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Part 3: Amazing Piano Climaxes and Codas (from Underrated Composers)
Even more great piano climaxes and codas, featuring Kapustin, Medtner, and more. This is sort of the chamber music edition, hopefully you will find some new pieces that you like. I already have some ideas for Part 4, so if you know any others let me know in the comments!
No. 1 ua-cam.com/video/UyepVRxrk9M/v-deo.html
No. 2 ua-cam.com/video/qVxCQlt-vKo/v-deo.html
No. 3 ua-cam.com/video/AX3jNHZGswE/v-deo.html
No. 4 ua-cam.com/video/hOpiAxga3Ts/v-deo.html
No. 5 ua-cam.com/video/j9qF2bs60Ag/v-deo.html
No. 6 ua-cam.com/video/_1dq6PL0czY/v-deo.html
No. 7 ua-cam.com/video/bQ4Xdbe9Jv8/v-deo.html (fun fact: the violist is Martha Argerich's daughter)
No. 8 ua-cam.com/video/92W4Z6c4TrU/v-deo.html
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Rubinstein - Piano Quintet Op. 99
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Anton Rubinstein’s (1829-1894) unduly forgotten piano quintet is full of heart-wrenching pathos, yet also displays an autumnal and mature compositional character. The first movement is especially interesting. Notice, for example, how the combined string motive at 00:09 first gets modified into a piano cadenza (01:30) and then its own theme (02:44). This theme goes on to attain dramatic heights ...
Medtner - Piano Concerto 3 Analysis (Tozer)
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First, I need to tout how amazing the Interludium is: Transforming the lyrical Theme A1 into a bold march is striking enough, but then Medtner puts it in 2/2 time, C major, and not just in canon with itself but also in counterpoint with a new theme (E1) that is both in a different rhytm (3/4) and a different key (A minor). Later, we see how A1’s continuation (A2, 16:12) is made into a regular p...
Henselt - Poème d'Amour Op. 3 (Budiardjo)
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During Henselt's lifetime, his Poème d'Amour ('Andante et Allegro concertante) was among the most famous piano pieces, captivating 19th century audiences wherever it was played. "You can tour with this alone", was Hummel's verdict when Henselt first played this work to his former teacher. Allegedly, it once even brought a murderer-in-hiding to confess his crimes upon incidentally hearing it at ...
Medtner - Piano Concerto 1 (Gillham)
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Jayson Gillham learned Mednter’s first concerto for his part in the new documentary “The Eulogy”, which covers the tragic life of Geoffrey Tozer and was released in October 2019. The recording in this video is the result of that process. Gillham’s playing is energetic and technically superb. However, the production on this record is a bit suboptimal for my liking. First, the piano is mixed rela...
Medtner - Sonata Ballade Op. 27 (Eckardstein)
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ANALYSIS: Medtner’s notes in his diary and his students' scores reveal three main narratives in the Sonata Ballade: (1) overarching the entire work, a struggle between light and dark in the human soul, (2) in the first movement, a springtime devoid of religious belief, and (3) in the second and third movements, a spiritual struggle between Christ and Satan following a poem by Fet. 00:00 Allegre...
Part 2: Amazing Piano Climaxes and Codas (from Underrated Composers)
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PART 3: ua-cam.com/video/10OYGho7j7g/v-deo.html Even more amazing virtuoso piano climaxes and codas, featuring Kapustin, Medtner, and more. I already have some ideas for Part 3, so if you know any others let me know in the comments! No. 1 ua-cam.com/video/6g3xwhh99-c/v-deo.html No. 2 ua-cam.com/video/izzXp0aOL2I/v-deo.html No. 3 ua-cam.com/video/05TioQIBMq8/v-deo.html No. 4 ua-cam.com/video/3ho...
Henselt - Piano Concerto Op. 16 (Lewenthal)
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Adolf Henselt (1814-1889), one of the most prolific pianists of the 19th century, composed his majestic Piano Concerto in F minor during the 1840s. Although revered by the likes of Clara Schumann, Liszt, and Rachmaninov, this concerto went all but forgotten in the 20th century. Its decline can almost certainly be attributed to its incredible difficulty - Henselt’s concerto is said to be at leas...
Amazing Piano Climaxes and Codas (from Underrated Composers)
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PART 2: ua-cam.com/video/wXR6p0NJmqM/v-deo.html Some of the best insane virtuoso piano climaxes and codas, featuring Alkan, Godowsky, and more. We all know our Liszt and Rachmaninov, but the works in this list are all masterpieces as well, so check them out. I already have some ideas for Part 2 - let me know your favorite big moments in the piano literature in the comments! Performances: No. 1:...
Medtner - Piano Concerto 1 Analysis (Zhukov)
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Medtner composed his majestic piano concerto in C minor (Op. 33) during World War 1. He finished the piano score in a year and spent two additional years orchestrating the work, as Medtner hated writing for orchestra. This video features a thematic breakdown of the music. The structure of the piece is a highliy original example of double function form: 00:00 EXPOSITION (functioning as 1st movem...
Medtner - Primavera, Op. 39/3 (Tozer)
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Medtner's Primavera is the third piece in the Op. 39 cycle Forgotten Melodies II ("Vergessene Weisen"). It is subtitled "Frühlingsmärchen" (engl. Spring Tale) and was completed in March 1920 after the arrival of a beautiful Russian spring. It is the only piece in the cycle that doesn't share any thematic material with other Op. 39 works. The music starts with a vivacious preamble that leads int...
Medtner - Romanza, op 39/2 (Tozer)
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The second piece of Medtner's Op. 39 Forgotten Melodies II (Vergesse Weisen). This Romanza in F minor takes up the theme of the preceding Meditazione (ua-cam.com/video/or_kN2kZFis/v-deo.html), which is even marked "Meditamente" in the beginning of the score. The piece begins with the melody on the fifth, hanging in the air. The very first intervall is a falling semitone (c-b), which the piece w...
Medtner - Meditazione, Op 39/1 (Tozer)
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Medtner composed the Forgotten Melodies II (Op. 39) in between 1919-1921, before he left Bolshevik Russia for Berlin. The cycle consists of five pieces (Meditazione, Romanza, Primavera, Canzona Matinata, Sonata Tragica). The outer pairs of the cycle are thematically linked, while the Primavera stands alone in the center. The Op. 39 1, Meditazione in C# minor, starts with a dark and mysterious i...
Medtner - Canzona Matinata, Op. 39/4 (Tozer)
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The Canzona Matinata, meaning "morning song", is the fourth piece in the Op. 39 cycle Forgotten Melodies II ("Vergessene Weisen"). The canzona is said by Medtner to represent the youthful, optimistic period of life, in stark contrast to the following Sonata tragica, which he saw as the tragic reality of life. It is in G major and begins with a lovely singing theme imbued with tender grace notes...
Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto 2, Op 22, 2nd Mov (Blechacz)
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The second movement of Op.22, "Allegro scherzando", was the only part of the concerto that didn't completely flop at Saint-Saens initial performance. The movement is set in E-flat major, which makes the joyous music stand out even further from the dramatic outer movements in G minor (Beethoven and Schubert also employed such tonal juxtapositions of a third). At the beginning of the movement, we...
Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto 2, Op 22, 1st Mov (Blechacz)
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Saint-Saens - Piano Concerto 2, Op 22, 1st Mov (Blechacz)
Saint-Saens Piano Concerto 2, Op 22, 3rd Mov (Blechacz)
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Saint-Saens Piano Concerto 2, Op 22, 3rd Mov (Blechacz)
Franck - Prelude Choral et Fugue (Codispoti)
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Franck - Prelude Choral et Fugue (Codispoti)
Medtner - Sonata Tragica, Op. 39/5 (Tozer)
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Medtner - Sonata Tragica, Op. 39/5 (Tozer)

КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @MrNewtonsdog
    @MrNewtonsdog 6 днів тому

    One of the best chamber pieces I have heard. Rubinstein is very underrated in my opinion.

  • @Franzlassan
    @Franzlassan 15 днів тому

    Great!

  • @s1earle
    @s1earle 23 дні тому

    I embrace his personal experience however, I sense that at times he both plays sometimes softly (during the virtuoso pieces) and also his increased speed during certain passages: Mr Tovey is also flawed in some of his playing but alround, he provides a better experience when compared to both Mr Medtner and Hamelin, they are small key...

  • @kelvynchin1968
    @kelvynchin1968 Місяць тому

    I love this concerto, always wondered why it isn't played more often. thanks for posting.

  • @NealSchultz
    @NealSchultz Місяць тому

    One of THE greatest beginnings of any piano concerto in history! Medtner like so many other composers deserves his due. Dump Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Brahms and program some of the forgotten ilk of great concertos lost to history.

  • @허준서-n3z
    @허준서-n3z Місяць тому

    Days of Medtner WILL COME. Scriabin left Chopin's heritage, but Medtner stayed there. (but little more chromatics) He is the one who fit to being called as 'Russian Chopin'. Medtner has revived later Chopin pieces'(such as Ballade 4, Polonaise Fantasie, Mazurkas) chromaticism and romanticism.

  • @rjlblg
    @rjlblg Місяць тому

    a perfect compromise between Brahms, Chopin and Rachmaninoff

  • @oldrichcepelka296
    @oldrichcepelka296 2 місяці тому

    Absolutely amazing composition.

  • @orlando5911
    @orlando5911 2 місяці тому

    I can understand after this concerto why this guy is not famous…

  • @DANBOARD-Channel
    @DANBOARD-Channel 3 місяці тому

    12:10

  • @samaritan29
    @samaritan29 3 місяці тому

    the theme at 24:19 is kind of reminscent of this moment from rachmaninoff piano sonata 2 ua-cam.com/video/C_lOOYSzoBc/v-deo.htmlsi=OZMmO9aILAdUZfcg&t=2354

  • @NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets
    @NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets 3 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for doing this amazing work!!! And beautiful discription as well.

  • @uguslife
    @uguslife 3 місяці тому

    I knew there will be Medtner just by the thumbnail! His concertos are so underrated! Piano concerto 3 has the greatest coda ever, but the 1st piano concerto has also many great reason to be on the list!

  • @KenBreadbox
    @KenBreadbox 4 місяці тому

    I've lost count of how many times I have listened to this. I rank it just below Rach 3 in my pantheon of favourite piano concerti. Paul Wee is out with a new recording of this that just dazzles.

  • @theoperot
    @theoperot 4 місяці тому

    This concert is - dare I say - perfect in any musical aspect I can think of, and very well may be, in my opinion, the most gorgeous and well written piano concerto there is. Also this video is amazing in analysing its clever motivic development

  • @randolphhall8308
    @randolphhall8308 4 місяці тому

    Pleasant.

  • @Pianova1
    @Pianova1 4 місяці тому

    Franck is not underrated

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 4 місяці тому

    from 19:02 to the coda is one of the most colorfull, moving, and dramatic moments in music. There is so many themes , emotions, changes and moods, but it's still so linked, connected, related and it has clear climaxes and clear direction!

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 4 місяці тому

    One of the best intepretations of this hidden gem! Imo, Medtner's piano concertos are the peak of it's genre!

  • @ijskålleter
    @ijskålleter 4 місяці тому

    some passages of the 1st movement remind me of Chopin‘s 2nd piano concerto in Fm

  • @NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets
    @NothingFunnyAboutTheseCarpets 4 місяці тому

    At 13:00 there is also the cross motif from theme B1 appearing in the cellos and bass voice of the piano, integrated on the overall A1 line. Such insanely rich polyphony, right?!

  • @calebhu6383
    @calebhu6383 4 місяці тому

    19:34

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 5 місяців тому

    Really emotional interpretation, one of my favourites!

  • @user-kekokokko
    @user-kekokokko 5 місяців тому

    2nd mov.

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 5 місяців тому

    Medtner's 3rd piano concerto is my most favourite concerto ever!

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 5 місяців тому

    Very great and usefull analysis of this masterpiece! One of the most beautifull piano concerts ever, I love Medtner's creativity in thematic work!

  • @bloba6969
    @bloba6969 6 місяців тому

    I really need to dive deeper into Medtner's work

  • @slendrmusic
    @slendrmusic 6 місяців тому

    One movement in, already love this

  • @globalc3849
    @globalc3849 7 місяців тому

    The way he plays this is a miracle. You can tell he’s been through a lot in life and it shows in his profound playing. Tozer can do anything on the piano. Love it.

  • @stephanjwilliams
    @stephanjwilliams 8 місяців тому

    Tozer was such an amazing pianist, and his Medtner interpretations are generally of the highest quality. However, to me this performance seems too rushed, especially when compared to Medtner's slower tempo, or Mejoueva's masterful rubato. Fun fact: In his notes to this piece, Medtner specified a duration of 4 minutes and 20 seconds. His recording of the work matches that almost exactly, as does Mejoueva's (at least in one of her live recordings).

  • @timweather3847
    @timweather3847 9 місяців тому

    Elgar and Smetana underrated? Who by? Certainly not me, or many others.

  • @wingcap1448
    @wingcap1448 9 місяців тому

    Beautiful, but a bit repetitive

  • @Mary-z2c2y
    @Mary-z2c2y 9 місяців тому

    My opinion on this piano work, it is the most sublime melody. If you don't feel it, then you don't deserve to be called an artist musician, you are just noise

    • @cubycube9924
      @cubycube9924 2 місяці тому

      Comments like yours are one of many reasons why this type of music isn’t as popular and well known

  • @D.Oktipu
    @D.Oktipu 10 місяців тому

    25:09 what was that? A trill? Can some one tell and wich note

  • @marreco6347
    @marreco6347 10 місяців тому

    Now I know how to do CPR.

  • @adamhall7227
    @adamhall7227 10 місяців тому

    How do you use this rhythm for CPR? Its all over the place.

    • @MrFartyman44
      @MrFartyman44 8 місяців тому

      What

    • @MrFartyman44
      @MrFartyman44 8 місяців тому

      What is cpr

    • @adamhall7227
      @adamhall7227 8 місяців тому

      Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

    • @MrFartyman44
      @MrFartyman44 8 місяців тому

      @@adamhall7227 I thought you might be talking about something else. IDK what you mean the rhythm is straight forward.

    • @yancyphillips411
      @yancyphillips411 6 місяців тому

      Heroically

  • @D.Oktipu
    @D.Oktipu 10 місяців тому

    27:54

  • @D.Oktipu
    @D.Oktipu 10 місяців тому

    24:13

  • @cstamitz
    @cstamitz 10 місяців тому

    The Anton Rubinstein 4th Piano Concerto is supposed to be extremely difficult, also but this one sounds worse. However, the Rubinstein is a great piece of music, IMO. This one by Henselt is pretty mediocre musically speaking. Just my opinion, FWIW.

    • @Pablo-gl9dj
      @Pablo-gl9dj 3 місяці тому

      Rubinstein's 4th barely gets out of the shadow of mediocrity. If you like a good tune, Henselt's concerto is loaded with them

  • @jefff8079
    @jefff8079 11 місяців тому

    End of Kapustin's 5th concerto is really good as well.

  • @kingconcerto5860
    @kingconcerto5860 11 місяців тому

    Hamelin's recording on Hyperion is soooooo much better.

  • @4grammaton
    @4grammaton 11 місяців тому

    No Feinberg 3?

    • @KaikhosruShapurjiMedtner
      @KaikhosruShapurjiMedtner 4 місяці тому

      These are great but I agree that the uploader should’ve added some Feinberg.

  • @i.ehrenfest349
    @i.ehrenfest349 11 місяців тому

    The last Medtner bit is my favourite

  • @bradyredding1964
    @bradyredding1964 11 місяців тому

    glad to see medtner on here! Maybe do the Climax of the bortkiewicz ballade next? (Op. 42 i think)

  • @shubus
    @shubus 11 місяців тому

    Got not sound here. YT must have deleted it.

  • @vaadwilsla858
    @vaadwilsla858 11 місяців тому

    Really dislike Tozer's Tragica actually. It's played too fast and it becomes muddy and sloppy. Tozer is usually phenomenal (e.g. his rendition of the Minacciosa) but sometimes it's a clear miss.

  • @terpucom_
    @terpucom_ 11 місяців тому

    Is Saint-saens underrated...?????? sounds misleading...

  • @supasayajinsongoku4464
    @supasayajinsongoku4464 11 місяців тому

    Next video:greatest piano edging

  • @teodorb.p.composer
    @teodorb.p.composer 11 місяців тому

    Yes, Alkan and Medtner are great, actually they are my most favourite composers ever!

    • @Lavirfra
      @Lavirfra 6 місяців тому

      I have been seeing a lot of this "Medtner" lately. Heard many good things about the composer. Do you have some pieces you can suggest from him for me to listen? I would want to discover this composer.

    • @teodorb.p.composer
      @teodorb.p.composer 6 місяців тому

      @@Lavirfra I suggest his mostly his piano concertos (2nd and 3rd are my favourite), Night wind sonata, Sonata romantica, War sonata in a minor, Opus 11, Violin sonatas (mostly 3rd one), opus 51, etc. He wrote so many great pieces, that it's hard to choose some.

  • @haoyangwu6173
    @haoyangwu6173 11 місяців тому

    1:11 score lost two bars.