Scriabin's FIERCEST Etude: D# minor Op. 8 no. 12 - Analysis

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  • Опубліковано 31 січ 2025

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  • @SonataSecrets
    @SonataSecrets  Місяць тому +20

    Apologies for the audio quality - somehow my external audio setup didn't record the analysis part so I had to use audio from the keyboard camera (smartphone) which isn't as good and harder to mix with its autolevels. It's now happened two times for these 150 or so videos - when it happened for Bachs Prelude in C major I reshot it, but I didn't have it in me to redo this! 😅

    • @feedittothegoat388
      @feedittothegoat388 Місяць тому

      Audio is fine, the performance is prosaic and mundane, especially for a impassioned and revolutionary work. You're busy and I know maintaining a channel is time consuming but Scriabin deserves better 🥂

    • @pjbpiano
      @pjbpiano Місяць тому +1

      @@feedittothegoat388 this comment really makes me wonder.

    • @danieltkach2330
      @danieltkach2330 Місяць тому

      I was going to just write how beautiful the sound is... lol no worries at all sir, this is so so beautiful, and it sounds so powerful and clear, as well as the analysis. I appreciate this very much.

  • @adeemuff
    @adeemuff Місяць тому +7

    18:30 I fell in love with Horowitz's choice to hit that low A# an octave lower with abandon like a fall into abyss. Trifonov and Lugansky have followed suit in their performances.

  • @RobertSmith-le8wp
    @RobertSmith-le8wp Місяць тому +16

    This is my favorite Scriabin piece. It sounds so good

    • @manzoh2248
      @manzoh2248 Місяць тому

      Feels kinda like saying your favorite Beethoven piece is Für Elise, but it’s not a bad etude, just not his best piece tho

  • @nicc9759
    @nicc9759 Місяць тому +4

    You are a genius!! We're so lucky that these amazing videos are available for free!

  • @gmnotyet
    @gmnotyet Місяць тому +5

    This is a FANTASTIC Christmas present. Love this piece by Scriabin. Thank you and Merry Christmas.

  • @arturisraelian3277
    @arturisraelian3277 Місяць тому +3

    Finally I was waiting for this video thanks !

  • @jameswright7293
    @jameswright7293 Місяць тому +2

    Fantastic analysis! I love the absolute incredible intensity this piece creates, it's quite unlike anything else. You make this incredibly difficult piece look easy BTW 😅

  • @trethtower
    @trethtower Місяць тому +3

    Thanks so much for this great analysis. I`ve known and loved this piece for many years but never had anyone look at it this way. Another great Etude of his which is heroic in nature like this one is his op. 42 no.5 in C# minor. Great video as always! h

  • @pottedrodenttube
    @pottedrodenttube Місяць тому +1

    I'm enjoying your Scriabin album very much, thank you Henrik for playing such wonderful music.

  • @dianelawless7387
    @dianelawless7387 Місяць тому +2

    You are amazing!! I love watching your videos and learning from them. Thank YOU!!

  • @markdecker2112
    @markdecker2112 Місяць тому +4

    I played this piece as one of my jury pieces in college. Would have loved to have these kinds of tutorials back in the day. Thank you!

  • @BentuxTheCowBenedict
    @BentuxTheCowBenedict Місяць тому +2

    The way you handle and understand this piece reminds me a lot of your approach to Ondine - with a strong emphasis on separating out and shaping each voice individually. It gives the music a nice depth that easily lends itself to storytelling. I like it!
    (Also if there’s any time to not reshoot, this would be it! For what it’s worth it still sounds nice on phone speakers)

  • @Margarito_B
    @Margarito_B 27 днів тому

    quality content watching on repeat approved :D ♥

  • @disinformationworld9378
    @disinformationworld9378 Місяць тому +1

    It’s basically a theme with development section. Recap and coda. If you look at the etudes of Chopin many are very prelude like with continuous harmonic development. This etude has elements of that but with some elements of sonata form and theme development.

  • @margarethansen7480
    @margarethansen7480 Місяць тому

    Great video, super music,❤❤❤❤

  • @defentel5686
    @defentel5686 Місяць тому +3

    Video is amazing (as always). But do you plan on analyzing his late sonatas? especially 7th

  • @medusasound7396
    @medusasound7396 Місяць тому +3

    Awesome Video!
    Can someone recommend other Scriabin pieces like this, Valse Op. 38, Fantasy in B Minor or Sonata 4/5?
    i really love his melodic / chopinesque pieces but im not really a fan of his atonal stuff

    • @defentel5686
      @defentel5686 Місяць тому

      op 42 no 5 is probably his best short piece in the middle period. op 32 is very nice, op 11 no 14,24,11 op 27, op 12 no 2. But you should try listening more to late scriabin, i also didn’t like it in the beginning

    • @Mazurking
      @Mazurking Місяць тому

      Op. 45 no. 1
      Other etudes Op. 8
      All the impromptus
      Op. 2 no. 1
      Romance for horn and piano
      Sonatas 2 and 3
      The piano concerto
      His atonal stuff is a taste to be acquired but is equally sublime.

    • @defentel5686
      @defentel5686 Місяць тому

      @ didn’t know he had rwitten rimances

    • @damianoskarakasidis3343
      @damianoskarakasidis3343 Місяць тому

      the fantasy is such a beatiful piece. also the first movement of his piano concerto is outstanfing and really romantic

  • @seanmunderloh3438
    @seanmunderloh3438 Місяць тому +2

    You should make a video on the alternative version too!

  • @franklymydearrrr
    @franklymydearrrr Місяць тому

    Beautiful piece and analysis thank you. So you need to reach a 10th to play this? :)

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  Місяць тому +2

      Well, specifically d#-f# is the smallest 10th, but I thought after I had recorded that probably you could just break it up too if you need to, just like the d#-g#.

  • @David-R.
    @David-R. Місяць тому

    This is one of the most hated piano pieces to play by most pianists. I love it. played a couple of pages in the past but never finished it. I think I want to get back to it. and see what happens lol..

  • @strangenessEPR
    @strangenessEPR Місяць тому

    Scriabin wrote an interesting alternate version too.

  • @kruidjehetparkietje
    @kruidjehetparkietje Місяць тому

    Pls do Mozart sonata 1a

  • @yonka-cola8792
    @yonka-cola8792 Місяць тому

    Second 🎉

  • @jedrzejsteszewski6694
    @jedrzejsteszewski6694 Місяць тому

    By far not the fiercest. The most well known for sure.

  • @mouisehay930
    @mouisehay930 Місяць тому

    Sorry but this etude's technique is not within your grasp yet. LH needs to drive the pulse; listen to the harmonies more artistically.

    • @mouisehay930
      @mouisehay930 Місяць тому

      Listen to sofronitsky and kastelsky

    • @feedittothegoat388
      @feedittothegoat388 Місяць тому

      I agree, it's a dull rendition, it may seem harsh being critical isn't wrong.

    • @SonataSecrets
      @SonataSecrets  Місяць тому +2

      Feel free to not listen.