Alexander Scriabin

[@jwilliams8210]

Thank you for your effort in presenting this historical account of Alexander Scriabin. He was a fascinating individual and a spectacular musical genius!

[@dgcmusi]

Who here had a love affair with his music...mine lasted for 4 years...couldn’t play anyone else that whole time...completely engaged me .

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

Think I’m currently experiencing this right now. Simply cannot get enough of his music and, while I know that there are other composers that wrote works of divine genius, I just can’t help but feel Scriabin surpasses them all. I know I’ll eventually learn to appreciate other composers again like I once did, but for right now I’m enjoying living and breathing Scriabin’s incredible sound world.

[@agoodsetofbellows]

Yes, this is happening to me right now. I am completely obsessed with Scriabin and am glad to hear that this has happened to other people as well. I'm glad I came to Scriabin's piano music having played Brahms and Rachmaninoff first, or I would not have been able to handle it. The issue is that I have other things I need to be doing, like sleeping! And practicing my other instruments, which I also teach. My mother is also a music teacher and I asked her why she didn't play more Scriabin. She said that his music is gorgeous, but that she prefers music with melodies that she can sing when she's away from her piano. But the thing is, I can sing Scriabin's melodies. Anybody else? And along with them is a whole texture, a whole way that the heart wants to move forward. Like a bodily gesture. A dance move, almost. I hate that Scriabin was so unbalanced as a person. I hear about that and I know that we're always just a step away from flipping into something not even close to ordinary reality, some kind of ecstasy. While I did my master's thesis about mystical states induced by music, I can't be like that in real life. I am a mom and my kids are still little. I have to be grounded in the body and calm--all that. But darned if Scriabin's music doesn't take me places. I'm not even close to having had enough of it. Thanks so much for posting. It helps to know that I'm not the only one that's fallen into the wormhole!

[@agoodsetofbellows]

@@TomCL-vb6xc, what are you working on right now? And why does it move you? What do you love about it?

[@agoodsetofbellows]

@Jcil A, OK, I need to listen to those works. I'm working on an etude now (C-sharp minor) and have the piano sonatas coming. I'm a bit afraid of this deep dive into his stuff, especially during lockdown, but a few months ago I moved to a house that faces the main street in our village. My piano is just under that window. So now people can hear me when they walk by, even though we're locked down, and I love that they are walking through such gorgeous stuff. I also feel a lot less alone. How is everyone else coping with practicing during lockdown? My piano is electronic, so I can switch to headphones when need be.

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

@@agoodsetofbellows Working on his op37 no 2 at the moment. Just erupts into bliss from the start and only stops for one brief moment to let you catch your breath and soak it all in.

[@SherryGrant]

Thank you for this video! Hope lots of Scriabin fans join us at the last festival of this year to celebrate his 150th birthday!

[@ОлегАлимов-е5и]

Больше спасибо за видео. Музыка Скрябина очень мистична и загадочна!

[@quickuketips]

Someone told me about the mystic chord and the Prometheus scale. Thus the exploration has lead me here What a wild guy with a wild story Thank you

[@Bruceykeys]

Another Scriabin fan here, nice to see someone else trying to inform the world of Scriabin. Have you read the biography by Faubion Bowers by chance? That will give you a lot of more info on the man if you are interested.

[@dgcmusi]

Yes I did read that fine book..

[@dgcmusi]

I have heard recently that the author "made up" some of the dialogue...hope it's not true.

[@dgcmusi]

Thank you for such an outstanding video Remy…I learned some new interesting facts about him 💥🤝

[@cecilefox9136]

I love Scriabin!❤

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

Same, I'd give all, do evil, waste my value, just to see him perform live.

[@eriksatieofficiel]

Very nice video. Scriabin was epic.

[@Aleksandr_Skrjabin]

YES, an Erik Satie fan supporting Scriabin, Scriabin worked for the future of music, and Erik Satie was the final piece of the bridge to a whole new era of music, a complete transformation!

[@dgcmusi]

Fantastic video thank you so much for all the work 😊💥

[@agoodsetofbellows]

If you are still obsessed with Scriabin, which of his pieces are you working on right now? What is it about that piece that moves you?

[@maddannafizz]

Really interesting thank you. I think many genius' were a bit away with the fairies. Their brains are too brilliant to behave normally!

[@trentonbailey5278]

awesome bio, thank you. do you know where you found the photo at 5:14 ? is that CW in the chair ?

[@remycarpino4207]

+Trenton Bailey Thanks man. Here's the link: www.blavatskyarchives.com/hpbphotos10.htm

[@carlosencarnacion895]

Carlos Encarnación Great mystic romantic composer. I love the music romantic notes and accords tonalities on his symphonic poems Prometheus and Poem of Ectasis. French musical influence is present in those musical compositions but his three symphonies sound Russian all the way.

[@kfirouzyar1]

Hi, what's the name of the song at the beginning please? Thanks!

[@remycarpino4207]

kfirouzyar1 Scriabin’s Prelude No. 11 in B Major, Op. 11

[@kfirouzyar1]

thanks!!

[@DavidAndersen84]

Well done.

[@remycarpino4207]

Thanks!

[@Landonspov]

Hello it’s Landon finally I found ur yt

[@scriabin_chopin_rachmaninov]

who playing ?

[@christianhughes2255]

Why does it sound like its such a drag to talk about Scriabin?

[@remycarpino4207]

Christian Hughes Haha! That’s what one of my classmates said..”you sound real enthused.” I didn’t care; it was an assignment that just needed to be uploaded, and graded based on content, not my speaking.

[@christianhughes2255]

Remy Carpino got it

[@FrankieParadiso4evah]

I took the sighs for well-timed utterances of melancholy...

[@agoodsetofbellows]

Because nobody else seems to be obsessed with the composers we're obsessed with at the time. I remember when it was Brahms and I had read five Brahms biographies and annotated my piano scores with information from various books--what Brahms was doing when he wrote each work and so on. I remember telling my daughter that I'd done that and she said, "Duh, Brahms was writing music then." Which makes perfect sense and is so funny! But you know what? Someone doing a report on Brahms, a Peabody piano student who taught for us, came to me to get information. Sometimes it pays to geek out. :)

[@charlesvernon4091]

What piece is being played at 2:25??

[@remycarpino4207]

Prelude No. 12 in G# minor, Op. 11

[@charlesvernon4091]

Thanks! One more thing what piece is being played at 4:43, it sounds mysterious

[@remycarpino4207]

@@charlesvernon4091 Another Scriabin prelude. No. 2 Op. 74 I think.

[@charlesvernon4091]

Hi, one more question, what piece is being played at 4:25?

[@remycarpino4207]

@@charlesvernon4091 Hey. Scriabin - Prelude No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 37

[@jadtouma5708]

What a bad complicated life I wouldn’t want that life

[@ryangiraldi5722]

As far as Jesus being a communist, technically he wasn’t wrong...

[@agoodsetofbellows]

I was thinking exactly the same thing.

[@NaldV-vd8if]

💁🏻‍♂️✝️🧔🏻‍♀️🕊🙇🏻‍♀️🙇🏻‍♂️🌇🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️😢 "Él Señor Jesucristo es el Único Salvador de las almas que le Acepten con un corazón sincero. Amén." 💁🏻‍♂️✝️🧔🏻‍♀️Acepten al Señor Jesucristo y serán salvados junto a sus seres Queridos!

[@madkillah883]

MR.CARPINO

[@oyffff]

Scriabin sleepin around with other men? it's just a speculation. Why do you biographers always try to homosexualize composers? i don't understand.

[@remycarpino4207]

I'm sorry, but you're gonna have to point me to where I say that. I don't recall saying that in this.

[@oyffff]

1:52 losing it up and sleeping around. Why do you have pic of him and another guy?

[@remycarpino4207]

Ah. I hear what it sounds like. I said "Boozing it up", meaning getting drunk. As far as the picture, that was unintentional. I didn't have access to many photos, so some of them were just thrown in to fill space. I see what you mean though.