Medtner deserves so much more recognition, respect and affection than he gets (x6 years this vid has been up and only x31 likes and x2 comments as of 24/9/24)
If there are two composers with the slash between them, it often means the first one is the composer, and the second one is the arranger(sometimes reversed). So in this case, it's a Mozart piece transcribed by Liszt.
I like this arrangement! It’s definitely not the most powerful, and I feel like the performance of the A section of Confutatis sounds very crunchy (I’m not a pianist so I don’t know what’s being done differently) but unlike many of Liszt’s other arrangements of big orchestral pieces he does the opposite of go overboard. Confutatis in particular sounds much more intimate, like the pianist is relating some memory of grief or war to a close friend rather than a whole crowd if that makes sense. And then the simplicity of the B section and its bassline taking a step away from the harshness of it matches what Mozart intended but it’s all on a much smaller scale. Then the Lacrimosa I love how Liszt changes a number of the notes; it’s especially refreshing to me since we know exactly how regular old Lacrimosa sounds and Liszt’s liberties make his arrangement so much more interesting. I know this isn’t among his more spectacular arrangements, but if anybody’s gonna look down on this piece we can all agree his transcriptions can be incredible.
I mean, Liszt's transcription of Lacrimosa is one of his easier pieces, and it really isn't that difficult. It's just that it isn't really as much a transcription as it is an interpretation.
@@enternamehere3310 I mean if u look at Liszt's transcriptions for Caprice 24 (Etude no 6) and La Campanella, these pieces are very difficult, but I was just surprised by how he transcripted Mozart's piece
@@justinan3487 It's not a note for note arrangement, Lizst is filling out a lot of the voicings of the chords and playing with their register. It's certainly an arrangement that's seeking to imitate the 'symphonic' sound of a full orchestra, which it does a really good job at.
@@justinan3487 Liszt composed really difficult pieces but this doesn't mean he was just a show-off who composed virtuosistic stuff for fun Lots of his pieces are incredible; also, his later ones sound surprisingly impressionistic (not to mention the fact that he helped and inspired many composers, for example Saint-Saëns, who was a close friend of him)
@@justinan3487 btw, considering the fact that you've mentioned La Campanella and the Grand Etùde de Paganini no. 6 I'm pretty sure that your knowledge of Liszt's works is quite superficial 👀 I can give you some good suggestions if you want 🌝
