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...
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!
@@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
"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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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).
@@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
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 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.
@@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 :/
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
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.
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 RUclips , I can hear more and more of this forgotten composer.
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.
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!
@@-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).
I mean, if that's what you think it sounds like, then that's valid. I prefer to listen to the music itself without attaching external meanings or stories to it. I enjoy it a lot more that way.
I was about to write "This sounds like Chopin" before reading the comments. It sounds like Chopin, maybe as if it were his 3rd concerto, it does, you can't deny it...
@@mwong987 yeah every single piece of music sounds like chopin :/ you can find a comment like that on every single video. and just if it resembles to a singular piece doesn't make it chopinesque. in that sense a hundred composers need to be credited.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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).😜
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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
How many Hollywood movies in the past stole the grandiose theme at the end of the work for the soundtrack??? It sounds like it belongs in Hitchcock. This Chopin on steroids.
John Boushka Hollywood and Disney in general seem to have stolen innumerable musical ideas from Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Chopin in general. And they refabricate these pieces in the most monstrous, atonal fashion imaginable. Key changes every four bars, with no apparent melodic continuation. It seems to me that most Hollywood and Disney music is simply fragments of various development sections from the aforementioned composers mashed together in a pot to make a distasteful musical broth.
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 ...
Every composer was influenced by those who came before him (her). How else would the traditions of European classical music be built? Scriabin's music does not sound like jazz or a gamelon. Note that Chopin himself was (half) Polish, and there is much that is Slavic in his music. So some of the echoes of Chopin in Scriabin are not 'influences' or 'borrowings', but rather have a common and deeper origin.
Scriabin isn't exactly an unpopular composers so It's kinda surprising that he wrote a damn concerto and it's just not really played by anyone. Perhaps it's the key choice? F# Major is incredible for piano but shitty for must other instruments, Perhaps orchestras didn't like it all that much and fast forward here we are? Pure speculation
I hear shades of two pieces in this one: the first is Chopin's Fantaisie on Polish Airs, particularly the opening piano segment and the F# minor theme, and the second is the soon to be written Concert Etude by Felix Blumenfeld. The latter is not possible for the Etude and this Concerto were written the same year, but the similarities in technique are nevertheless striking.
+ClassicMusicVids Yes it does resemble the Chopin fantaisie, good catch. Scriabin was of course highly influenced by Chopin so this is no surprise. Some of his etudes/preludes also have figurations, harmonic ideas etc. that are similar to works by Rach or Chopin, but transformed with Scriabin's own experiments.
13:40 Every time I listen to it, I think A lyrical and beautiful melody that misses someone so much, but the sadness in it The clarinet melody that I exchange with the piano makes me cry
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
@@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
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
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!
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.
@@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
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 👀
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.
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.
![Scriabin - Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op. 20 (Vladimir Ashkenazy/Maazel) [Complete]](/img/1.gif)
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...
I am glad you did . Good job
Your are verry good musically educated,you have all my respect,thank you.
3 hours well spent
Firoza Le Grand thank you
Thanks for your excellent analysis.... It helped me a lot in understanding such a beautiful music
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!
Totally agree
If Rachmaninov says so...!
@@zebulonspruijt1645LMAO
There is no way one cannot immediately fall in love with an aesthetics as beautiful as this.
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.
Oh how you would tear up from my performance... its painful to listen to, like an axe in your pancreas.
nice pfp
Felix Blumenfeld does that to me
even me?
The second movement brings back bittersweet youthful memories of a time when everything was just simple and happy... ah the nostalgia
7:48
Dude… who cares… go to sleep
@@randompianistis4670 likewise
is u jeffrey ches brother
@@charliezhang6567 LOL YES
like living in a small town in the middle of russia
unpopular opinion: the first movement is really cool too
lmaooooooo
how is this an unpopular opinion lmao
@@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
@@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.
The first movement is my favourite
18:04 wtf Scriabin?! One of the best moments in music ever!
"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
Genau
eu concordo com o irmão dele kkkkk
Um grosseiro e invejoso falando mal do irmão gênio, que compôs músicas maravilhosas e eternas como esta!
Criminally underrated piano concerto.
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.
+1 here. To my ears, this concert has a touch of Rachmaninov and Chopin, just like the other early Scriabin's pieces.
NOBODY CARESSSSS
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.
@@jessicakespohl8340 Rachmaninoff is a beautiful human being
@@jbrandao7675 nobody cares if nobody cares
dang, we got nobody making music today who can think of something like 18:04
There's plenty who could, they just don't because Scriabin already did :P
Don't you know that they have used up all the notes? It's a great excuse.
@@rwsmith7638 Clearly that's not what I said. But why copy someone else's style?
Just a joke. Sorry if it offended you.
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.
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.
I'm obsessed with this work.... my dream is to perform it with orchestra some day. It's so undervalued!!!
I encourage you to keep working, this is an amazing, almost perfect concert
its so sad, that its so undervalued... I wish more people understand music..:(
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@@danielfeygin1216 jajaja
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.
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.
Me too! Such a powerful moment!,
Honestly, I got goosebumps when I listened to that climax. There are many more powerful moments in this great piano concerto.
@@leoinsfI agree with you, he could’ve been a rachmaninoff/chopin type but his music has a kind of twisted nature to it
@@AndrewKierszenbaum Check out his life and you will understand his "twisted nature!"
13:40 love this part
It sounds like a spanish dance
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!
This version is bad because of Boulez. Listen to Golovanov
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.
00:00 - I. Allegro
07:48 - II. Andante
16:30 - III. Allegro moderato
One of the best piano concertos ever composed. The fact that is not so famous makes it a special piece, like a hidden garden full of beauty
Wish he wrote more concertos...
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
Me too nnplayed this n manila n Valencia spain w Oleg caetani
Love the second movement.
+Medtnaculus Yes it's great! One of my favourite movements ever.
Yes! The second movement is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
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).
@@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
If Chopin and Rachmaninov had a baby...
scriabin is older than rachmaninov lol
Chopin and Poulenc.
@@owencrawford5984 by one year.. doesn’t really count
@@peterclemmer6544 🤢
@@Magnet12 ???
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.
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
@@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.
@@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851 thank you very much! :))
@@dracowolfe305 the ending of symphony 1
@@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 :/
3rd movement is absolutely amazing
Wow this concerto is so beautiful. Almost like Rachmaninoff, but with his own distinctive style.
i just want 18:04 to 18:50 on repeat for rest of my life
Me too. I put this on my phone as an alarm, so I can wake up with Scriabin
that's dangerous o.o I would instant fall asleep again
I just want 13:40 - 16:30 on repeat for the rest of my life :)
@@StefanGraz how did you make it your alarm?? I want it too 😃
Beth M cut the file with Audacity to 30 seconds and convert it into your phone‘s ringtone format eg m4r on iPhone.
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
My favorite by Scriabin. What a genius.
26:56, I love the brass here, I don’t know why.
It's like Starwars.
Am I the only one who imagines these concertos as scores to movies?
No. You're not the only one, Soham
Actually, a lot of movies scores are inspired by classics, a lot of Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev (star wars, Johin willams i.e.)
@@cesarostoich7759 Exactly!! Its the other way around lol
philistine
what does that mean?
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.
Thanks. The apogee of high/late Romanticism.
Rather late romanitcism
Beautiful! and Boulez strangely emotional here...
Scriabin is SO underrated !
21:10 18:04 13:40 4:50 22:00
Along with the Pfitzner Violin Concerto, this has got to be one of the most underrated classical pieces ever.
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.
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
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 RUclips , I can hear more and more of this forgotten composer.
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.
hes not 'forgotten'...naybe in comparison to more famous ones but hes not forgotten
This is making me teary. So beautiful! 😭❤️
26:54 is the Best Part....the Apotheosis of the Hero
Agree. Not complex, but really touching.
Amazing
Listen to Golovanov version instead of this one which is very bad because of Boulez. You will hear your real Apotheosis
Seriously... Adds during the music
4th variation at 13:38 is outstanding
Yes amazing counterpoint (the piano and the clarinet)
The second movement is wonderful, so nostalgic and moving, I almost cried...
don't hold back bro
I always cry
I cried indeed
04:50 to 05:15 simply magical what happens right there, the transition from the orchestra to just the piano is unexplainable.
Agree
Reminds me so much of Rachmaninoff second movement of the second piano concerto.... or, in general, it has a Rachmaninoff hint... LOVELY!
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!
@@-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).
Divine Masterpiece for piano. MANY THANKS FOR TO SHARE THIS DEAR FANTASTIC
Beautiful concerto.
9:24 is this what you feel when you fall in love with someone?
i can only imagine
I mean, if that's what you think it sounds like, then that's valid. I prefer to listen to the music itself without attaching external meanings or stories to it. I enjoy it a lot more that way.
@@verklarte_nacht Yeah that's also true, music can be a feeling of it's own
Ryan Started the Fire I second your opinion .. a lot of non-musicians are not very convinced when I tell them that but oh well .. :P
No.
I only listened to this once, and it becomes my favorite piece.
26:20 is great
My fav piece of classical music....just love all this harmonies😍
can people stop calling every piece of music Chopinesque ffs
everything isn't Chopinesque please just stop
Thank you dude !!
Yeah Scriabin simply doesnt have the reserved subtlety of chopin. He is much more emotional.
I was about to write "This sounds like Chopin" before reading the comments. It sounds like Chopin, maybe as if it were his 3rd concerto, it does, you can't deny it...
@@mwong987 yeah every single piece of music sounds like chopin :/ you can find a comment like that on every single video. and just if it resembles to a singular piece doesn't make it chopinesque. in that sense a hundred composers need to be credited.
eVEryThinG iS cHOpiN
Maybe a silly comment, but to me, the second movement is like walking in the street at night.
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.
I have to say, that this isn't anything like Chopin at all. You're looking at a very different way of expression here.
to me certain passages sound very chopinesque to me
Certain phrases sure, but there are too many fortes and chords for this to be Chopin idk. Sounds nothing like him.
man, i just love this concerto. beautiful.
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...
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.
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.
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).😜
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.
Because no one cares about Scriabin .. deal with it.
WONDERFUL! I LOVE Scriabin! Have played the 4th and 5th piano sonatas, both most excellent works!
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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...
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
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.
The public does not need non-musicians like Lang Lang, Buniatishvili, Grosvenor or Lisitsa, who are just show without any substance.
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.
Lang Lang? Hahahaha. Lang Lang. Are you crazy? Lang Lang hahaha hahaha
molto patetico 18:03 ;
in the orchestra, in D 21:09 ;
in F# 23:27
Silas Cordeiro tendi foi nada
br certeza
THIS ORCHESTRATION IS KILLING ME
Soham, in a good way?:)
yup haha
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Favourite moments:
• 4:52 • The climax of the 1st mvt
• 13:40 • Var IV of the 2nd mvt
• 16:32 • The whole 3rd mvt
• 18:04 • Beautiful melody
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.
i love how the second movement is just a theme and variation, like wtf that is amazing
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.
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
Who would put a bloody ad in the middle of the music? Just wait for the pause between movements if you have to make money out of music 200 Years old
It was automatically placed, because the music is copyright claimed
Wish I had the piano skills to play this piece just once in my life.....
Me too... it's very difficult music, we should start with some easier pieces!
It sucks without orchestra, really. Even in the two piano transcription, it doesn’t work magically like with the orchestra
@@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
"That thing" in the 3rd movement really exhausts the pianists.
How many Hollywood movies in the past stole the grandiose theme at the end of the work for the soundtrack??? It sounds like it belongs in Hitchcock. This Chopin on steroids.
John Boushka Hollywood and Disney in general seem to have stolen innumerable musical ideas from Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Chopin in general. And they refabricate these pieces in the most monstrous, atonal fashion imaginable. Key changes every four bars, with no apparent melodic continuation. It seems to me that most Hollywood and Disney music is simply fragments of various development sections from the aforementioned composers mashed together in a pot to make a distasteful musical broth.
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 ...
Ohhh that is so cool!! I'm sure he didn't mind :)
22:02 I have a full score and it has no notes for timpani here
I saw the same thing in the 1st movement of Rach 2nd concerto, the timpano ends the mvmt but it is not written in the score, correct me if I'm wrong
God this is a hell of a lot more difficult than it sounds
1:18, 21:12 eargasm heaven!
That's a perfect mix between Chopin and Russian composers.
the technique is very chopinesque, but the melodies seem to be more russian
What are you talking about? He IS a Russian composer himself.
his first compositions were very influenced by chopin
he is not a combination of nothing ; he is original. Rachmaninoff was inspired by his music ,for example.
Every composer was influenced by those who came before him (her). How else would the traditions
of European classical music be built? Scriabin's music does not sound like jazz or a gamelon.
Note that Chopin himself was (half) Polish, and there is much that is Slavic in his music. So some of the echoes of Chopin in Scriabin are not 'influences' or 'borrowings', but rather have a common and deeper origin.
This is so beautiful - the Andante - when the piano (and obo) arrives - I cry every time - - - -💝
Unpopular opinion: this is better than chopin's piano concerto
I agree
Difficult to choose
Well, Scriabin’s orchestration is certainly better.
Scriabin isn't exactly an unpopular composers so It's kinda surprising that he wrote a damn concerto and it's just not really played by anyone. Perhaps it's the key choice? F# Major is incredible for piano but shitty for must other instruments, Perhaps orchestras didn't like it all that much and fast forward here we are? Pure speculation
It's F# minor
I hear shades of two pieces in this one: the first is Chopin's Fantaisie on Polish Airs, particularly the opening piano segment and the F# minor theme, and the second is the soon to be written Concert Etude by Felix Blumenfeld. The latter is not possible for the Etude and this Concerto were written the same year, but the similarities in technique are nevertheless striking.
+ClassicMusicVids Yes it does resemble the Chopin fantaisie, good catch. Scriabin was of course highly influenced by Chopin so this is no surprise. Some of his etudes/preludes also have figurations, harmonic ideas etc. that are similar to works by Rach or Chopin, but transformed with Scriabin's own experiments.
Also the very ending and the anticipated bass is very similar to the finale of 4th Sonata (same chord too).
Yes,,,you've a good ear on the Chopin ( a much underrated, underplayed work I feel ) Will listen to Blumenfeld and comment later
04:00 부터 05:10 까지. 18:05 부터 시작되는 이 아름다운 음악. 내 클래식 역사에 영원히 저장될수 밖에 없는 이유.
Yes
13:40
Every time I listen to it, I think
A lyrical and beautiful melody that misses someone so much, but the sadness in it
The clarinet melody that I exchange with the piano makes me cry
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
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.
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
@@ineednamesugestions2259 cause he used translation
@@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
@@ineednamesugestions2259 just be happy people r listening to Scriabin
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
Shame on me ! I have not previously heard this beautiful concerto
I must attempt to find a bluray concert performance of this..
I love it..
Check this out: ruclips.net/video/4oB_Ux7PDS4/видео.html
Score: conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/0/03/IMSLP43173-PMLP14075-Reger_op.114_Piano_Concerto_fs_RGA.pdf
Beautifully composed and interpreted concerto!
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!
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.
@@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
@@leoinsf No one perfectly fits a label, but labels are still useful. That's why I personally called Scriabin's late work impressionist.
I'm learning this and... I sound like poop compared to him XD
This is part of his first period. I wish he have lived 10 more years. A second and a third concert..
Lyrical with sparkling and very tender moments yet strong-spirited. Wonderful concerto.
No words can describe the ending of this concerto.
Ollavogala are you the guy that was brought down because copyright or something like that?
+JBrandão Yes I am! Now I'm back, re-uploading (almost) everything.
I was serching for your ( possible) new channel for ages, I am glade that I found you again, Love your Work
25:36
My favourite ending out of all the piano concerti...
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 👀
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.
I think moskowskis concerto is the most underrated personally
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!!!...
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.
Which recording do you prefer?
By far one of the most ridiculous concertos I've ever heard, but that's a fantastic thing
Chopin if he did good orquestration
20:42 THE TINGLES