Paderewski Concerto A Minor 1st.Mov. Pt 1 Wild 1970

[TJFNYC212]

I hear absolutely nothing interesting or amazing in this music. For me ears it is cliche if not boring. One might presume that is why it is on the self where I hope it stays. OMG! The Rubinstein Concerti which have now been shelved for many years are much more interesting musically (the one in Fminor), but barely! I would like to hear some one champion the Dvorak now that Richter and a few others are gone.

[Beckmesser2]

@TJFNYC212 The Rubinstein piano concerto that you refer to, number 2 opus 35, is in F major not F minor.

[LazlosPlane]

@TJFNYC212 Too bad. I suggest you no longer listen and let those of us with a more discerning ear enjoy.

[EvanWaggerman]

THIS is wonderful.

[Lachertpiotr]

wspomnienia, wspomnienia.... 1961.... nagroda na konkursie Paderewskiego w Bydgoszczy

[Beckmesser2]

Thank you. I wish more pianists would carry this work in their repertoire !!

[Deneb33]

This is great romantic work. It's shame not ever played on radio where all they ever play is Beethoven and Mozart, and ignore 500 other great composers like Paderewski or Anton Rubinstein. Give works like this their just due.

[lsbrother]

@Deneb33

"on radio where all they ever play is Beethoven and Mozart,"

perhaps you're listening to the wrong radio! - Radio 3 on BBC for a 3 hour program today - fairly typical I think - played works by:

sibelius, castello, wagner, strauss, bach, offenbach, schubert, destouches, rodrigo, faure, rossini, shostakovich, albinoni, vaughan-williams, buck, khachaturian, beethoven, vivaldi, mozart, rimsky-korsakov, adams, schubert

[fabio8080]

One of my favorite piano concertos....

I think it's a Symphony with piano obbligato (Saint-Saens' style).

[CapitalistPolitician]

wow... this is so beautiful - sounds just a little bit like Tchaikovsky! I can't believe I never heard this before - thanks for posting it!

[morvensky]

Why do people play the Beethoven concerti that suck but not the Paderewski Piano concerto which is great.

[LazlosPlane]

Uh, the Beethoven Concerti suck?

Ah... you need to re-think your aesthetic education, awareness and sensitivity pal.

[morvensky]

They don't suck, I was just hyperbolizing ;)

They are good, I just think they are somewhat overplayed. They are good though.

[TJFNYC212]

@morvensky which of the Beethoven Concerti SUCK.... as you put it? I admit to having a marked preference for #1, #2, and #4 but #3 and #5 do not SUCK. The slow movements of both these concerti are, in and of themselves, masterpieces.

[GojyoNoxArcana]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR POSTING! It is so hard to find good music anymore. SANKYUU!

[arwena55]

and even more Rymski-Korsakov

[arwena55]

I never had a chance to listen to this concert, also it didn't have a good press, I see it was so unfair, as I think it is beautiful, some beautiful themes, very moving,very gentle, reminds me Tchaikovsky a bit. I love it,

[stevieD103]

I'm currently learning this concerto and out of all the interpretations i've heard, this is one of the best! However, Earl Wild does ad- lib a few bits but is forgiven by his tempo of the 1st and last movement. Thanks for uploading!

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Paderewski would surely have been Wild about this Early music perfomance. The Earl in typical Heroic form, and what a joy, full of vitality, spotlights on key moments, and Fiedler suddenly galvanised out of the routine which marked some of his work at that period. A great Find! Thanx.

[waverly2468]

This is a great recording. Fiedler is an underrated conductor  whose name recognition alone must have brought a few new listeners to classical music. His high-speed recordings of the Leroy Anderson pieces such as "Fiddle Faddle" and "Buglers Holiday" are in a class by themselves.

[kasyapa]

fast tempo! at 1 min so far and i like it. certainly much underrated.

[inextinguishable]

I love this concerto but it is rarely played. Thank God, at least, that there are more recordings today than was the case, say, 20 years ago.

[hedgehod]

underrated concerto!

[herakles9]

I agree!