Skrjabin: Prométhée - Le poème du feu ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Dmitri Levkovich ∙ Markus ∙ Stenz

Alexander Skrjabin:
Prométhée - Le poème du feu ∙
Aufführung mit notentextgetreuer Realisierung der »Luce-Stimme« ∙
hr-Sinfonieorchester (Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra) ∙
Dmitri Levkovich, Klavier ∙
Frankfurter Kantorei ∙
Konzertchor Darmstadt ∙
Markus Stenz, Dirigent ∙
Frank Kraus, Lichtdesign ∙
Jens Schubbe, Dramaturgie ∙
Alte Oper Frankfurt, 26. September 2014 ∙
Website: www.hr-sinfonieorchester.de ∙
Facebook: / hrsinfonieorchester

[@DaveD5929]

I believe Scriabin would have thoroughly put his stamp of approval on this stunning rendition of this outrageously original work. There is truly nothing in the repertoire that even approaches anything remotely similar to what one can only refer to as a this musical 'experience.'. Outstanding job by all involved with this production. Kudos to the lighting designer - the use of projections onto the organ pipes as the main 'canvas' for the color and visuals was brilliantly done. The final resounding F-major cadence always gives chills, especially the way this final tonic chord evolves and emerges from Scriabin's unique 'mystical' tonal pallet is so thoroughly and deeply satisfying. One can only speculate as to what wonders this musical genius would have created had his life not been so tragically cut short. -- and just as his signature harmonic language was beginning to evolve and expand into something beyond what most mere mortals could ever conceive, much less find a way to notate! And what a rich and fantastically complex score it is, which this performance somehow executes in a nearly seamless manner. A near perfect blending of the current (as of 2014 anyway) non-musical goings on that always strikes a tasteful balance between the various extra-musical activity and the actual score.and IMO never distracts but enhances. Just....wow....

[@tonyduncan9852]

Indeed so. You saved me such effort. Ta. 😎

[@bomcabedal]

The whole light show is getting to be something of a gimmick by this point. It makes a nice change, sure, but no one uses Scriabin's own light organ (I'll leave the question whether he really was a synasthete aside for now) and it's just "something with pretty lights". The music really doesn't need it. Kudos to this performance for not staging it as a faux piano concerto though: that happens way too often.

[@Dionysus_333]

Here here!

[@tonyduncan9852]

Oh, WOW! Thank you. I am blown. 😎

[@debussy69]

I never understood why this piece is about the piano solo. It’s should be an overall effect not about the soloist. It’s not a concerto.
Beautiful performance, even so

[@fazliddinerkaboyev6568]

It's almost a piano concerto.

[@TheMahlerfan]

Eine Stern"stunde" des hr-sinfonieorchesters, Vielen Dank!

[@YUMINLEE3514]

HBD Scriabin

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

love his music!!

[@notaire2]

Fantastische Aufführung unter dem fantastischen Lichteffekt. Danke!

[@thomasgunther18]

Ja, die Lichteffekte sind fantastisch: Aber so weit ich das einsehen konnte, reichen sie noch bei weitem nicht an das heran, was Kurt Laurenz Theinert nunmehr heutzutage dazu beitragen könnte: In der Kunst des Farbenklaviers verwirklicht er genial, wovon Skrjabin damals nur träumen konnte.Da wäre ein Zusammenspiel mit einer Komposition von Skrjabin nur äußerst erwartungsvoll hochspannend: wir sähen grandios-bombastische Licht-Klang-Explosionen, Eruptionen, wie von Skrjabin nicht anders zu erwarten.Ich möchte gerne nochmals anfügen, dass Skrjabin immner von der Idee eines Farbenklaviers stark eingenommen war.Also hierzu passte eben grandios dies Farbenklavier von Kurt LaurenzTheinert optimal dazu.Es wäre schön, wenn sich das irgendwann mal noch ereignete.Mir genüge nunmehr dies kraftvoll aufgeführte Musikstück durch das hr-Orchester: Super gut!

[@gwang3103]

One of my favorite moments in this work is the sudden appearance of the fairy twinkles at 12:05. :)

[@maycondouglas9448]

Essa é das boas meu professor que me indicou 😎👆

[@ForeverFall]

Scriabin has some amazing works, but I wish there existed a composer that managed to mix atonal sections with moments of peaceful tonality, like a beautiful sunset that fades away but still leaves an impression on you.

[@elliottherring5021]

Stravinsky?

[@arielorthmann4061]

Charles Ives ?

[@Dogan1960]

Charles Koechlin

[@tonyduncan9852]

You mean right now? Scriabin is music's Shakespeare. Expect someone else.

[@jakubstruzynski8124]

Music starts at 0:45

[@JULIOAIS]

??? ...

[@christophegeoffroy4281]

Music always starts before the first sound.

[@bjornjanlert1013]

för mej - ja - en nybörjarlyssnare på +80 ja .. blev de en positiv upplevelse " (eg. jazzdiggare)!

[@smkh2890]

Seems like Scriabin invented the multi-media light-show!

[@MonastraOperaSymphonyClassical]

Richard Wagner.

[@xuhuayun4147]

❤️❤️❤️

[@MRandomDude]

Three instruments are violin harp and piano

[@ivanookunev]

14:25 -14:45 really astonishing moment

[@g.romero2587]

Be careful Frankfurt Radio Symphony with your rendering algorithm, I listen to compression artifacts... sound quality compromised!!!

[@mysterium364]

Pretty sure the choir is straight up singing the wrong notes??? What is up with that???

[@DaveD5929]

F# major - somehow lost the # when posting

[@user-kb3zl1wt9b]

Забавно истинные арийцы исполняют языческие напевы!

[@LilRotte3]

?

[@user-kb3zl1wt9b]

Шуток не понимаете?
Иногда помогают, когда каждый день воздушная тревога.

[@LilRotte3]

@@user-kb3zl1wt9b я не вижу в этой "шутке" ничего смешного. Какая, собственно, комедийная ценность в ней заключена?

[@robertschaaf8606]

A turgid bore. The lights get all the best tunes.