Just one reason why this is the best version of this piece ever: Svetlanov can actually count. The final chord is held for 4 whole notes and a half note. LONG, not short like most conductors do it.
Sometimes he recalls Debussy, sometimes Tchaikovsky; and at other times, he prefigures the great jazz arrangers. Wonderful music! Thanks for sharing :-)
Hi Classic lovers - I only recently heard the genius Scarabin - through this work the Poem - this year played by WASO in Perth Aust. - its incredible really incredible work - and so glad i can now indulge in more fantastic Russian work!...
Gustav Mahler Orchester performed the" Poem" yesterday at Musikverein, Wien under Mr. David Afkham - fantastic! Plus Webern, Wagner and Zimmermann - what a night!
No it's not. The greatest climax of this piece I ever heard was with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Louis Langrée. They played it this past week. Nothing even comes close to that. He understands the piece and the ending. And every instrument could be heard clearly, especially the chimes at the end, which are rarely heard on recordings.
You are right, kitchenaut and Zack Wall don't forget Shostakovich the concert piano number 2 is really a masterpiece.. but also this Poem of ecstasy.. I love it too much...
thats the himilaya mountains. scriabin was going to play this piece there and he said the world would end after the preformance. the pic is appropriate.
Can anyone tell me please - was Scriabin inspired to write this partly or wholly by reading The Ruba'iya't of Omar Khayya'm as translated by Edward FitzGerald ? Thank you Charles Mugleston Omar Khayyam Theatre company
Absurdly WRONG tempos at end. Awful. The orchestra can't even sustain it that ridiculously SLOW. Scriabin would be appalled. And that stupid pause before the last segment. All I hear is a pretentious conductor trying to make his mark. I hear no Scriabin. Slowing it down that much killed everything. The effect is opposite of what the conductor was probably after.
Just one reason why this is the best version of this piece ever: Svetlanov can actually count. The final chord is held for 4 whole notes and a half note. LONG, not short like most conductors do it.
Scriabin + Svetlanov = the greatest music
Scriabin's Poem of Ecstasy remains one of the greatest and most emotionally impactful pieces of music ever composed in human history.
Scriabin. Stunning. A Titan of 20th century music. You can hear where Daphnis et Chloe came from.
Version devastadora..impresionante…absoluta referencia de una obra inquietante….Magnífica.
Sometimes he recalls Debussy, sometimes Tchaikovsky; and at other times, he prefigures the great jazz arrangers. Wonderful music! Thanks for sharing :-)
Saw this live on past Saturday.
Freakin awesome!!!! Why isnt this guy more popular?
Hi Classic lovers - I only recently heard the genius Scarabin - through this work the Poem - this year played by WASO in Perth Aust. - its incredible really incredible work - and so glad i can now indulge in more fantastic Russian work!...
Excelente versión. Intensa, lenta, desgarradora, ¡ cómo tiene que ser ¡
The ending is epic...
No one conducts Scriabin better than Svetlanov....
Not true. At all.
Gustav Mahler Orchester performed the" Poem" yesterday at Musikverein, Wien under Mr. David Afkham - fantastic! Plus Webern, Wagner and Zimmermann - what a night!
"The Poem of Ecstasy" is title of Scriabin's Symphony Number 4, which is opus 54
I like the picture. It helps me to de-focus from the image and enjoy the other-wordly music.
This is the forerunner of Firebird, Daphnis et Chloe, etc. You can hear their origins in this masterpiece.
Many people listen to the 3 Bs: Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, but I listen to the 3 Ss: Scriabin, Schöenberg and Stravinsky.
By far the best climax with the triple fortississimo ritardando before the drop
No it's not. The greatest climax of this piece I ever heard was with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Louis Langrée. They played it this past week. Nothing even comes close to that. He understands the piece and the ending. And every instrument could be heard clearly, especially the chimes at the end, which are rarely heard on recordings.
You are right, kitchenaut and Zack Wall don't forget Shostakovich the concert piano number 2 is really a masterpiece.. but also this Poem of ecstasy.. I love it too much...
The ending that doesn't seem to end ahahahahha love it
beathtaking, inspiring, liberating
I constantly fast-forward it to 20:00.. haha
@ClassicHolic Pardon, it was midnight when this was uploaded!
There's an organ in this piece?? Wow, I never knew until I listened carefully to this performance.
Yes, in both 4th and 5th symphony!
who issued the original cd of this wonderful, inspiring, thrilling performance?
My Generation pushed this guy into almost total obscurity, and made "Call me Maybe" a No. 1 hit!!
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GOD HELP MY GENERATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats the himilaya mountains. scriabin was going to play this piece there and he said the world would end after the preformance.
the pic is appropriate.
Actually he intended to perform his epic composition “Mysterium” there, but never got the chance to complete it.
amazing performance!!! where is taken the picture??
Can anyone tell me please - was Scriabin inspired to write this partly or wholly by reading The Ruba'iya't of Omar Khayya'm as translated by Edward FitzGerald ? Thank you Charles Mugleston Omar Khayyam Theatre company
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this is symphony no 4
Scriabin died in 1915.
No room for Shostakovich?
thi picture is not from Himalaya, the mountain range look from steppy part of Mongolia. It looks like a small town from there.
i think it's op.54
Is this the '66 recording?
...Szymanowski Shostakovich Schnittke Schumann Schubert Sibelius Strauss Saint Saens
Yeah, yeah. Don't you hear your grandfather saying the same thing?
God did NOT create Hell...there is no such thing as a hell fire place of torment.
fuck the picture..just minimise, put up a picture that YOU like and enjoy the music.
Absurdly WRONG tempos at end. Awful. The orchestra can't even sustain it that ridiculously SLOW. Scriabin would be appalled. And that stupid pause before the last segment. All I hear is a pretentious conductor trying to make his mark. I hear no Scriabin. Slowing it down that much killed everything. The effect is opposite of what the conductor was probably after.
I suppose you might find the 1968 recording by the same cond/orch more appealing at