Vladimir Sofronitsky plays Scriabin Sonata no. 2, Op 19

Sonata no. 2, Op 19 (1st movement)

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• Scriabin
• Sofronitsky
• piano
• sonata

[elcaballodecaligula]

Can you tell me where's the second movement please?

[truecrypt]

There is only 1st movement in this particular recording.

I posted another one WITH second movement (from Scriabin museum) - you find it in my Playlists -> Sofronitsky plays -> etc.

[Barqu3ntine]

This is a good version, but also needlessly erratic in places I think. I still like Wojciech Kocyan's reading better.

[truecrypt]

There is nothing "erratic" in this performance.

I've never heard Wojciech Kocyan but can't imagine he plays Op. 19 better than Sofronitsky...

[Barqu3ntine]

Then you should definitely check it out. Kocyan recorded the 2nd alongside the 1st, and both are absolutely breathtaking. The 1st in particular should be regarded as definitive. Sofronitsky's 2nd is about as good as Kocyan's (this movement at least), but for instance around 4:30 I find his playing a little bit too harsh.

I'm not just plugging my own favourite pianist here :) I own lots of Scriabin recordings. It's fun to compare.

[truecrypt]

Dear Barqu3ntine;

Sofronitsky performance can't be "about as good as Kocyan's" - it's incomparable. I suspect you compare apples and oranges here...

[towardtheflame]

Wow great collection, truecrypt, thanks.

You wouldn't happen to have Sofronitsky's Shostakovich recordings, would you?

[truecrypt]

@vcupiano

This is really Sofronitsky and please be assured that he could manage "dynamics and flow of tempo" quite well. Of course inability to hear it is completely different matter...

[fenderbender92]

@BrackenClelk Well, my mistake lies in the fact that I've taken your words entirely on how I read them.

[BrackenClelk]

@fenderbender92 No. Hence all the "more" enjoyable. Even outside the domain of classical music (which is where I assume the elitism is coming from), studying the context of any song or music will give you a deeper appreciation. Bob Dylan's "Hard Rain" for example, would make little sense if the listener did not know of its historical significance. Any piece of music can be deepened with study - and it is this study that makes music enjoyable. Not some snobbish attitude.

[fenderbender92]

@BrackenClelk You've missed the point of what I said. "learned ears should freely discuss preferences such as these. It makes music all the more enjoyable." Do you feel that the music is unenjoyable when you speak with "untrained" ears?

[BrackenClelk]

@fenderbender92 My comment was to encourage people who have an opinion about a recording or performance to speak and discuss it freely. The original argument started out of an interpretive preference. Liking an interpretation, and expressing why you do, is not something restricted to the "elite". If every recording is "apples and oranges", then what's the point of listening to multiple artists? Or composers even?

[fenderbender92]

@BrackenClelk That statement right there is one of the most elitist I've ever read. Only painters should freely discuss Jan Eyck. Only metaphyscians should freely discuss metaphysics. Only politicians should freely discuss politics.

[moshiko7701]

compare kocyan to sofronitsky is really comparing appels to pears

[EliScorch]

2 people are deaf...

[BrackenClelk]

I have listened to both and I would side with Kocyan. His fluidity is absolutely incomparable.

I know it's a matter of personal taste, but I'd still say that learned ears should freely discuss preferences such as these. It makes music all the more enjoyable.

[WAMEDJO]

This period in Scriabin's work certainly had a deep influence on Bill Evans. Around 2'45 for exemple, I thought I heard some Montreux Concert !

[FlyingMelbournite]

greatest interpretation of this movement on youtube....sensuous, ecstatic, beautiful