Clear and knowledgeable analysis combined with an amazing performance of the piece. I love how Scriabin makes the piano sound as full as an orchestra. Very inspiring! Thank you!
This sonata is really a masterpiece. Expertly explained and played! I love the drama of the 1st movement (triplets vs dotted rhythms), the dreamy 3rd movement and the tempestuous 4th movement (I still struggle with the LH in this). Scriabin was quite fond of restating slow melodies as final climaxes - he does the same in the 4th sonata. Oh, yes, loved the ghost!
This was amazing - I've always loved this sonata, and one of my favorite performances is the very easy-to-find Horowitz, but after hearing your analysis and how you perform that ending, I would so love to hear a full recording of this by you.
Thank you so much for your videos. You are my favorite RU-vidr right now, I watch your videos everyday. You have such a great talent for music and communicating the emotional/musical/technical/compositional components of it. I hope your passion for music and sharing this content with us never falters! Forever grateful for you :)
I put the like but i wanted the button "supergiant like" for this beautiful and perfect analysis. Love the way the mood of the various movements are explained through words, music and emoticons.
Have you ever thought of doing Scriabin’s etude op 42 no 5? Every Scriabin piece is magical, but that one I find to be especially beautiful despite it’s chaotic undertone
I really like this new guide format. It seems more focused and concise than the previous format. Perhaps you'll be able to analyse more piano sonatas in the future? Rachmaninoff no. 1 and 2, other Scriabin sonatas, maybe even Medtner or Feinberg? It would be captivating either way. I am waiting for future videos eagerly.
Thanks, glad you like it! Yes, it feels worthwhile to do videos on larger works like this without going into detail on everything. Still a lot of work though. A few more Scriabin sonatas are coming this year. Rach 2 is also on my radar but further in the future.
Just to specify that, unlike what the literal translation suggests, "Etat d'âme" in French better translates to qualms as in feeling bad/having qualms about something
great analysis! Are you at any chance familliar with Bortkiewicz? I would love for you to take a look at his second sonata op. 60 in c sharp minor, it is a reaaaally good and a powerful romantical gem
Great analysis! By the way, in the second movement, you would have noticed acciaccaturas tied to their corresponding octaves in the previous bars. What do you think they are and how should they be executed?
Thanks! Yes, quite weird writing even for Scriabin... I suppose you could make sure to just catch them in the pedal and that would be accurate to the score. But I realized I don't even do that 😅, instead I prefer more clarity on the next chord.
This is tremendous, thank you!!! :D If I may ask -- could you tell me where the Development begins in this version? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vN-1-0hV0OM.html I think it's at the one minute & 48 second mark. And lasts until three minutes and 44 seconds into the piece, yes? It's in pure sonata form, right?
