Nikolai Medtner - Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 60, "Ballade"(Paulius Andersson&Modestas Barkauskas) 

Best melody ever!

Thank you!

it is beyond my comprehension why the piano is not tuned properly.....

"Favourite work of music of all time" seems like hyperbole....but it's mine too! It is astonishing in every way.

Thank you! I am actually planning on playing complete piano music of Medtner.

@@pauliusandersson2266 happily waiting for this, I am new to Medtner’s concerti.. but they’re such incredible colors I’ve yet to hear in others music.

@@pauliusandersson2266 I think you are a hero ! To perform this concerto so beautifully on a piano that is not tuned right must be an ordeal......

@@pauliusandersson2266 Dear young Genius, I have put you on Face-Book because you played brilliantly 🌷, apart from the fact that the Steinway should have been tuned and cleaned. (Holland Dec. 2023)

Yes it is. The piano tuner here is really bad at his job.

@@pauliusandersson2266 it isn’t even that noticiable, but wonderful performance once again, beautifully played concerto.

The piano is great, but the piano technician/tuner doesn't know what he is doing. He managed to destroy a brand new Steinway just in a year.

@@pauliusandersson2266 OMG what?! On youtube there are videos how simple it is to also clean a grand piano inside.

@@emilyhutjes Everyone complains about him to be honest. The piano is really good, but he has already damaged it.

Fortunately many of us have a differing opinion! Stick to the safety of Chopin, Tchaikovsky, etc. if that's what floats your boat

You may be aware that his close friend Rachmaninoff believed Medtner to be the better composer. I think a lot of the problem with Medtner really catching on is that it takes an EXCEPTIONAL pianist to make Medter's very dense textures comprehensible. His music requires a huge range of colour, an ability that even many globally famous pianists lack. No lesser a pianist than Vladimir Horowitz used to give all-Medtner recitals before leaving Russia but even HE struggled and failed to get Medtner accepted in the west. Please do listen to Medtner's own recordings of his own work. You do have to live with Medtner's music for a while, it's not immediately accessible - but - I believe - worth the effort.

indeed

Never realized antimaskers cared more about appearance than music

I mean, I can't help but feel they would be playing better without those masks on. The piano performance here is certainly more remarkable than the strings.

@@zebulongoertzel5162 I think that's luck.

The masks were required for orchestra players. The soloist and the conductor were not required to wear them at the time of the performance