My fovorite piano concerto, a concerto to end all concertos. Its is more like a piano symphony, except Busoni called it a concerto. Bravo !!! D. Alexandr D'Maddalena
FYI.....The Title "Piano Concerto" here is nebulous. In my opinion (for whatever that is worth) this is NOT a piano concerto....regardless what Busoni labeled it. Nor is it a "great" piece of music----again, my opinion....but also many others' opinions as well....If you have to argue if it's a "piano concerto" ....it isn't one.
@Rachmanfan4life When Beethoven used the chorus for his ninth symphony, some might have said it was not a symphony. What about the symphonies of Mahler? This IS a piano conerto. Perhaps not a great piece in the genre, but one that does not fail to stir the emotions and deserves to be heard.
@Rachmanfan4life How can you argue that this isn't a piano concerto? It has all the traits of one. Are you actually saying that the instrumentation of the orchestra affects whether or not the soloist exists? In this piece of music, the piano clearly is the soloist, and that means that it's a concerto.
@saintsaens21 then he doesn't have temperament in his hands. a lot of technique, though. his fans have more temperament. that's the problem with performers today. fans are supplying the temperament, while all the performer has to do is show up with a terrific technique, play the notes, play relatively musically, and leave the stage.
I know it's called a piano concerto, but honestly, I perceive this more as a symphony that happens to have intermittent piano parts. Not a bad thing; but I just don't see this as a concerto piece.
@felipilloo1984 Meh... I mean, by the end of the Romantic era, I think the universal consensus was that there were no particular formal constraints for a piece. So I guess at this point, anything featuring a particular instrument is a concerto more for lack of a better word than for the presence of certain key formal traits...
@madlutist Yeah, well, I do not know if the discussion about under which category is better to be placed the piece is the right one. For me this is a piano concerto because it was evidently written for piano (no other instrument could fulfill the technical requierements) and..
@madlutist ...and it is a concerto because it exhibits the developement of one musical thought (introduced by the piano in the first movement and retaken just before the end of the whole composition) through different (and very complex) stages. It is a complex organism, designed to be performed by a piano, an orchestra and a male choir.
@SecretPianist38 "Hebt zu der ewigen Kraft Eure Herzen, Fühlet Euch Allah nah, Schau seine Tat....." It sings the german translation of an excerpt from Adam Ohlenschläge's "Aladdin" (originally in danish).
@SecretPianist38 Ohlenschläger, sorry. I think if you google the first words you can have access to the whole text, as well as to some translations of it. It is worth it, and in my view also necessary for understanding the whole concert.
I just watched this whole thing, it seemed to go so fast I was enjoying it so much. Perhaps it isn't better known because it's uneconomic to stage - large orchestra and choir and soloist. Possibly pianists are a bit intimidated by it too!
hmm... irgendwie wirkt das publikum gar nicht so begeistert..? der chor war jedenfalls nicht besonders überzeugend, schmählert etwas die brilliante leistung hamelins.
If I were performing this, I'd be worried about screwing up the octave passage at the very end! 70+ minutes of music, all leading up to that point. Hamelin does it brilliantly!
Phenomenal performance, I love this piece! The recording I have currently is by Pianist Volker Banfield, but I strongly prefer Hamelin's take on this, thus kudos to the Conductor as well. Thanks Tompilk!
Busoni is one of the most underrated composers. He ruined his afterfame with those Bach transcriptions he made. I keep running into people who scoff at him, because all they know of him are the transcriptions.
I remember my professor at university sneering at me, because I mentioned that I like Busoni's Turandot. "Don't ever speak of that again! You will ruin my good reputation if word of this gets out," she said. Oo
Did Hamelin sweat in the concerto?
AlejandroSanAntonio 1 week ago
My fovorite piano concerto, a concerto to end all concertos. Its is more like a piano symphony, except Busoni called it a concerto. Bravo !!! D. Alexandr D'Maddalena
douglasmatley 2 months ago
Thank you so very much for the upload. Pity the recording sounded congested and unclear a lot of the time.
It's a terrific piano concerto [I doubt if the pianist would accept it's not a piano concerto.]
Fine accompaniment, and Hamelin is a nearly unbelievable pianist. They should still be applauding now"
Greetings from East Anglia in England.
uranrising 3 months ago
FYI.....The Title "Piano Concerto" here is nebulous. In my opinion (for whatever that is worth) this is NOT a piano concerto....regardless what Busoni labeled it. Nor is it a "great" piece of music----again, my opinion....but also many others' opinions as well....If you have to argue if it's a "piano concerto" ....it isn't one.
Rachmanfan4life 3 months ago
@Rachmanfan4life When Beethoven used the chorus for his ninth symphony, some might have said it was not a symphony. What about the symphonies of Mahler? This IS a piano conerto. Perhaps not a great piece in the genre, but one that does not fail to stir the emotions and deserves to be heard.
jgesselberty 3 months ago
@Rachmanfan4life How can you argue that this isn't a piano concerto? It has all the traits of one. Are you actually saying that the instrumentation of the orchestra affects whether or not the soloist exists? In this piece of music, the piano clearly is the soloist, and that means that it's a concerto.
thegreatapologist 1 week ago
a pianist with zero temperament
muslit 3 months ago
@muslit his temperament is in his hands, that is where it counts.
saintsaens21 2 weeks ago in playlist More videos from tompilk
@saintsaens21 then he doesn't have temperament in his hands. a lot of technique, though. his fans have more temperament. that's the problem with performers today. fans are supplying the temperament, while all the performer has to do is show up with a terrific technique, play the notes, play relatively musically, and leave the stage.
muslit 2 weeks ago
I know it's called a piano concerto, but honestly, I perceive this more as a symphony that happens to have intermittent piano parts. Not a bad thing; but I just don't see this as a concerto piece.
BenMcCormack91 1 year ago
@BenMcCormack91 This is not a piano concerto among others, it's Busoni's.
felipilloo1984 11 months ago 3
@felipilloo1984 Meh... I mean, by the end of the Romantic era, I think the universal consensus was that there were no particular formal constraints for a piece. So I guess at this point, anything featuring a particular instrument is a concerto more for lack of a better word than for the presence of certain key formal traits...
madlutist 11 months ago
@madlutist Yeah, well, I do not know if the discussion about under which category is better to be placed the piece is the right one. For me this is a piano concerto because it was evidently written for piano (no other instrument could fulfill the technical requierements) and..
felipilloo1984 11 months ago
@madlutist ...and it is a concerto because it exhibits the developement of one musical thought (introduced by the piano in the first movement and retaken just before the end of the whole composition) through different (and very complex) stages. It is a complex organism, designed to be performed by a piano, an orchestra and a male choir.
felipilloo1984 11 months ago
Can one of you clever boffins tell me what words or text setting the choir sings?
SecretPianist38 1 year ago
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Laudan08 1 year ago
@SecretPianist38 "Hebt zu der ewigen Kraft Eure Herzen, Fühlet Euch Allah nah, Schau seine Tat....." It sings the german translation of an excerpt from Adam Ohlenschläge's "Aladdin" (originally in danish).
felipilloo1984 11 months ago
@felipilloo1984
The Aladdin is originally in Danish, but the German text was written by Oehlenschlaeger himself.
leruman 4 months ago
@SecretPianist38 Ohlenschläger, sorry. I think if you google the first words you can have access to the whole text, as well as to some translations of it. It is worth it, and in my view also necessary for understanding the whole concert.
felipilloo1984 11 months ago
Pretty crazy how the choir needs sheet music, but Hamelin doesn't...
xroot89 1 year ago
@xroot89 Hamelin knows this concerto by memory because it's part of his repertoire but of course he can read.
Laudan08 1 year ago 3
I just watched this whole thing, it seemed to go so fast I was enjoying it so much. Perhaps it isn't better known because it's uneconomic to stage - large orchestra and choir and soloist. Possibly pianists are a bit intimidated by it too!
mkeysou812 1 year ago
Bussoni did for this concerto, what Mahler did for the symphony. LOL
I have always loved this work. It should be better know.
jgesselberty 1 year ago
hmm... irgendwie wirkt das publikum gar nicht so begeistert..? der chor war jedenfalls nicht besonders überzeugend, schmählert etwas die brilliante leistung hamelins.
FelixJB 1 year ago
If I were performing this, I'd be worried about screwing up the octave passage at the very end! 70+ minutes of music, all leading up to that point. Hamelin does it brilliantly!
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
a pian concerto of chuck-norrisian proportions!
richclayderman 1 year ago
Bravo to everyone who made it all the way to the end. It was worth it :)
WinsomeAllegretto 1 year ago 5
Ogdon's performance is great too. This performance by mr.hamelin is just slightly faster. But still a great performance.
fyrexia 1 year ago
Phenomenal performance, I love this piece! The recording I have currently is by Pianist Volker Banfield, but I strongly prefer Hamelin's take on this, thus kudos to the Conductor as well. Thanks Tompilk!
RuroJiruries 1 year ago
Busoni is one of the most underrated composers. He ruined his afterfame with those Bach transcriptions he made. I keep running into people who scoff at him, because all they know of him are the transcriptions.
I remember my professor at university sneering at me, because I mentioned that I like Busoni's Turandot. "Don't ever speak of that again! You will ruin my good reputation if word of this gets out," she said. Oo
Timrath 1 year ago
My favorite ending to a concerto!!! But isn't the choir supposed to be hidden from the audience's view, though?
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago
That would have been a life-changing experience to see this live!
OrangeSodaKing 1 year ago 19
You know what they say about guys with big piano concertos...
Haeronthegreat 1 year ago 3
@Haeronthegreat good technique! hahahaha
ytfarmer90 1 year ago
I like this concerto. It's too bad not many people know of it.... It's so long, though.
84Fish48Fish 1 year ago 2
The greatest piano concerto ever written - by far.
shwedagonpaya 1 year ago 3
A tribute to the genius of both Mr. Busoni and Mr. Hamelin. Bravo!
Frozentoes1 2 years ago
this concerto is a monster
morgans 2 years ago 3
One of most gorgeus piano concerto that i never heard!!
MagicDonDino 2 years ago 5
what a long concerto!
chrstfntc2875 2 years ago 4
This has to be one of the top five in beauty and performance. Thanks
yamaho5 2 years ago 5
Beautifull!
PawelAlbinski 2 years ago 13