mahgister, OT. I've noticed you often speak highly of Scriabin. I have Maria Lettberg's complete set. I find them rewarding. Am I missing anything?
Yes and no...
Most pianists cannot do it at all for me...
Even great names i will not mention here ...
Lettberg do it safe and well...I kept it.... I tried 32 versions almost none i kept ...😁
But it is not my favorite version...
Most pianist cannot play it as it must be done anyway : at the border between spirit and the abyss...
Scriabin do not wrote music for salon and leisure but progressively go toward the goal of writing music to save and transform human heart...
This music cannot be understood but felt more than any other... The melody grows toward spirit and fall into the abyss each moment , harmony must be explosive or calmed beyond anything at the same moment ...
Sofronitsky, Zhukov are my favorite... Neuhaus father recorded a few at the top, Neuhaus son Stanislas can do it also...
Some others can play him all unknown Russian giants...
Michael Ponti is my best non Russian but the recording is beyond atrocious...Low cost but it gives an idea of a different successful interpretation ... It is in my third favorite...
Music matter me the most with Scriabin, sound dont matter because this music is not beautiful as much as powerfully impactful...
I discovered after Scriabin by Sofronitsky long ago why i never loved Liszt piano so much.... Almost no pianist can play it as Liszt was able to do and i did not like much most of them with very few exceptions...
i revisioned and reevaluated my Liszt understanding completely with a controversial pianist : Ervin Nyiregyházi
Now i adore Liszt and consider him a giant pianist over most and a giant composer... ( Christus is my favorite works)
