Alexander Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20

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- Composer: Alexander Nikolayevich Scriabin (6 January 1872 -- 27 April 1915)
- Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor: Pierre Boulez
- Soloist: Anatol Ugorski
- Year of recording: 1999
Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, Op. 20, written in 1896.
00:00 - I. Allegro
07:48 - II. Andante
16:30 - III. Allegro moderato
This work was Scriabin's only true concerto and his first work that involved the orchestra. At only 24 and needing a piano concerto to show off his abilities in concert, Scriabin was still using the idiom set forth by Chopin for his piano writing, and here he took on Chopin's orchestral mannerisms, as well, although Scriabin's orchestra takes a much more active and partner-like role than Chopin's does in his concertos. Scriabin completed the concerto in only a few days in the fall of 1896, but didn't finish the orchestration until the following May and did not premiere the work until 23 October 1897.
- The opening Allegro does not go to the emotional extremes that Rachmaninov does, but it does contain greatly contrasting moods and moments of tension, ending without a recapitulation in a generally dark disposition.
- The middle movement is a poetic Andante and four brief variations, which, even though in the major mode, still have a nostalgic feeling. Muted strings first state the theme, which then switches to the clarinet with delicate, interweaving piano accompaniment. The next variation is more like a piano scherzo; then a darker variation moves mostly into the left hand and lower registers. The fourth variation gives the theme back, inverted, to the orchestra while the pianist has a more filigree solo, including a slow cadenza before the coda.
- The final Allegro moderato is in sonata-rondo form and is more intensely expressive than the other movements. Its main theme features a soaring arpeggio that flies up to the high end of the keyboard, but the lyrical secondary subject, however, is the one that stays in memory. The movement ends with an extended coda that represents an ecstatic, emotional culmination, with the orchestra rising to prominence at the very end.
Scriabin often performed the concerto, even after he had moved on musically and philosophically into more sophisticated areas. Also a favorite of Rachmaninov's, he conducted the composer in a 1911 performance and later performed the work himself at a memorial for Scriabin in 1915.
Here, in this performance Ugorski spins out the Chopinesque filigree with masculine grace, and his playing is colourful and imaginative. Boulez and the Chicagoans complement it perfectly. This is the best version I know, far better than Ashkenazy's, and even better than Solomon's.

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@strangenessEPR 2 жыл бұрын

Criminally underrated piano concerto.

@firoza8994 4 жыл бұрын

00:07 I. Allegro - F# minor 07:50 II. Andante - F# Major 16:32 III. Allegro Moderato - F# minor, Ending in Major. Detailed Timestamps Below For Each Movement. (Rehearsal Markings and Noteworthy Moments) 00:07 I. Allegro - F# minor 00:07 Orchestra; Intro 00:24 Piano; Theme 1 00:45 Mark 1; Orchestra takes theme 01:18 Transition to Theme 2 01:37 Mark 2; Theme 2 02:07 Mark 3; Transition Theme 02:37 Mark 4; Development of Theme 1 03:14 Mark 5; Key Change to A minor. Aspects of Theme 2 appear. 03:28 Mark 6; Idyllic orchestra with serene winds, glittery arpeggios in piano 03:55 Mark 7; Return to f# minor. Transition to a development of Theme 1 04:17 Mark 8; Development of Theme 1, Wailing into the abyss. Powerful. 04:36 Piano solo 04:52 Climax 05:13 Mark 9; Theme 2, Transposed down a fifth 06:06 Mark 10; Transition Theme returns, but darker. 06:36 Mark 11; Preparation for Closing 07:10 Mark 12; Closing Reminder of Theme 1 07:50 II. Andante - F# Major 07:50 Theme - Andante; Stated by orchestra. Sentimental. 09:24 Variation I - Andante; Piano enters - A glowing continuous melodic line with a warm accompaniment 10:56 Variation II - Allegro Scherzando; A charismatic, upbeat and less serious variation. Scherzo is fitting. 11:31 Variation III - Adagio; A brooding, slow, and serious lament interspersed with Melancholy, Haunting orchestral interjection. 13:40 Variation IV - Allegretto; Warm and glowing melodic line as with Var. I, but with more ornamentation and counterpoint. 15:14 Tempo I; Essentially Variation I, with a lyrical closing. 16:32 III. Allegro Moderato - F# minor 16:32 First Subject - Theme 1; Dramatic passion and a Soaring arpeggio figure. 16:53 Mark 1; Interlude; Theme 2 appears, is interrupted by theme 1, and then proceeds in full. 17:27 Mark 2; Theme 2 18:02 Mark 3; Second Subject - A Major; Theme 3 18:52 Mark 4; Theme 4 19:19 Mark 5; Theme 1 Returns 19:39 Interlude Returns 19:49 Mark 6; Interlude 20:11 Mark 7; Theme 2 Returns 20:38 Mark 8; A short Development on Theme 1. Switches to A minor briefly, then to D major. (B minor?) 21:09 Mark 9; A Brilliant, Bright passage. A Development on Theme 3. 21:41 Mark 10; A Hair-Raising Orchestral passage Building up Massive Tension - Approaching the Climax. (Return to F# minor) 22:02 Mark 11; Theme 1 - Majestic, Dramatic Climax. The theme is then developed. 22:52 Mark 12; Development - Themes 1 and 2 contrast 23:04 Mark 13; The previous is reiterated more brightly 23:26 Mark 14; F# Major - Development on Theme 3 23:40 Mark 15; Development on Theme 4. Contrasted with hints of Theme 1 25:13 Mark 16; Development on Theme 1 Contrasted with Theme 4, all in Major 25:54 Mark 17; Closing - A minor (C major?), then F# Major - All Themes interact, as well as the Brilliant section in Mark 9 26:47 Piú mosso. - Finishing Thoughts 26:54 Mark 18; Finale - A Brilliant figure Analogous to that in Mark 9, Tremolos, and Brass End in 3 F# Major Chords. This is one of my favorite Concertos, and I learned a good deal from analyzing it. Very passionate and lyrical! Movement 1 Appears to be in some sort of Ternary Form, with some imagination, of ABA' or thereabouts. Movement 2 is a Theme and 4 variations, with the first being basically repeated at the end. Movement 3 is in Sonata Rondo Form, with the development beginning with a reiteration of the first theme. The Rondo aspect can also be seen in what I called the "Interlude", where Theme 2 appears to be interrupted in the middle by theme 1. The exposition consists of 2 subjects; The first set in F# minor, the second in A major, the relative Major. This 'exposition' is then repeated, but with a few noticeable differences. The development, after restating the main theme, goes on to compare and contrast different harmonic and motific elements of all 4 subjects, adding on gradually, to come to a brilliant closing section in F# Major, the parallel key. Movement 3 has bits and pieces that are tangentially similar to aspects of the themes of the first movement, and the second subject reminds me of movement 2. Overall, the work is very unified, but my favorite is movement 3, and 21:41 and the climax are one of my favorite moments in all of music. I spent 3 hours writing this...

@mfreea2300 4 жыл бұрын

I am glad you did . Good job

@semtiness 4 жыл бұрын

Your are verry good musically educated,you have all my respect,thank you.

@erikbreathes 4 жыл бұрын

3 hours well spent

@haozhang5257 3 жыл бұрын

Firoza Le Grand thank you

@Guarniz 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your excellent analysis.... It helped me a lot in understanding such a beautiful music

@sergeirachmaninoff6397 2 жыл бұрын

The Soloist, Anatol Ugorsky, is a totally underrated pianist. He's an amazing musician and his recordings of some of Chopin's polonaises are the best I've ever heard. If you're wondering if they're worth to be checked, I would say that they must be!

@johncoutlakis265 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree

@zebulonspruijt1645 Жыл бұрын

If Rachmaninov says so...!

@theMMAdhatter 2 жыл бұрын

"It might interest you to know that I met the brother of Scriabin; he is in a Russian Cavalry Brigade out here [in France during WWI]. Though he is a charming man, he is not interested in music at all, and, like many people, considers that his brother was mentally 'not all there.'" -Capt. Clive Carey, writing to the Royal College of Music Magazine If this is what being "mentally not all there" is, the world could do with a lot more of it

@leonorkilayko3740 Жыл бұрын

Genau

@matheusmeliope 2 ай бұрын

eu concordo com o irmão dele kkkkk

@marsaeolus9248 4 жыл бұрын

Scriabin is SO underrated !

@danielche2349 4 жыл бұрын

The second movement brings back bittersweet youthful memories of a time when everything was just simple and happy... ah the nostalgia 7:48

@randompianistis4670 3 жыл бұрын

Dude… who cares… go to sleep

@danielche2349 3 жыл бұрын

@@randompianistis4670 likewise

@charliezhang6567 3 жыл бұрын

is u jeffrey ches brother

@danielche2349 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliezhang6567 LOL YES

@ghghetto2888 2 жыл бұрын

like living in a small town in the middle of russia

@lacobymills4930 4 жыл бұрын

13:40 love this part

@r0mmm 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like a spanish dance

@mikekevitt1322 5 жыл бұрын

There is no way one cannot immediately fall in love with an aesthetics as beautiful as this.

@billyfisher1539 2 жыл бұрын

3:55 - 4:35 is just utterly magical… Takes me somewhere else. The genius of Scriabin having the cello open the section with the three note motif too

@leonorkilayko3740 Жыл бұрын

Me too nnplayed this n manila n Valencia spain w Oleg caetani

@LisaTahara 4 жыл бұрын

I'm obsessed with this work.... my dream is to perform it with orchestra some day. It's so undervalued!!!

@danielfeygin1216 4 жыл бұрын

I encourage you to keep working, this is an amazing, almost perfect concert

@ashkrishna571 4 жыл бұрын

its so sad, that its so undervalued... I wish more people understand music..:(

@ramonfertimon3532 4 жыл бұрын

haceme un petardo!

@danielfeygin1216 4 жыл бұрын

@@ramonfertimon3532 primero conseguíte la hierba

@ramonfertimon3532 4 жыл бұрын

@@danielfeygin1216 jajaja

@ghernandez6457 2 жыл бұрын

04:50 to 05:15 simply magical what happens right there, the transition from the orchestra to just the piano is unexplainable.

@II-jq2rd 4 ай бұрын

Agree

@lightning9494 7 жыл бұрын

One of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. So many of Scriabin's pieces elicit tears from me - almost no matter who's playing it.

@erikbreathes 4 жыл бұрын

Oh how you would tear up from my performance... its painful to listen to, like an axe in your pancreas.

@salvat3735 Жыл бұрын

nice pfp

@nezkeys79 9 ай бұрын

Felix Blumenfeld does that to me

@ryushev2000 Ай бұрын

even me?

@shadowfire04 4 жыл бұрын

unpopular opinion: the first movement is really cool too

@danielche2349 4 жыл бұрын

lmaooooooo

@jonathanDstrand 4 жыл бұрын

how is this an unpopular opinion lmao

@Joe-oh5ch 4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanDstrand oh i think it's just because everyone likes to quite justifiably jerk off the other two and while they're amazing the first is sort of underappreciated

@shadowfire04 3 жыл бұрын

@@Joe-oh5ch yeah that's exactly what i meant. they're all fantastic, but the first is especially underappreciated in comparison to the other two, imo.

@danielfeygin1216 3 жыл бұрын

The first movement is my favourite

@pihipsz 10 ай бұрын

I've never thought this song was bad while listening to it hundreds of times. This song itself is the biggest reason why I like music.

@ineednamesugestions2259 9 ай бұрын

No offence. But how do you know about this piece and still call it a song. I think it’s great that you like this piece. But naming bothers me. But honestly no offence

@user-hs5ym5hg6y 7 ай бұрын

@@ineednamesugestions2259 cause he used translation

@pihipsz 6 ай бұрын

@@ineednamesugestions2259 I'm not English user. Sorry for my poor English. Maybe the meaning of the word 'song' would be somewhat different in my language... In my language, It is often that all the music called as a song

@rearedevening9283 2 ай бұрын

@@ineednamesugestions2259 just be happy people r listening to Scriabin

@dbmusico 3 жыл бұрын

What a masterpiece! 18:53 shows a delightful contrapoint between piano, orchestra and clarinet. Balanced energy, delicacy and ingenuit wrote by a true genius. Finally, a gran finale!

@Alix777. 2 жыл бұрын

This version is bad because of Boulez. Listen to Golovanov

@dbmusico 2 жыл бұрын

The Golovanov quality is higher and superb. Clear and cristal phrasings combine with a flexible and fluid dinamic were executed by him. He was a virtuosis icon. Old russian school created the best masters of piano. I imagine how even more amazing this remastered recording would be.

@brucedavies8154 7 жыл бұрын

Never sat down and listened to all of this before despite my love for Scriabin. I'm glad I've finally done it :) was completely worth it.

@paulogazola553 6 жыл бұрын

+1 here. To my ears, this concert has a touch of Rachmaninov and Chopin, just like the other early Scriabin's pieces.

@jbrandao7675 5 жыл бұрын

NOBODY CARESSSSS

@jessicakespohl8340 3 жыл бұрын

Scriabin was a music classmate of Rachmaninoff but each has distinct style. Sadly, Scriabin died of septicemia at an early age, and Rachmaninoff toured Russia playing Scriabin's music to raise money for his widow and children.

@dracowolfe305 2 жыл бұрын

@@jessicakespohl8340 Rachmaninoff is a beautiful human being

@rachguy Жыл бұрын

@@jbrandao7675 nobody cares if nobody cares

@Medtnaculuss 8 жыл бұрын

Love the second movement.

@olla-vogala4090 8 жыл бұрын

+Medtnaculus Yes it's great! One of my favourite movements ever.

@renatofabbro5263 5 жыл бұрын

Yes! The second movement is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.

@sea7kenp 4 жыл бұрын

One thing I like about the Third Movement, is that only the Piano holds the last note. (I think that more Concertos should end with, only the Solo Instrument).

@erikbreathes 3 жыл бұрын

@@sea7kenp i kind of agree but with this specific concerto i would actually prefer if both held a very long glorious chord, it kind of reflects the spirit of the movement because its filled with glory, especially near the end, and it just suddenly ends in a more langurous-sounding chord

@albertpeckham8708 3 жыл бұрын

I have to add that at over 80 years of age, I first heard Scriabin's music on an Ampico piano at about 20 years of age. He "spoke" to me then and he still does! Thanks to KZfaq , I can hear more and more of this forgotten composer.

@albertpeckham8708 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I bathe in his music! Rachmaninoff was an admirer of this genius. I hope that in the future he will be accorded his place in musical history.

@marsaeolus9248 4 жыл бұрын

3rd movement is absolutely amazing

@guillesand 7 жыл бұрын

The second movement is wonderful, so nostalgic and moving, I almost cried...

@user-us4wv3uh1l Жыл бұрын

don't hold back bro

@leonorkilayko3740 Жыл бұрын

I always cry

@MiguelTicona 6 ай бұрын

I cried indeed

@johnsardo7499 6 жыл бұрын

The first variation of the Andante has to be one of the most expressive and moving pieces of piano music that I've ever heard. This entire concerto, particularly the final movement, is really astonishing.

@Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын

My favorite by Scriabin. What a genius.

@albertol.4048 4 жыл бұрын

4th variation at 13:38 is outstanding

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 5 ай бұрын

Yes amazing counterpoint (the piano and the clarinet)

@wangxinghan9913 4 жыл бұрын

I only listened to this once, and it becomes my favorite piece.

@adlfm 8 жыл бұрын

The restatement of the secondary theme at 21:13 always gives me shivers, and the entry of the piano soon thereafter has made me cry a couple of times, such an extatic climax suddenly cut by that F# minor 6/4 chord. Thank you very much for sharing this gem.

@leoinsf 4 жыл бұрын

There are moments that make me cry! Scriabin could be a "heart" composer when he wasn't battling the demons that pushed his music "over the edge." Don't get me wrong, I love everything Scriabin wrote (especially his Piano Sonatas), but he was battling demons most of his life.

@lydiasfontouri3466 4 жыл бұрын

Me too! Such a powerful moment!,

@samh1996 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I got goosebumps when I listened to that climax. There are many more powerful moments in this great piano concerto.

@AndrewKierszenbaum 3 ай бұрын

@@leoinsfI agree with you, he could’ve been a rachmaninoff/chopin type but his music has a kind of twisted nature to it

@leoinsf 3 ай бұрын

@@AndrewKierszenbaum Check out his life and you will understand his "twisted nature!"

@wademanix8801 3 жыл бұрын

This is difficult to admit, but among my 600 plus CDs I have a some of Scriabin's orchestral works that I like and play often. But I had never heard of this piano concerto, let alone heard it. It is beautiful. I will listen to it often from now on.

@dracowolfe305 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any Scriabin orchestral works you would recommend? Other than this concerto I haven’t heard much from him so I don’t know where to start

@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 Жыл бұрын

@@dracowolfe305 Other than this I’m aware of a Reverie Op.24 and the 5 symphonies, most of his music is for solo piano. The rest of the orchestral pieces seem to be sketches put together by later composers/conductors. If you’re new to Scriabin in general his music evolves drastically from typical romantic era to his own mystical language in the later works starting from Op.58 onwards which includes the 5th symphony. Symphonies 1 and 2 are from his early period, 3 and 4 are in the middle as he’s transitioning to his later style. The piano sonatas follow a similar trajectory if you haven’t heard them. 1-3 are early, 4 and 5 are in the middle, 6-10 are late. Vers la flamme is also worth checking out if you take a liking to his later music.

@dracowolfe305 Жыл бұрын

@@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 thank you very much! :))

@ConcordMass Жыл бұрын

@@dracowolfe305 the ending of symphony 1

@ConcordMass Жыл бұрын

@@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 do u know of any pieces by scriabin that r more cataclysmic than vers la flamme? its a great piece... but doesn't satisfy me :/

@NamaeofLife 7 жыл бұрын

i just want 18:04 to 18:50 on repeat for rest of my life

@StefanGraz 7 жыл бұрын

Me too. I put this on my phone as an alarm, so I can wake up with Scriabin

@ohmy__gah159 5 жыл бұрын

that's dangerous o.o I would instant fall asleep again

@krisma12234 5 жыл бұрын

I just want 13:40 - 16:30 on repeat for the rest of my life :)

@beth9603 5 жыл бұрын

@@StefanGraz how did you make it your alarm?? I want it too 😃

@StefanGraz 5 жыл бұрын

Beth M cut the file with Audacity to 30 seconds and convert it into your phone‘s ringtone format eg m4r on iPhone.

@CatkhosruShapurrjiFurabji 2 жыл бұрын

18:04 wtf Scriabin?! One of the best moments in music ever!

@cubanm81 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful concerto.

@rain-qb2xv 4 жыл бұрын

i love how the second movement is just a theme and variation, like wtf that is amazing

@othmanmajid6380 10 ай бұрын

I hope Yunchan Lim one day will add this to his repertoire as he professes a liking of seldom played works and variations are his favourite to play.😊His Scriabin performances were all on point.

@webstergilessmith6947 5 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL! I LOVE Scriabin! Have played the 4th and 5th piano sonatas, both most excellent works!

@alexanderbayramov2626 2 жыл бұрын

Based

@shimsham9113 2 жыл бұрын

I've been listening to classical for a long time now and especially concertos and I'd really have to say this is the best piece of music out there imo

@knutabrandal7439 Жыл бұрын

This is so beautiful - the Andante - when the piano (and obo) arrives - I cry every time - - - -💝

@mariamitrea4423 4 жыл бұрын

00:00 - I. Allegro 07:48 - II. Andante 16:30 - III. Allegro moderato

@yassi8814 4 күн бұрын

My favorite piece of classical music ever

@ianw1976 3 жыл бұрын

Along with the Pfitzner Violin Concerto, this has got to be one of the most underrated classical pieces ever.

@user-ff9bs6yg3n 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! and Boulez strangely emotional here...

@qalaphyll 2 жыл бұрын

man, i just love this concerto. beautiful.

@rrozoff1 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. The apogee of high/late Romanticism.

@realityproof_0891 10 күн бұрын

Rather late romanitcism

@sohamprasad6696 3 жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who imagines these concertos as scores to movies?

@marichristian1072 3 жыл бұрын

No. You're not the only one, Soham

@cesarostoich7759 3 жыл бұрын

Actually, a lot of movies scores are inspired by classics, a lot of Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev (star wars, Johin willams i.e.)

@fedegwagwa 3 жыл бұрын

@@cesarostoich7759 Exactly!! Its the other way around lol

@tonydavis7856 3 жыл бұрын

philistine

@sohamprasad6696 3 жыл бұрын

what does that mean?

@MaxwellKaye 7 жыл бұрын

No words can describe the ending of this concerto.

@csababekesi-marton2393 3 жыл бұрын

The long final plagal cadence is so simple. And so perfect.

@terencefong4050 2 жыл бұрын

A very underrated comment! only one has musical mind understands.

@paulgreen6921 3 жыл бұрын

Such a nice piece! Seems I listened to it a few months ago because I remember the triplet chords in the finale. Very engaging music on all levels of musical satisfaction. Would love to hear it in the concert hall; except Scriabin’s music seems to be neglected nowadays. Though I have never been a fan there are a number of his larger works that are worthy of attention and praise. I’ll probably return. PWG

@paulgreen9792 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve never been a fan of Scriabin’s music. But this concerto is engaging, romantic, beautiful and in places rhapsodic. Everything I look for in a piano concerto. A piano concerto must bring the composers original intellect to the fore else listeners become disinterested and dismiss it as vacuous. This piece avoids all semblances of contrivance and is quite inspirational. I love the triplets in the finale which gives it gorgeous momentum up to the very last notes. This masterpiece shows Scriabin’s wonderful potential for music worthy of the classical repertory. I certainly will listen again in the near future and expect my admiration to grow with familiarity. PWG

@verslaflamme666 4 жыл бұрын

I bet u like Brahms

@paulgreen9792 4 жыл бұрын

I love Brahms; especially his first piano concerto which, interestingly, terrified me for years though I knew it was a masterpiece. A live performance featuring Andre Watts greatly helped me to understand this piece and gave me clarification. You never know how things will turn out! PWG

@ErikBrabantsPianist 8 жыл бұрын

I'm so glad this is back. I often listened to this only for the superb brass section at the very ending. Best recording of this work hands down.

@filmscorefreak Жыл бұрын

An expression of nature, you can almost touch the music. Perhaps the most underrated romantic concerto (that I known of), but I'm ok with it not being played to death, it's that special.

@mcbill7352 7 ай бұрын

I think moskowskis concerto is the most underrated personally

@robbyr9286 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. I'm mostly familiar w/ Scriabin from his piano preludes, surprised to hear such consonant harmonic language from him. Gorgeous, but not the same vibe as the preludes. Got me to learn about his different periods.

@ukdavepianoman 7 жыл бұрын

It really is a wonderful concerto. Yes there are Chopinesque aspects, but for me it is really pure Scriabin already. Very romantic, passionate, Russian and fragrant. What really surprises me about this concerto is how rarely it is performed. It's certainly very difficult but certainly not harder than Rach 3 or Prok 2. Really no idea why...

@karlpoppins 6 жыл бұрын

Scriabin was actually a master of orchestration, unlike Chopin who knew next to nothing about writing for other instruments. Scriabin's early piano writing specifically was indeed slightly Chopinesque, nonetheless.

@clepsyd 6 жыл бұрын

I wonder that too. But there are so many masterpieces that are barely played... I suppose this is due to the ease of selling all the seats at a hall. With Rach 3, a concert hall is easily filled. I find that Scriabin is not as often performed as I would like.

@darrylschultz9311 5 жыл бұрын

I have a theory that it's a deliberate plan by the people who organise concerts-it's such a gem that they decided at some point that it would be performed only rarely,so that people don't become tired of it-and as a result,there'll always be at least one 1st class gem that people will continue to marvel at as the centuries roll by.(But don't quote me on that).😜

@denzelabarquez9978 5 жыл бұрын

I'm currently preparing this concerto for my graduation recital, and I must say that it's surprisingly pianistic. Regarding this concerto being overshadowed, I have a theory. I believe that many people regard and quote Scriabin more for his later, more modern works, than his early Romantic ones. It is true that Scriabin was highly influenced by Chopin in composing this, but this concerto is no mere imitation. It is a reflection of Scriabin in his own right.

@chp763 5 жыл бұрын

Because no one cares about Scriabin .. deal with it.

@joannajroblesm3002 2 жыл бұрын

Wow this concerto is so beautiful. Almost like Rachmaninoff, but with his own distinctive style.

@dejanromih7913 4 жыл бұрын

My fav piece of classical music....just love all this harmonies😍

@danielrozmus9179 4 жыл бұрын

The best piano concerto I've have ever heard.

@johnkathe2308 3 жыл бұрын

Move over, Rach 2 or 3

@a.i.crimebreaker6710 2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, rach 2 is the only one can bring more touching emotions then this one.

@yanivhristoforov 2 жыл бұрын

You should listen to more. I can name at least 10 better ones.

@Alix777. 2 жыл бұрын

Rach 2 and 3 are over-sentimental disgusting works who make me want to puke. It was made for philistines.

@segmentsAndCurves 2 жыл бұрын

What about Moszkowski E minor or Ravel?

@erickakudry 4 жыл бұрын

Reminds me so much of Rachmaninoff second movement of the second piano concerto.... or, in general, it has a Rachmaninoff hint... LOVELY!

@-cloudsaboveuscrying-6805 3 жыл бұрын

did you know they knew each other, in fact they studied together (there's a picture of them with his teacher when they were just children, very cute!) rach and scriabin's styles are beautiful indeed!

@aerohydra3849 3 жыл бұрын

@@-cloudsaboveuscrying-6805 Indeed, I believe Rachmaninoff was deeply affected by Scriabin's death as well (he died quite young) and toured with Scriabin's music to show his appreciation. One thing that he never did get though was Scriabin's synesthesia (seeing musical notes as colors in a spectrum).

@lydiasfontouri3466 4 жыл бұрын

What makes me want to play amazing at my piano degree exmas this week is so that I can continue for my diploma and play this amazing concerto.. I ve heard countless piano concertos but nothing so powerful and romantic at the same time as this one, I am in love with all the movents, there is not a single note of this masterpiece I would change..

@PauloCesarMaiadeAguiar 4 жыл бұрын

Divine Masterpiece for piano. MANY THANKS FOR TO SHARE THIS DEAR FANTASTIC

@RicAbapo 6 жыл бұрын

This is making me teary. So beautiful! 😭❤️

@keyboarddancers7751 6 жыл бұрын

Why does this vibrant accessible romantic work not appear more regularly in the concert repertoire? It's got beautifully developed melodies, 'traditional' harmonic structures, restrained virtuosity, a suitably lyrical 2nd movement and genuinely engaging orchestral writing. It's a real crowd pleaser. Just needs someone like Wang, Lang Lang, Buniatishvili, Hough or (god help us) Grosvenor or Lisitsa to embed it in the public's imagination...

@cosmocoen5551 5 жыл бұрын

i've asked my teacher about this repeatedly; the only answer she's given me is that the orchestration is a little weird and a lot of people look down on this piece as having "no character", which i find ridiculous. she also loves this piece, but from what she told me it just seems like a piece that many people aren't prepared to work on long term, which really sucks

@CreuvonVolve 5 жыл бұрын

And I've asked a colleague about this as well, and he told me something similar. That the difficulty in learning it is much higher than the pay off.

@EmptyVee00000 5 жыл бұрын

The public does not need non-musicians like Lang Lang, Buniatishvili, Grosvenor or Lisitsa, who are just show without any substance.

@brozors 5 жыл бұрын

As you mentioned, "restrained virtuosity" and doesn't have any explicit passages that are considered thrilling. It's such a beautiful concerto, and it's a pity it's not played.

@raulfranco7452 3 жыл бұрын

Lang Lang? Hahahaha. Lang Lang. Are you crazy? Lang Lang hahaha hahaha

@kevinpace7075 3 жыл бұрын

Very beautiful! There were moments when I was expecting the run to have bigger moments and end with a chord sound like Chopin does, but it was still very beautiful.

@pihipsz Жыл бұрын

The best piano concerto I've ever heard although there are many great composers and great piano concertos, ecstasy and pleausre that scriabin's concerto express is unrivaled to any other piece

@parintelebaiazid80 5 жыл бұрын

26:54 is the Best Part....the Apotheosis of the Hero

@a.i.crimebreaker6710 3 жыл бұрын

Agree. Not complex, but really touching.

@VladCotrus 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@Alix777. 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Golovanov version instead of this one which is very bad because of Boulez. You will hear your real Apotheosis

@e.hutchence-composer8203 3 жыл бұрын

26:56, I love the brass here, I don’t know why.

@federico6485 Жыл бұрын

It's like Starwars.

@MegaCirse 3 жыл бұрын

Like the first light of dawn, this music opens the eyes to new promises and all the wonders of nature. Evocative of belief in the afterlife and powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, draw nostalgia and awaken loves, skinned lives and sleepy watchmen 👀

@mrsnegy6001 Жыл бұрын

Lyrical with sparkling and very tender moments yet strong-spirited. Wonderful concerto.

@DragosDomnara 5 ай бұрын

The fact Scriabin wrote this in a few days is mind boggling, how I wish I could have an ounce of his genius. How tragic he could never explore the true depths of his mind, it's a tragedy for all of us

@user-ru8vy1uz7c 4 жыл бұрын

Браво гениальный концерт и исполнено грандиозно возвышенно и помпезно

@georgelegate5725 5 жыл бұрын

Wish I had the piano skills to play this piece just once in my life.....

@gabrielabator4975 5 жыл бұрын

Me too... it's very difficult music, we should start with some easier pieces!

@nicb4589 4 жыл бұрын

It sucks without orchestra, really. Even in the two piano transcription, it doesn’t work magically like with the orchestra

@SCRIABINIST 3 жыл бұрын

@@nicb4589 It would still sound beautiful, just not as beautiful with orchestra. Because this is not meant to be a solo piece so obviously the orchestra plays a very critical role in making this so beautiful

@a.i.crimebreaker6710 3 жыл бұрын

"That thing" in the 3rd movement really exhausts the pianists.

@tigerlilja8 6 жыл бұрын

I was going to write that this concerto sounds a bit like Amy Beach's, but no, Scriabin and his unique work is just what it is

@mosheknoll1603 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you ever so much for posting this!

@stevehinnenkamp5625 3 жыл бұрын

Hearing a piano concerto.is like opera. No costumes, no story no libretto, so capturre we, the audience with a melody that we can relate to touch our hearts amidst exciting virtuosity displays. Such a concerto will win friends for many years

@MrGer2295 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

@nadiaboulanger9323 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this upload and ESPECIALLY for providing the date of composition. I really appreciate it when you uploaders do this!

@ker0666 2 жыл бұрын

Ce concerto est véritablement d'une grande beauté !

@MrFranbu67 2 жыл бұрын

By far the best rendition of this beautiful piece... Thank you for sharing.

@RollinRocker 2 жыл бұрын

This just happened to be the next video being played on youtube and wow I'm glad for that coincidence. This is pretty amazing.

@PetStuBa 6 жыл бұрын

wonderful concerto .. there are so many concertos underrated and forgotten .. thanks for uploading olla-vogala !!

@DAVEDIKIAN 5 жыл бұрын

I have to confess this: about 25 years ago I went to La Roque d'Anthéron to hear Anatol Ugorsky in a recital. After the concert I incidentally met him in in a pub/ restaurant, sitting and having a deserving dinner. He was alone and I wished to go and speak to him about what he 's played in the recital , that was a bit rude but ... Finally I made up my mind and, I remember, he stopped eating and stood up to answer very politely to my questions. It lasted about 15 mn... (I remember I talked about Medtner among other stuffs!) I 've always thought he might have regarded me as a vulgar asshole ...

@beth9603 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhh that is so cool!! I'm sure he didn't mind :)

@Dylonely42 Жыл бұрын

Beyond this world. Definitely one of my favorite piano concertos.

@user-qp4ts1dv4w Жыл бұрын

Спасибо...не зачто...хорошая музыка...на месторождении мозги встают..от души... всём рекомендую... особенно детям....

@TheJamesalden 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the information, as well as the timings.... I like Scriabin a great deal, and in particular...his 24 Preludes Op.11....THANK YOU!!!...

@ggulshannypiano 7 жыл бұрын

26:20 is great

@leoinsf 4 жыл бұрын

Alexander at the beginning of a tumultuous and genre-bending compositional career. Ah, youth! This concerto is pure youth and optimism and idealism, not the Scriabin that will play out later in his career. Yes, Scriabin never left late-Romanticism to an extent, but his style became progressively modernistic with the breaking of barriers of the musical style itself as well as the philosophy under which he created music. I love everything Scriabin wrote and see it as a logical evolution, but consider this his elegy, his eulogy, his heavenly and artistic vision! Ah, Alexander!

@karlpoppins 4 жыл бұрын

I would personally characterise his late style as impressionistic or psychedelic rather than modernistic. His music was more akin to the Dionysian, as expressed by the French impressionists, rather than the Apollonian, as expressed by the German modernists.

@leoinsf 4 жыл бұрын

@@karlpoppins I agree completely. I think Alexander in his compositional career broke through modernism into all styles. Just look at his Piano Sonatas to get the full spectrum of his compositional development. Can you really characterize his last sonatas as to which style he was moving through? Scriabin cannot be limited by labels. Leo Catalano

@karlpoppins 4 жыл бұрын

@@leoinsf No one perfectly fits a label, but labels are still useful. That's why I personally called Scriabin's late work impressionist.

@slendrmusic Ай бұрын

movement 2 is one of the best things I've ever heard, especially variation 2. And my god, the ending!

@dqthegreatist 6 жыл бұрын

Beautifully composed and interpreted concerto!

@negred 7 жыл бұрын

The second movement is very beautiful indeed, but third movement is also really good, though.

@jamessv5020 Жыл бұрын

These Russian and Ukrainian composers are crazy level composers. That level is a few notches above genius. I have trying to get Bortkiewicz's Op 32, Concerto 3 (C-minor) into MuseScore and it is driving me nuts.

@ryans930 6 жыл бұрын

That Middle movement is beautiful

@NoahJohnson1810 5 жыл бұрын

dang, we got nobody making music today who can think of something like 18:04

@danielsawler 4 жыл бұрын

There's plenty who could, they just don't because Scriabin already did :P

@rwsmith7638 4 жыл бұрын

Don't you know that they have used up all the notes? It's a great excuse.

@danielsawler 4 жыл бұрын

@@rwsmith7638 Clearly that's not what I said. But why copy someone else's style?

@rwsmith7638 4 жыл бұрын

Just a joke. Sorry if it offended you.

@summushieremiasclarkson4700 4 жыл бұрын

I understand there is an abundance of pompous snobs, but modern music is just jelly, no layers, no complexity at all, and most of all, no intrinsic beauty in form or structure.

@nellyravalli6746 3 жыл бұрын

This concert makes me cry all the reprimed emotions I have inside myself

@davidrehak3539 6 жыл бұрын

Alekszandr Szkarjabin:Fisz-moll Zongoraverseny Op.20 1.Allegro 00:05 2.Andante 07:48 3.Allegro moderato 16:30 Anatol Ugorski-zongora Chicagói Szimfonikus Zenekar Vezényel:Pierre Boulez

@ericgolitsyn2930 4 жыл бұрын

one of the best music and music events!

@LukeFaulkner 3 ай бұрын

Wish he wrote more concertos...

@1mshum 6 жыл бұрын

There's also an old recording by Heinrich Neuhaus of this piece. The sound is somewhat dim and the faster scales and arpeggios sound like little more than blurs, but the playing is very poetic and (somewhat) understated, as in this performance. Interesting that Neuhaus played and recorded this piece, but not the younger pianists of the "Russian piano school": Richter, Gilels, Yudina, Berman, etc. At some point I had that Neuhaus recording on autoplay, it spoke a lot to my inward circumstances at the time. Therefore listening to this recording gives me a strong sense of deja vu.

@ConcordMass Жыл бұрын

Which recording do you prefer?

@lionfrequency Жыл бұрын

Just bought the CD and I think it was the last one on Amazon. You just know when you hear the best interpretation. Angels assist, stars are in the right place etc.