The Andante, when the main theme returns starting at 14:50 to the end of the movement. That's where it's at. That is falling in love. In moments such as these, Scriabin surpasses all romantic piano composers, each and every one of them. Another exquisite example is the Andante from his third piano sonata.
At 12.38 in the 2nd movement an A sharp seems to be intended in the 1st violins, but is missing in the score (and hence, in most recordings). Here it is reinstated, which seems very convincing. The movement has a curious forerunner in Schubert's Andantino varié for 4 hands, especially the last, slower variation.
The solo at 24.28 in the finale is so unnervingly like a Norwegian piece called "Crescendo" by Per Lasson, a promising composer who died at only 24. Piano pupils played it by the hundreds, but it seems to have had its day. Somehow the Lasson piece momentarily spoils the Scriabin concerto for me.
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Heavenly! This music is from another world.
The Andante, when the main theme returns starting at 14:50 to the end of the movement. That's where it's at. That is falling in love. In moments such as these, Scriabin surpasses all romantic piano composers, each and every one of them. Another exquisite example is the Andante from his third piano sonata.
At 12.38 in the 2nd movement an A sharp seems to be intended in the 1st violins, but is missing in the score (and hence, in most recordings). Here it is reinstated, which seems very convincing. The movement has a curious forerunner in Schubert's Andantino varié for 4 hands, especially the last, slower variation.
The solo at 24.28 in the finale is so unnervingly like a Norwegian piece called "Crescendo" by Per Lasson, a promising composer who died at only 24. Piano pupils played it by the hundreds, but it seems to have had its day. Somehow the Lasson piece momentarily spoils the Scriabin concerto for me.