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things are heating up in the scriabin fandom
how's this one?
Beethoven
Never seen that before in my life
best recording of Scriabin's Piano Concerto in F sharp minor?
Have you tried any of BSO recordings
As in the Nelsons/Boston Symphony Orchestra cycle? If so, I've posted about it (and a handful of other Nelsons recordings) quite a bit in this general before, and all I can say is I wanted so, so badly to like his Shostakovich but there's just something so severely lacking, same with his Bruckner. But if you like it then all the power to ya. I haven't tried the Piano Concerto recordings with Yuja Wang yet though, and I'll probably revisit some of it later in life because I do like the sonority of the orchestra for Shostakovich (a big reason why I wanted to like it, and gave it easily 5+ chances for the better symphonies).
What would Wagner think of Maria Lettberg's Scriabin?
Second best after Lettberg
"Not decadent enough"
thoughts?
thoughts???? just teasing
It's not 100% Sofronitsky as you might think from the cover. That aside, pretty good. idk there's lots of great Scriabin piano sets. The ones I listen to mostly these days are Varduhi Yeritsyan's (as you can see in my pic). The real difficulty is in finding the good performances of the other works. For that, I recommend Alexeev.
Ugorski w/ Boulez + Chicago
Ugorski
The guy with the uber idiosyncratic piano sonata set? Like Celibidache but with Scriabin?
Pic related
I really hope you're trolling
Dang I forgot the related pic; no one point out my mistakes please
feinberg is fine and i wil point out your mistake
i wil
I ascribe no importance or relevance to anything you say
kek
do as you like, i'm posting bach on guitar
might as well etc
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start of Janáček: In the Mists, JW VIII/22
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start of Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, JW VIII/19 "From the Street"
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start of Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, JW VIII/17
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It is pianist András Schiff's near total identification with Janácek's idiom that makes these performances so special. This affinity is felt immediately in his reading of In the Mists, in which Schiff is able to evoke the tranquility of the second movement as easily as he captures the folklike simplicity of the third. The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops. The first movement, marked "Presentiment," is spookily atmospheric, while the chilling second movement, "The Death," leaves a powerful impression. Schiff demonstrates exemplary control, so that the effect is peaceful rather than meandering. On an Overgrown Pathis Janácek at his most concentrated: in particular, the very Czech lachrymose quality of "In Tears" is all the more powerful for its simplicity. Janácek's chosen range of keyboard sonorities is remarkably wide, and Schiff manages to use these to convey the full emotional spectrum. Although these performances do not displace Firkusny's for DG, they certainly offer an entirely convincing alternative viewpoint. ECM's exemplary recording sets the seal on this recommendation. --Colin Clarke
Normally I'd avoid Schiff but a reviewer/critic whose tastes I find agreeable and seems to know their stuff recommended it, so here we are, ought to be good! First time listening to these works.
The date 1.X.1905 in the title of the Piano Sonata refers to the date of the shooting of a Czech worker by Hapsburg troops.
artistically based
why you don't like the guitar?
i'm posting bach on guitar
Well that explains your terrible choice for the Scriabin concerto
I love guitar; I hate transcriptions for guitar (especially of works by Bach).
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are you the lettberg sperg?
I posted
They mean in the previous thread(s)
I did celebrate the set as a reply to the previous OP, but I'm not sure that's enough to declare someone is [blank] sperg". I tend to avoid wasting my time with flamewars
The Lettberg set doesn't include the concerto I'm pretty sure
scriabo :D:D
strabinsky :DDD
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scriabbus chillin :3
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Smetana: Richard III., Op. 11
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Smetana: Wallenstein´s Camp, Op. 14
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Smetana: Hakon Jarl, Op. 16
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start of Smetana: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor “From my Life” (arr. for orchestra)
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start of Smetana: Festive Symphony in E major, Op. 6
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start of Smetana: Má vlast
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Weird how this set doesn't have any reviews on Amazon. I got recommended it by another anon here a while back when discussing the best 2024 recordings, and they said this was the best Ma Vlast. When searching the recording to pull it up on YouTube Music, a Hurwitz video came up in the results too and it seems he also really likes this set as well. All of this is to say: should be good!
scriabin inhaling that pussy doe
kek scriabbus is a good one
Very cool arrangement, thanks.
Alexeev
this one?
Swans
yeah. hope you enjoy!
post underrated composers
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anon, Mr Scriabin here says thay you are quite the music critic
let hear some of your takes, will you?
Also, to correct my initial post:
there's lots of great Scriabin piano sonata* sets
Meaning the difficulty is in finding good performances of the other stuff like the Poemes, Impromptus, Masurkas, etc. The Alexeev set is excellent for those. The piano sonatas too, of course.
fugg :DD
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Well, as Nietzsche says, all truth is interpretation, so it is pointless.
phew, dodged a bullet
That's pretty much all I do
lmao that pic
nine dousen hours in mspurdo :DD
I WILL NOT BE SEATED NEXT TO THIS EMISSARY OF SATAN
reposting le funne joke bc first time didn't get a reaction
Just because something doesn't get a reaction doesn't mean it wasn't enjoyed by those who saw it, dingus.
Yes it does, what are you talking about
All I've heard from that set is the Fantaisie WoO 18. It was good enough.
It's like arguing on Anon Babble. The purpose isn't to convince your interlocutor, but to convince the people observing and reading the argument.
I enjoyed this post but didn't reply, for example.
I enjoyed this post (You) but didn't reply, for example.
I'm heartbroken
The problem with Bruckner's 7th is the first two movements are so perfect, the following two closing movements seem like tedious humdrum in comparison, creating a massive imbalance and leaving a somewhat soured impression by the end.
The problem is, I'm not posting Dave for anyone's enjoyment but my own. LOL
LOL
LOL
Wagner.
LOL
Not a fan
Really good. Probably the best Ma Vlast in decades. Nice to hear Szell's arrangement of the quartet get a modern recording too.
Bruckner 8 has the inverse issue
Bruckner 8 has the inverse issue
I used to agree but over time I've come to enjoy the first two movements almost as much, so now I find it's perfectly balanced. But yes there was a time where I felt coming the first half of the 7th with the second half of the 8th would create a work of art so beautiful the universe might explode from the climactic, cataclysmic aesthetic achievement.
All Bruckner is perfect, even the unfinished 9th. If you can't see this it's because the love of God has abandoned you and you are not under his gaze.
I still haven't heard the 1st and 2nd! and the 00!
then why so many editions
ya know what, I think I'm all symphony'd out now. Time to get back into chamber music :)
The devil's work trying to lead God's children astray
Jochum and Tintner do a good job with those and the student symphony
Tintner
good in anything
it's actually pronounced like "Vagner"
Yeah
All of Tintner's Bruckner for your enjoyment
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Provincial and uninspired.
ok Hanslick