you also for providing the music. Skrijabin has a lot of strange stuff however are all his preludes in the Dover the same "Early Skrijabin" style?

[smalin]

There's a progression ... the other prelude I posted is from somewhat later in the volume.

[masonsbeenspacin]

Well I can say that this song is definitely in my top 5 favorites right now... which is funny because i never used to like this kind of music.

[smalin]

Your ears have come a long way ... this isn't an easy piece to appreciate. But I'm surprised you've favorited this and not the Horowitz version, which is way better (see the note in the FAQ).

[masonsbeenspacin]

Are you the one who's playing all these songs?

[smalin]

Not all, but many, maybe most, even ...

[nannymac47]

I love

[Invisiblegirlswatchn]

I'm pretty sure I recall hearing this on Mr. Rodgers when I was little. Oh the memories...:) I love you smalin!

[shehry1shehry]

@smalin In Horowitz' version every now and then notes crop up that seem misplaced, or at least out of the blue. Your dynamics seem to have suppressed them. Your version seems to be more coherent and consistent, Horowitz' more shattering.

[PorcupineFloyd68]

@Bluehawk2008 I am enraged!!!

[Bluehawk2008]

Sounds like it could be a "love theme" from a hollywood film. That's meant as a compliment (but feel free to be offended).

[ionas82]

@smalin The Horowitz version was killed by Sony (in Europe at least). Thanks for yours.

[witness124]

@amadeus5889 I like this sort of stuff. I find that a lot of composers (Scriabin and Schoenberg the prime examples), before they 'went all atonal' as a friend of mine put it, wrote these lovely romantic pieces. I'll always call these pieces their crowning acheivment.

[witness124]

The first thing I ever hear by this composer and I still know that I'm going to love his work for the rest of life. Beautiful playing, very well done.

[amadeus5889]

This is what would happen if Rachmaninov and Debussy wrote a piece together. Highly romantic, but with some Impressionist color added for amazing effect.

[MuZacful]

@marmasiotis True, I couldn't afford a real piano. The sound of my Roland F110 digital piano is however more than satisfactory for a beginner like myself. Having started to learn, I feel even more impressed when I listen to professional pianists.