Scriabin plays Scriabin Prelude Op.11 No.13

Scriabin plays Scriabin Prelude Op.11 No.13.You can buy this CD on Amazon of His Recordings From the M.Welte & Soehne piano rolls recorded in Moscow 1910. The CD also has piano roll recordings of his students.

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[gymgymgymgym]

Does anyone else hear slight rhythmic anomalies, parts when it sounds like a slip or something? Is that because of how it was recorded ? I've noticed it in his other recordings as well.

[LVB1770]

Hi gymgymgymgym,

These were recorded from piano rolls so it has nothing to do with the recording. Scriabin

used a lot of rubato, listen to his Op.22 #1 on you tube. At the end he takes off like a

speeding, crashing out of control rocket! It is almost impossible to Imitate.

[hellomate639]

Given the quality of the sound in this recording, I'm a little skeptical that it's Scriabin since he died in 1915(and there aren't even Rachmaninoff recordings with this sound quality and he died in 1943).

People lie on YT all the time...

[LVB1770]

hellomate639,

Scriabin played this on the M.Welte & Soehne piano rolls in Moscow 1910.

It is Scriabin playing. The audio recording was a recording of the piano roll. The CD

was released in 2004.

[davidpolkmusic]

hearing him play his own music has ruined every other musician's performance for me. anything i've heard that is from these piano rolls, i can't listen to other people play.! it just doesn't even come close to what he does.....doesn't even sound like the same music.

[LVB1770]

davidpolkmusic,

To hear the closest thing to Scriabin's playing search you tube for Sofronitsky. He was married to Scriabin's daughter.

[trevjr]

wow i have been playing this prelude for over 30 years, and to hear scriabin for the first time just blows my mind. i love his music like no other.

[MEpianist]

Every voice in this prelude is being played so prominently... I can't even decide which onne to listen to.

[TheRedArmy10]

@LVB1770 Absolutely! Sofronitsky was an exceptional Scriabin performer, if not the best. Along with Heinrich Neuhaus. Some of his (V. S.) works weren't too good (for example his 12th Etude op. 8) but in general it was fantastic!

[hellomate639]

@LVB1770

Ah.

Well, I don't know why everyone had to fucking rate my comment down for being weary! Haven't you all heard about the La Campanella recording where "Rubinstein" is actually a Japanese guy that few people have ever heard of?

[ThatMysteryPianist]

I grew up with a Welte-Mignon reproducing system in the grand piano at my grandparent's house. We had this roll, though the roll was marked at a faster tempo than this. These rolls infuluenced my own playing. When the reproducing pianos are playing at their best, there's nothing quite like the experience. They were carefully engineered and often quite faithful to the actual performance. I'm grateful that these are being distributed on CD now for all to enjoy.

[gymgymgymgym]

@marmasiotis I have this recording and others of Scriabin playing on CD, it is the same when played from the CD.

[marmasiotis]

@gymgymgymgym It seems to be a general problem the last time in youtube. As if short interferences (like sound gaps) slide in. Almost every video has these problems, but you can detect these better in pur music videos..it´s very annoying.

[musicinmusic]

SO why isn't quality bad?

[steamednotfried]

@MJTTOMB regarding the comfortable reach of Scriabin, the same can be said of many pianists. Same with the beauty.