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I still don't understand the need to berate things one doesn't
appreciate. If Gould, Horowitz, Richter, Sofronitsky, Feinberg,
Berman, Hamelin etc., et.c. felt that Scriabin was worth the effort,
I don't feel there's any point calling his music "lot of impressive
motion and noise, but not much else". Gould did on several occations
rate Scriabin highly, especially compared with many contemporary
composers. Also, I don't see the point of comparing Scriabin or most
other composers with Bach. The latter had such immense influence
over music history and wrote so many seminal works that only
Beethoven and Mozart cut the mustard in my humble opinion.<br>
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Let's instead talk of things we like, and what Gould did or could
have brought to that music.<br>
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/Jorgen<br>
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<div>bravo, fred !!! you have said it perfectly. and your
instincts are correct. don't feel you have to re-listen to
scriabin to find what you have been told you missed. for you
have missed nothing. you won't find much more the second time
around. don't get me wrong. mr scriabin offered a
breakthrough ( or continuation ) in the destruction of key,
and the chance to play the world's hardest piece, according to
s. richter. ( the only problem with the latter is that now
EVERY pianist plays it to deserve that prestige ). and
there are very impressive clusters of musical color. but the
problem is that it's a little like mickey mouse , the
sorcerer. a lot of impressive motion and noise, but not much
else.------ in the same league with your bach ? nope, not a
chance. <br>
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