Scriabin, Nocturne for the left hand op. 9 No. 2 - Sergey Kuznetsov

Scriabin, Nocturne in D flat for the left hand op. 9 No. 2
Sergey Kuznetsov, piano, live in Hamamatsu, Japan. Click to expand.
Скрябин, ноктюрн ре бемоль мажор для левой руки соч. 9 № 2
Сергей Кузнецов (фортепиано). Запись с выступления в г. Хамамацу, Япония.
Skrjabin, Nocturne für die linke Hand Des-dur op. 9 Nr. 2
Sergey Kuznetsov (Klavier), Liveaufnahme eines Soloauftritts in Hamamatsu, Japan.
Scriabin, Nocturne en ré bémol majeur pour la maine gauche op. 9 n° 2
Sergey Kuznetsov, piano. Enregistrement en direct d'un récital solo à Hamamatsu, Japon
アレクサンドル・スクリャービンの左手のための夜想曲変ニ長調作品9第2曲。
演奏： セルゲイクズネツォフ（ピアノ）。
浜松からのライヴ録音。
알렉산드르 스크 레빈, 왼손잡이 용 야행성, op. 9 번 2 번.
세르게이 쿠즈 네 소프, 피아노.
일본 하마 마츠에서 생방송.

[@emilyhutjes]

Oh how lovely, thank you Sergey. 👍🌷🌷🌷 (The Netherlands 2024)

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@JoeLinux2000]

Beautifully expressive. These Scriabin pieces are some of the nicest that have been written for the left hand alone.

[@sergeypiano]

I think you are quite right!

[@friedelvogel426]

Sehr gut die einzelnen Stimmen herausgeholt. Sehr gut erkennbar die Melodieführung! Die kleinen schnellen Noten sehr sensibel angeschlagen, ohne zu eilen.

[@sergeypiano]

Vielen Dank!

[@ChelseaLloyd]

This piece is very dear to my heart; I grew up with my mother playing this often and it has always "struck a chord" with me. Great performance!

[@wsbab]

Simply the finest version of all the performances of this online. Thank you,

[@sergeypiano]

Daniel Marcus Thank you!

[@bluharmoni]

Sergey Kuznetsov Finest anywhere, really.

[@piusottovoce]

Although I totally love Sergey's performance here, I prefer the recording of Benno Moiseiwitsch...

[@wukillah]

Agreed

[@OscarEDodier]

Best version of all time!!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@1blairt]

Einfach wunderschoen y simplement inoubliable. m. grazie and the best of everything to you

[@sergeypiano]

+Thomas Blair Thank you!

[@emilyhutjes]

I have put you on Face-Book, without your right hand 🙂. This is such a brilliant performance Sergey. 🌷🌷🌷(Netherlands 2024)

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@jacquesmertens3369]

Such precise pressure on each individual note to make all the melody lines come to life, even the very soft notes which you have to jump to. This is beyond brilliant.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@supersonicchef]

What a very beautiful & sensitive performance! Exquisite! Thank you very much! 👏👏👍👍

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you too!

[@claudemanfre]

This is one of Scriabin's most beautiful piece!

[@halloooo1duuuuu]

good work! Skrjabin is a composer whose work is so difficult to interpret and I love this interpretation. It's helped me understand the piece better!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@carnivalcruiserbill]

You don't need to move your body more. You used your body efficiently. The tone that you produced speaks for itself.

[@enumoni2252]

This makes my right hand hurt just listening to it..

[@sergeypiano]

Hehe. :-)

[@TrevorduBuisson]

That was exquisite! This is the first time I have heard this piece; I couldn't have asked for a finer introduction.

[@sergeypiano]

+Trevor du Buisson Thank you! And I envy you that you have a chance to discover this music. :)

[@mrwright7414]

I love the slower tempo, makes it more emotional and heart felt. Sandi Miller, Miss Texas 1978, played a portion of this for the Miss America 1979 Pageant.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! About the miss America contest: amazing what young ladies were welcome to do to impress the public! :-)

[@n8sterling727]

Absolutely love this piece. So hauntingly beautiful

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@sleeplesscake]

Never seen a piece so unique like this, great performance.

[@sergeypiano]

+Scrub Cowthon Thank you!

[@LukeFaulkner]

Very sensitive playing 👌

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@shawnwilker2755]

Gorgeous. Love it.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@artetnaturevideos6997]

Hello, Thank you very much for this beautiful music of Scriabin ! I select it for my playlist Nocturnes pour le piano seul Best wishes ! Jean-Charles Bourquin, in France

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@Zafunopia]

Wow!

[@amarteville426]

Extraordinaire, vraiment ! Quel immense et fin musicien ! Et les qualités sonores aux subtilités infinies au service de la pensée scriabinienne- et musicale, en général ! Lyrisme incitant au rêve.. ( bien difficile à une seule main), inspiration profonde mais sans chichis, authentique... Compréhension harmonique impeccable et judicieuse- et naturellement, belle technique- et elle aussi au service de la poésie musicale. Il y a longtemps que je n'avais entendu ce niveau musical... Qu'on a envie de qualifier de parfait... Merci.

[@sergeypiano]

Merci beaucoup beaucoup!

[@broiledhobbit]

Beautiful performance! You shape the melodic line extremely well and with some delicate thumb-work, there. Your voicing is perfect. I've no doubt Scriabin himself would have gladly shaken your hand -- both hands.

[@danybaychere5949]

Superbe! et quelle performance! cette partition est extrêmement complexe. Avec Sergey Kuznetsov, il ne reste que la simplicité d'une très belle interprétation.

[@sergeypiano]

Dany Baychere Merci beaucoup!

[@monelleny]

So beautiful ... thank you!!!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! I am flattered indeed.

[@1blairt]

I didn't know you were also a physician, because here you are actually practicing the healing arts at the keyboard. I believe your beautiful interpretation has the power to heal emotional wounds.

[@sergeypiano]

I'm glad to hear it may work this way for some! Thank you very much!

[@user-sj4qq7fn9w]

Спасибо,замечательно!

[@sergeypiano]

Спасибо! :-)

[@Nodalema]

This is the best performance I have heard of this wonderful and difficult work. Congratulations!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@littlebrookreader949]

Wow.

[@MarcoPedrazzi]

You are so perfect....so fantastic...so moving. Gorgeous intepretation!!!

[@jans5331]

I have listened to this great performance many times .. since 2009 in fact .. Each time impressed ! Thanks again !

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@godowskidream2820]

Ctibor Ustohal. In my amateurish opinion this is the only way how this nocturne sounds like a real nocturne. I am playing this composition over a year and if I ever get any closer to this performance I will pray to God. Thank you Sergey.

[@sergeypiano]

+godowski dream Thank you very much! And good luck!

[@Proevogamer]

Brilliant interpretation.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! :-)

[@aaabbbccc5]

i like this piece...

[@labemolmineur]

Thank you, from the bottom of my heart.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@gahero31]

Beautiful, I am working on this piece, thank you so much!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@LoverOfDebussy]

An exquisite performance! Thank you.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@surr3al756]

You are very skilled interpetively and technically. Thank you for such a wonderful performance.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@met-shuggah3845]

Incredible

[@Mukundanghri]

Exceptional!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@emilerose1714]

Une pièce composée par un génie et jouée par un génie !

[@sergeypiano]

Merci beaucoup!

[@retrogamerdave362]

I have worked on this piece and only WISH I could play it like this. This video has inspired me.

[@77orchidjim]

Simply outstanding performance and interpretation. I will now learn this because you have inspired me. Thank you.

[@untflutist]

wonderful interpretation, magical!

[@poefanatic]

Brilliant, beautiful phrasing and interpretation. I wish I could do half as well.

[@AnnaaaBananaa]

When I heard it for the first time, I had to close my eyes. It was on a presentation and I didn't know it before that it's only for the left hand, so I wondered because it sounds like it is played with both hands. And it's still beautiful!

[@JudyDarst]

Beautiful beautiful performance!

[@NOSEhow2LIV]

Beautiful. A model for this piece, full of melting harmonies,controlled rubato,long lines...the instrument's limitations forgotten.All this with left hand only, AND on a Yamahaha...doubly impossible! Double Bravo!

[@1blairt]

Exquisite and yet profound. Baca from MI

[@sergeypiano]

Thomas Blair Thank you!

[@mayou59500]

Belle performance Sergey! bravo!

[@oahola237]

Exquisite piece exquisitely performed! This will be my model for practice. Thank you for your efforts.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you very much!

[@h3onza]

Iplay piano, keyboard and accordion in my free time. However, I suffered a spiral fracture of my upper right arm four weeks ago. Therefore I obtained the sheet for this extraordinary piece, but I am afraid it might be too difficult for me. However, the results may be rewarding, as I watched your performance. Stunning!

[@probiogr3863]

i d love to have heared the crowd's clapping,amazing performance dude,thanks!!!

[@mepiano1]

Excellent performance. Very expressive and musical. I love it!!!!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! I agree that I might have moved more, however if I remember correctly I wanted to get away from the body feelings as much as possible. Scriabin himself used to sit complete straight and without moving the body; I guess I was thinking about him when I was playing it.

[@carlosurbanejasilva1881]

Your performance is absolutely gorgeous. Why should you need to move more especially in a piece that is so calm and still?. There's nothing you need to change about your performance.

[@sergeypiano]

@@carlosurbanejasilva1881 Thank you very much!

[@pianofreakpr]

Sergey...greetings from Puerto Rico!! I am a piano student and I was so overwhelmed by this piece and to see how great and passionate you played this that I took the challenge myself to play it and I have succeded!!! Your Wonderful talent served as my motive and inspiration so I thank you!! One day i hope to play as good as you and in concerts,... Farewell!!

[@sueannepiano]

This was absolutely beautiful and touched my heart ... Thank you

[@jasjjb]

Very beautiful piece of music - not know to me before. And superbly executed by you - played with much feeling ! Thank you !

[@seremerow]

he expressived his own music. really really motonal and good playing!!

[@xFishNinjax]

What a beautiful piece, and it's played with one hand!

[@DesLysProdArtist]

Simply perfect. The dream of Scriabin. Great !

[@sergeypiano]

Azerlylo Thank you!

[@gromoglas77]

Очень мне нравится этот ноктюрн в твоем исполнении! Высший пилотаж!

[@bhbum]

I just injured my right hand. This will be perfect to learn. Thank you for a beautiful performance.

[@Pianofy]

The piano is already amazing at just one hand.. just wow

[@skryabyn]

Nice interpretation!

[@user-cm5xs9nw6y]

Превосходно!

[@sergeypiano]

Спасибо!

[@alitalia5]

That's really impressive... I guess you really caught the essence of this piece. I wish I could play like that. Thank you for sharing.

[@sergeypiano]

Muchas gracias!

[@farahbeal1]

My student Ruth, aged 14, has broken her right write and I have out her onthis Nocturne till her right hand heals. I am forwarding this video to her.

[@MartynaKulakowska]

beautiful!

[@JudyDarst]

@sergeypiano My son Dr. Seth Darst was given (at age 14) this piece when he broke a bone in his right hand hitting his brother! I loved it and then learned it as well.

[@annaannaof716]

Beautiful composition and performance ♫♪☺

[@fredmex65]

What an intimate yet refined interpretation of Scriabin's Nocturne. Congratulations, you are some pianist! Thank you for sharing. Try the (of course not such a complexe and rich in architecture piece) the Left Hand "Malgre Tout" of our Mexican Composer, Carrasco. Regards, Salvador.

[@sergeypiano]

@videovarf Well, most of the left-hand music was not wrtten for didactic purposes but for public performances... And this nocturne was not even written for a handicapped person. :-) Actually, in art, extra limitations often helped for creation of great works, so why not using one hand as long as it's capable of doing what the composer wants.

[@user-ww5bd1hm6t]

I am your fan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@smeechok]

Love this and the prelude. Beautiful playing -- I also studied w/ Daniel Pollack... nice to meet you! :)

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

I know this is an old video but I adore the way you play this piece. Currently playing through it myself and although a relative beginner to Scriabin’s music - I am aware this is one of his most romantic pieces. Also not as overbearingly difficult as some of his other pieces and has already noticeably improved my left hand.

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! And good luck with the piece!

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

Sergey Kuznetsov You’re very welcome. Might I ask how big your hands are. You seem to play chords that I have to roll quite comfortably in this video. I can reach a 10th so I am wondering how you are able to achive that haha?

[@sergeypiano]

@@TomCL-vb6xc I can reach a 12th, shamelessly making use of it. :-)

[@TomCL-vb6xc]

Sergey Kuznetsov Must be very useful for Scriabin I imagine haha. Still a very talented pianist nontheless. Thanks for answering my question :)

[@carnivalcruiserbill]

Here is another fantastic performance by you. You play with color and intensity. Do you have any plans of playing in Toronto?

[@TheKeenanBoy]

I love this piece...and how scriabin makes all these 'tugs' at your heart. Also, your interpretation is magnificently slow. I've got the challenge to memorize this piece without playing it, just by memorizing the music. Is there any tip you could give me?

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@alexandreaugusto193]

I cried... beautifull

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@alexandreaugusto193]

Sergey Kuznetsov i am studying piano again.... and this music too. ... you are brilliant! The dream of my life is playing piano with Orchestra. ... The second concert from Rachmaninoff. ... i studied it when i had 14 years old but any professor made me play it. Is difficult i know but i could play some few years later. ... now i have 34 and i am old.... even so, i Will try to play in Europe... you are amazing!

[@TEASIDE]

Очень люблю этот ноктюрн. Безупречно исполнено!

[@nadeemlo]

What an awe-inspiring performance! Did you have any pianist whom you based your interpretation on? Or at least took some inspiration from? I know i'm 15 years too late haha

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! Hm. I think I might mention Stanislav Neigauz and my post-graduate teacher Oleg Maisenberg who plays the nocturne fantastically, although I cannot say there's anyone specific in this piece whom I model my performance after.

[@sergeypiano]

:) Спасибо!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! No, no plans for Toronto so far.

[@hextenbude]

облагораживает!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! :-)

[@byronmcquainable]

great!

[@erictellez]

@sergeypiano Nice. Thanks a lot.

[@itziarenecoiz6110]

Wow!ur good

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you!

[@thelittlelamb90]

wow!

[@sergeypiano]

Thank you! As for these measures, I do not actually find exactly them much different from many others. :-) What do you mean under sostenuto pedal, the right one or the middle one of a grand piano? Seemingly as your Yamaha upright doesn't have it, you talk about the middle one; if so, no, I wasn't using this pedal in this piece, only the right and the left ones. In these bars, it is sufficient to 'build-in' the sounds into the texture carefully and keep slightly moving the right pedal.

[@rbob200]

nice interpretation..

[@ellis51773]

Wooooah

[@sergeypiano]

:-)) Thank you!

[@OceanbornSWT]

@PhilipLu3 Yeah! The Chopin's Nocturne.. Scriabin really admired the Chopin's works.

[@sergeypiano]

Indeed. :)

[@ThomasMurphy55]

Has anyone heard Weisenberg play the Scriabin's sonata for the left hand? It is perfection....not that this fellow's playing isn't close....but check out the Weisenberg interprets Scraibin, too.