Is this the fastest recording ever? This is stunning playing. As an old man Sofronitsky was playing this faster and with more expression than young Ashkenazy at around the same time
Those who have played this tremendously difficult piece listen for what I call the "hit the brakes" passage: 2:03 - 2:15. Sofronitzky keeps the tempo and does quite well!
Fulfills Schbabel's dictum:"Safety last" re the state of the piano remember the tragic years before. No country had such massive destruction and hardship! People and property, and of course even an historic instrument..?..
The fact that this piano belonged to Scriabin doesn't necessarily mean it's a good one...I believe it's a Bechstein and it probably was wonderful during Scriabin's lifetime, but here, several decades later, it sounds as if it could use some revision & tuning...great playing nevertheless!
Is this the fastest recording ever? This is stunning playing. As an old man Sofronitsky was playing this faster and with more expression than young Ashkenazy at around the same time
Those who have played this tremendously difficult piece listen for what I call the "hit the brakes" passage: 2:03 - 2:15. Sofronitzky keeps the tempo and does quite well!
brilliant!
Oh my god. wow
OMG!
WAHNSINN!
BEST EVER! the left hand!
Fulfills Schbabel's dictum:"Safety last" re the state of the piano remember the tragic years before. No country had such massive destruction and hardship! People and property, and of course even an historic instrument..?..
A while ago i listened to Kissin trample over this piece at about the same tempo. No comparison
酒神！ 索神！
Fantástico Sofronitsky!!!! Increíble pianista!! Mejor que Horovitz, Glen Gould y etc. 😮❤❤
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Dreadful piano, sensational pianist!
pianopera Sofrinitsky probably was used to deadful pianos.I had no idea till recently he had such a phenomal technique.Superb.
Such dreadful piano! The sound has nothing possibly to do with the fact that this is an amateur recording.....
Dreadful piano? Scriabin's piano! He liked playing his father-in-law's instrument in the apartment he lived in before it became a museum.
The fact that this piano belonged to Scriabin doesn't necessarily mean it's a good one...I believe it's a Bechstein and it probably was wonderful during Scriabin's lifetime, but here, several decades later, it sounds as if it could use some revision & tuning...great playing nevertheless!
It works better for Scriabin. But still what a pianist!
Best version with Fridheim's