Scriabin Piano Concerto

[George]

Somehow, I don't own this work.

Who are your favorite(s)?

[Drasko]

I love Scriabin but never could really get into this piece for some reason, undoubtedly beautiful though it is.

Usual suspects would be Ugorski/Boulez, Ashkenazy/Maazel, Demidenko/Lazarev and Feinberg/Gauk or Neuhaus/Golovanov of historical ones. There is new recording by Sudbin which could be decent.

[springrite]

The Ashkenazy/Maazel is wonderful.

[Wanderer]

Hands down, the Demidenko/Lazarev. Demidenko gives a passionate performance (marvelous phrasing and tone) and, more importantly, adheres to the sui generis sensibility that this work demands. Nobody else has reached this level of incandescence yet (and I have heard them all). The CD has a superb Tchaikovsky 1 as a companion piece which still manages to be in my top 5, maybe even top 3.

[Mirror Image]

I really admire the Postnikova/Rozhdestvensky on Chandos, but also the Ashkenazy/Maazel on Decca. Two stellar performances that I wouldn't want to be without. I haven't heard the Demidenko/Lazarev which Wanderer mentioned. Must seek this one out.

[Luke]

Definitely the Demidenko for me. And this is a piece I adore.

[Turner]

I tend to like the Bashkirov/Kondrashin and Ponti/Drewanz - both old and with a not very good sound.

It´s been too long since I last heard Stanislav Neuhaus/Dubrovski and Neuhaus/Golovanov for me to say anything.

I also have Ugorski/Boulez and B-Skoda/Swoboda.

[Cato]

Anybody know this performance?

https://www.youtube.com/v/0bW7C8ulp8s&sns=fb

[North Star]

Another vote for Demidenko & Lazarev.

[kishnevi]

I started in with the first CD of this budget box tonight.  The PC is on CD 2, so I will probably listen to it tomorrow.  Oppitz is the soloist.

Performance dates from 1993.

[George]

I started in with the first CD of this budget box tonight.  The PC is on CD 2, so I will probably listen to it tomorrow.  Oppitz is the soloist.

Performance dates from 1993.

Thanks, Jeffrey! Please let us know what you think of that set?

[bhodges]

I have only heard Ugorski/Boulez - and like it - though I would be open to other interpretations. Sounds like Demidenko is getting high praise. (Most of the time I am not willing to "listen through" mediocre sound.)

--Bruce

[kishnevi]

Thanks, Jeffrey! Please let us know what you think of that set?

CD1....Symphony 1 and Poeme d'Extase....lush to the point of almost but not quite toppling over itself. 

Bear in mind that it had been so long since I listened to the PC that I have no memory of it!  I think I have the Ashkenazy recording and no other.

[kishnevi]

I started in with the first CD of this budget box tonight.  The PC is on CD 2, so I will probably listen to it tomorrow.  Oppitz is the soloist.

Performance dates from 1993.

The PC is unexpectedly (in comparison to the symphonies) restrained and meditative. 

[George]

The PC is unexpectedly (in comparison to the symphonies) restrained and meditative.

Thanks again!