Berman uses the pedal so sparingly, one can hear every note within the thick textures of Scriabin...marvelous and exciting! One of the great pianists... for some reason I used to think of him as a bombastic banger of the keyboard...don't know how I got that misconception. Here in fourth sonata Berman is delicate, sensitive, clear, balanced, and poetic. Rest in peace, Lazar.
Unbelievable playing by a giant Musician. A vast range of imagination that ascends to the highest level of supersensible consciousness. This intimacy of sensitivity playing awakes the creative spirit.
All these years and I didn't seek him out. I heard his name but thought he was all Liszt. He has that essential quality for Scriabin, languid. I just closed my eyes in the 3rd movement. 4th movement is white hot controlled fury, amazing pianist!
I, too, love the main melody...something about it. It is so strong, virile, proud in the right way. My other, current favorite is his sonata #10. I recommend the Marc-Andre Hamelin to everyone out there.
When I looked at the scores for this sonata and Scriabin's second, it seems his influence was such on Russian piano composers that several years after these sonatas were published, in 1913 Felix Blumenfeld published his own "Sonata Fantasy", op. 46 and it has a similar opening. Then it occurred to me that in 1913 Scriabin was so far away in his piano writing that his contemporaries were trying to play "catch up" to his music.
Berman uses the pedal so sparingly, one can hear every note within the thick textures of Scriabin...marvelous and exciting! One of the great pianists... for some reason I used to think of him as a bombastic banger of the keyboard...don't know how I got that misconception. Here in fourth sonata Berman is delicate, sensitive, clear, balanced, and poetic. Rest in peace, Lazar.
This is the third, not fourth, sonata
Fantastic. Best interpretation I know. Imperative rhythm from the first to the last tone.
Unbelievable playing by a giant Musician. A vast range of imagination that ascends to the highest level of supersensible consciousness. This intimacy of sensitivity playing awakes the creative spirit.
All these years and I didn't seek him out. I heard his name but thought he was all Liszt. He has that essential quality for Scriabin, languid. I just closed my eyes in the 3rd movement. 4th movement is white hot controlled fury, amazing pianist!
Um Pianista perfeito e uma bela sonoridade em Scriabin.
A great man. Pianists like this do not exist anymore.
I, too, love the main melody...something about it. It is so strong, virile, proud in the right way.
My other, current favorite is his sonata #10. I recommend the Marc-Andre Hamelin to everyone out there.
When I looked at the scores for this sonata and Scriabin's second, it seems his influence was such on Russian piano composers that several years after these sonatas were published, in 1913 Felix Blumenfeld published his own "Sonata Fantasy", op. 46 and it has a similar opening. Then it occurred to me that in 1913 Scriabin was so far away in his piano writing that his contemporaries were trying to play "catch up" to his music.
Во понаписывал🙂
marvelous also by gould