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So very beautiful - thanks much

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I love this ! It is very possibly the most difficult piece of music a pianist will ever have to play. Thats if they are capable of doing it without cracking a note.

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BEAUTIFUL!! I only got to know this tune as a child as my late mother was one of the few ladys who could WHISTLE! She was always whistling classical tunes but I never knew what they were. Sadly she passed without ever giving me a hint WHAT the music was. It took me many years to finally track down Henry Litoff's: Concerto Symphonique No. 4, Op. 102 - 2 The Scherzo! It brings such joy to me of happy innocent days as a child, Natalie plays this with excellence lifting the heart and soul to great heights. You play with such lightness of touch and depth of feeling for this amazing work. Thank you so much Natalie! 👏👏👏👏👏💓

Our Dad would play this on our radiogram. It was a 78rpm record and one had to turn it over half-way! I still have it in the loft. (The record, not the radiogram...)

my god, this is wonderful!

Outstanding performance!

But for this smash hit, Litolff would be forgotten today. A pity, because his other concerti are just as worthy :)

When I was only about 9 or 10 years old I was on holiday with my parents at the seaside resort in Scotland. We stayed at a hotel and there was a little gal around the same age or a little older, who would play this piece of music and I was in love with her and the way she said Ooh strawberries and cream

I know so many Piano Concerto's but this one is a jewel

One of my favorite pieces for piano and I’ve never heard it played as beautifully. Bravo.

Natalie, genius. Undoubtedly the finest rendition. Bravo!!!

wonderfully played, thanks again

I’ve loved this piece since I was a young child.

I first heard this at four years old, and was charmed by it then! I listen to it now, and appreciate the elegant beauty of it.

Love this

Their is such joy in this piece of musical brilliance

You're a REALLY FABULOUS talent Natalie... I hope you "get out" more and play...!!! and... share more videos with us!!!! (I too went to NEC)

How ever does Natalie do that, it's mindblowingly fast?

Music is the greatest art form, and this proves it

Bravo!!! And thank you for posting. From San Jose, California

Nice job. Too bad they didn't show her hands. It's fascinating to watch a pianist's hands.

Best performance of Litolff ever!!!!!!!

It Sounds Like Sir Topham Hatt’s Theme. 😂

Stunning "live" performance! Perfect tempo!

Fantastic! Heard it plenty but never seen it.

i enjoyed it! So nice to hear this brilliant playing and totally unknown piece to me! Thank you so much!

Excellence! And kudos to the conductor for the intelligent, sane and altogether precise pace. He's a bassist? Well, that explains the sanity in tempo, and the reward is brillance--clarity and precision--all round.

There seem to be very few good recordings of Litolff's scherzo on UA-cam. This is the best I have heard so far. She is so very good. Saying more would just parrot other great comments.Are there other good live recordings of this on UA-cam?

The definitive Version is by Moura Lympany. It's quite old, but to my way of thinking, the best.

First time I have seen it performed . I have the CD of Peter Donohoe and the BSO. Let me share a story told by my mother a dozen years ago. She would always turn the volume up when this was played on Classic FM. Before the war she worked in a music shop in the West End of London and when a potential customer came in to buy a gramophone this piece of music was put on . when she left the shop just before the outbreak of WW2 she was presented with the 78rpm record of the Scherzo. White she was relating this story in about 2002 I recalled seeing an old record box container tucked away upstairs , when I opened the case there was the 78. I bought mum the CD about a month or two before she died , she had only ever heard this one movement before.

Bravissima, very good performance.

Tom, you are the Pitts, but absolutely spot on. An exemplary performance displaying the highest of keyboard skills. Totally unhurried leaving every note crisp and clear but sufficiently paced to do justice to the original score. An absolute delight; well done, young lady. And many congratulations to the orchestra for their support.

accurately played

Orchestra is perfectly showcasing the pianist. Well paced, no race at all!Adroit is the word I'm thinking of. Bravo Natalie!! This is truly in concert.

It was Leonard Pennario that first brought this piece into public view when he included it on his immensely popular LP "Concerto Under the Stars" with Carmen Dragon and the Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra. Among the other selection on there: Warsaw Concerto, Swedish Rhapsody (my favorite) Cornish Rhapsody and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata. Ms. Erlich does an admirable job with a tricky piano part and the orchestra is more than competent. I heard Gerald Robbins play this in concert years ago and I recall the orchestra bursting into applause at the end of the mov. with one still to go. He issued an LP of this Concerto on Genesis in the 70's and is presently on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music.

Beautiful performance with perfectly lilting tempo and sparkle; most enjoyable. Bravo also to the youthful orchestra and their excellent conductor who keep the piece bouncing along springingly!

great musical touch coupled with precise technique! it sounds effortless, just like music needs to be.

The tempo is perfect. People are so critical when they're faceless. It was just playing on WRTI.org at the same time. No difference in speed. If it's good enough for a classical radio station it's good enough for me. Great performance!

What a tour de force of manual dexterity.

This is a poem about fox hunting. Horse gallop at this speed. Any faster is just showing off!

I agree with Frozentoes1 - far too slow. The best recording I have heard has to be Peter Donohoe with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. It is truly awesome and was on my Favourites playlist but has now been removed because of copyright issues.

Just perfect !!!

I have to throw in Leonard Penario and Hollywood Bowl Orchestra as one of the pre immeninent performances of the Litoff's Scherzo.

Finally found what I was looking for! Didn't even realize I was looking for it.

Good accents. All notes are there (and heard!). But it is not "Molto presto con fuoco". It is like music for a fairy tale.

This is atmosphere music. It needs to be fudged a little. All of Dvorak is fairy tales. The key is in the first bars, a lullaby. The Golden Spinning Wheel is another clue to the inner nature of Dvorak's oevre .

Wonderful: and the tempo is just right.