ToneBase Scriabin Stage
I made a Scriabin video and thought, hey, why not make a place for us to share any of our Scriabin performances/works in progress? I wonder how many Scriabin fans we have here at ToneBase! (I know, this is a much smaller niche than the great ToneBase Bach Stage, haha.)
I especially love Scriabin’s earlier works, which have a lot of Chopin influence but which have a special magic to them, with frequently gorgeous melodies (and not just in the soprano), exotic harmonies, and sometimes deadly serious drama. His later works are also interesting and can be lovely, but they tend to be more disturbed and anxiety-inducing, to my ears at least.
To start, here are four of my favorite early Scriabin preludes. I added a little commentary to the video so you can see what I’m listening to (or thinking) while playing them.
https://youtu.be/m804aa5steE
I look forward to seeing what Scriabin pieces everyone here is playing!
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Hi Marc and everyone,
Better late than never... I've been wanting to participate in your Tonebase Scriabin Stage since you created it, but I kept getting drawn into other composers and pieces. So, here's my first contribution (hopefully not the last!): Prelude op 11 nº 14.
I first heard this fiery miniature at a concert by Mikhail Pletnev, who played it as an encore and I found it absolutely fascinating and haunting.
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I am playing a lot of Scriabin these days, and while most of it isn’t good enough to be recorded, I love the very fact that there actually is - courtesy of - a Scriabin Stage on tonebase and am now determined to do my part to help keep it alive and thriving. Here’s a little thingy I recorded yesterday.
https://vimeo.com/1118531493/46efd6f398