Rachmaninov 1 - Scriabin 0

It is a little disrespectful perhaps but that’s how I was looking at it earlier. I went with my wife to a concert this evening given by the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and on the program was Rachmaninov’s 2nd piano Concerto which was sublime and I enjoyed every chord. Eric Carmen’s hit in the seventies “All by myself” leaned heavily on the second movement of this Rachmaninov Concerto.

Also on the program was Scriabin’s Poem of Extasy and I’m afraid it was difficult to listen to. The interpretation and power of the Orchestra was excellent I’m sure but I have never found it easy to listen to Scriabin.