One of my favourite piano concertos that is criminally underrated and underplayed! The first mvt is my favourite because of its combination of virtuosity and lyricism.
@PhilippeBrun-qy3st
2 ай бұрын
Un bien joli concerto qui n'a rien à envier à beaucoup de plus connus .Merci infiniment car l'interprétation est fort belle.
@PentameronSV
6 жыл бұрын
0:00 - I. Larghetto calmato 13:36 - II. Presto giocoso 18:19 - III. Largo. Molto allegro
@herjikolbrunarson8385
4 жыл бұрын
Not that I am American but I find it important that these American Romantic composer be more celebrated at least by the broader American concert societies.
@derby2510
2 жыл бұрын
We haven’t done a very good job of curating and promoting our 19th century composers, and I agree we need to do more. This piano concerto kind of disappeared from the active repertoire in the 60s and 70s despite being very popular throughout the first half of the 20th century.
@andrewpetersen5272
2 жыл бұрын
You need to check the two piano concerti of Lee Hoiby.
@richardminnich4249
2 жыл бұрын
I suspect that there a couple of things that are required for a composer to be really well known (especially a composer of ‘classical’ music.) One is to live a long time! Second is to compose a large body of compositions. Third is to be out there, or have someone out there promoting your music, even after your death (think Clara Schumann) Now, you can die young if you have composed a large enough body of music (Mozart, Schubert, Chopin), but consider how obscure composers like Max Reger and MacDowell, Levitsky, and others, who had the misfortune to die young leaving only a modest sized body of work. In MacDowell’s case, he also had the misfortune of suffering from a mental illness that kept him from composing for some time even before his death! So we enjoy and promote his music as much as we can.
@marindawebb2815
7 ай бұрын
It is one of my favourite composers and I ❤ both the piano concertos. I imagine I skate on the ice rink whenever I listen to it.
@bowerdw
3 жыл бұрын
I have listened to this uncounted times over the years. It is awesome!
@lightspeed174
2 жыл бұрын
Again as good as it gets. Another outstanding piano concerto by MacDowell. I don't know which is better, the first or second. All I know is they are magnificent.
@paulescudero9973
Жыл бұрын
I really love this concerto Edward MacDowell created a tapestry of temporal ensembles that totally fills an eager mind with passages of harmony and transcendence.
@MrBoywonder1985
7 жыл бұрын
Glorious piece of music, wow. I’ve never heard of this composer before!
@gregoryallan3137
4 жыл бұрын
Me neither. I am absolutely blown away
@andrewpetersen5272
3 жыл бұрын
A wonderful discovery then. Check out Converse and Griffes.
@iangreer4585
Ай бұрын
I highly recommend checking out To a Wild Rose (honestly the entire Woodland Sketches set op. 51) and the Cello Romance if you liked this work. Edward MacDowell really deserves a better place in the American concert hall.
@helgeevju
7 жыл бұрын
I love the introduction - like an orchestrated lyric piece by Grieg!
@rainermartinwolke9023
7 ай бұрын
unique and beautiful....create the desire to hear it again and again.....never boring
@haileyt.4301
3 жыл бұрын
Wow. This sounds absolutely gorgeous. I can’t believe I haven’t found this concerto sooner. I’ve been missing out!
@pauljackson1029
3 жыл бұрын
Sad this isnt played anymore, it could easily replace a few performances of the Grieg
@shadowhegog9798
3 жыл бұрын
Grieg feels like it’s used to fill out a few programs. The number of times I’ve seen Grieg over the years because it was on the same program as another big piece I wanted to see is more than I’d like to admit. Mostly big works around an hour long like the Alpine Symphony. Throw Grieg in, intermission, big work. It could have easily been this or even Schumann.
@pauljackson1029
3 жыл бұрын
@@shadowhegog9798 you're very lucky to hear the Alpine its never done in the UK- ok once in a blue moon
@tfpp1
3 жыл бұрын
For my money, I'd rather this replace Rachmaninoff 2nd. Easier to play, haha
@Rickriquinho
2 жыл бұрын
Grieg's concerto is a hundred times better than this one here.
@valarking
2 жыл бұрын
It's not played because it's mediocre. Decent orchestral writing marred by some of the most insipid virtuosic piano garbage. I'm not even the biggest fan of the Grieg, but it blows this out of the water. The Romantic period and early 20th century were really a rough time for the piano concerto because it was so often used as an incredibly clumsy vehicle for the composer to get attention from the crowds who demanded more virtuoso performances. There are plenty that have stood the test of time, but there's a laundry list like this, Britten, Thalberg, etc., that languish in the dumpster of history for a reason.
@fransmeersman2334
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks ! Since years and years one of my favourite piano concertos.
@crescentmoon54
5 жыл бұрын
Great piece.... should be played more often....
@JOHNMORIN100
2 жыл бұрын
Heart warming and so much feeling-----
@Highinsight7
8 жыл бұрын
Studied this with Jane Allen... who played it with the Dallas Symphony when she was 16.... WHAT a GREAT work!
@789armstrong
4 жыл бұрын
When I was a boy, I thought this Concerto was by Rachmaninoff. Then I bought Sanroma's stunning performance which is only equaled by Earl Wild.
@andrewpetersen5272
3 жыл бұрын
Have to think Mozkowski and MacDowell would have been fine friends. Always an interesting story to compose.
@kofiLjunggren
2 жыл бұрын
True their quite similar
@andrewpetersen5272
2 жыл бұрын
@@kofiLjunggren Paderewski as well.
@observer2172
Жыл бұрын
Great work ! American or other, many great works by not so famous composers are ignored by the industry for whatever (commercial ?) reasons. I'd love to see series of such concerts. Tnx to BB and those uploading.
@kurtbrendel6610
4 жыл бұрын
I listen to this piece almost entirely for the opening
@AuCafeDeLaMarmotte
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice, you can hear many influences, 6:40 and a bit after sounds like Grieg's concerto.
@andrewpetersen5272
3 жыл бұрын
but better
@Luke_Templeman_Pianist
2 жыл бұрын
The opening theme is from the Symphony Nr. 9 of Antonín Dvořák
@marksmith3947
2 жыл бұрын
So emotional. Wow. I'm glad you posted this concerto
@dustinlaferney3160
Жыл бұрын
Best piano concerto by an American IMHO.
@bartjebartmans
Жыл бұрын
Menotti's is not too shabby either! Copland's I love as well. Peter Mennin's is probably one of the hardest hitting concertos out there.
@dustinlaferney3160
Жыл бұрын
@@bartjebartmans Wow, just listened to the Mennin concerto for the first time. Love it! Thanks for the recommendation.
@Highinsight7
8 жыл бұрын
BEAUTIFULLY played....
@luisbrenia
5 жыл бұрын
Precious music
@helgeevju
7 жыл бұрын
At 5.50 there is an unmistakable reference to the middle movement of the Tchaikovsky B flat minor.
@Roescoe
5 жыл бұрын
So I'm not the only one who heard that.
@jtg2525
3 жыл бұрын
use a colon and we can all link to it 5:50
@pwoody1958
3 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure the dates work out. The MacDowell was written in 1884/5 and the Tchaik was written in 1888. So who influenced who?
@helgeevju
3 жыл бұрын
@@pwoody1958 So it works the other way round, that's interesting. Very probably Tchaikovsky could have heard Carreno in it.
@ripvanwinkle9592
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed there is a similarity but the MacDowell passage you mentioned is in d minor. I also love the Grieg concerto and have a recording of the original version which is fabulous. Grieg continued to revise & degrade his piano concerto throughout his life, draining it of its original intense beauty & dramatic vitality. Pardon me, for this reason I regard Grieg as a composer who destroyed his gift for music composition.
@kniazigor2276
6 жыл бұрын
Très joli concerto aux influences multiples mais ne manquant pas d'originalité dans le traitement virtuose de la partie soliste et le dialogue avec l'orchestre. Merci à Bartje Bartmans, ce dénicheur infatigable de joyaux occultes. Very nice concerto with multiple influences but not lacking originality in the virtuoso treatment of the solo part and dialogue with the orchestra. Thank you to Bartje Bartmans, this tireless scout hidden jewels.
@culturalconfederacy782
4 жыл бұрын
13:40 sounds like one is traveling by train in the countryside. The American countryside that is. We Americans have a lot of great Romantic composers to be proud of: MacDowell, Fry, Chadwick, Dede, Gottschalk, Foote, Beach, etc.
@jazzstandardman
4 жыл бұрын
Without a doubt! Bristow and Paine are included in that etc.
@andrewpetersen5272
4 жыл бұрын
@@jazzstandardman Converse?
@BARTLET4AMERICA1
3 жыл бұрын
wow, definitely Beach, she’s amazing!
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
Fairies 🧚♂️ driving train.
@kofiLjunggren
2 жыл бұрын
American composers are very charming in there music!
@edwardhoward5525
2 жыл бұрын
Liked this. People say it sounds like Grieg as though a criticism. There are many worse things for a piano concerto to sound like!
@rjuttemeijer
3 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic. Why do we never hear this in the concerthalls?
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks
11 ай бұрын
Because in the concerthalls they always play the same five or six works. Fortunately there is KZitem to explore classical music in a more serious way!
@aristotle719
5 жыл бұрын
Fifth interpretation of this well known piece this far. The others I've heard was Wild, Cliburn, Watts, and Eugene List. All are champions of the piece. This will be added as another among them. Fantastic job with all movements.
@bartjebartmans
5 жыл бұрын
Roberto Szidon also recorded this on DGG with on the other side of the LP Gershwin's Concerto. Stellar performance, with a phenomenal Scherzo.
@MichaSchlechtriem
5 жыл бұрын
@@bartjebartmans Gerhard Oppitz too recorded it in the 70s for broadcasting.There should be a lot other recordings out there.
@damiangilz
5 жыл бұрын
Wild as in Earl Wild? That's wild! I want to hear his playing.
@samgivas7824
Жыл бұрын
Cliburn was my hero growing up! This was the very FIRST COncerto I ever heard from an album (33 RPM) my dad's friend gave me for my 10th birthday (Prokofiev 3 was on the flip side) LOVED both!!
@most_sane_piano_enthusiast
Жыл бұрын
utterly epic
@marcalexandrefontenay9801
2 жыл бұрын
Entre Saint Saens et Gershwin le concerto de Mac Dowell est brillant neo romantique malheureusement jamais donné en concert vue la difficulté de l’œuvre !
@sofiasanchezmaestro6014
Жыл бұрын
1:43 is exactly Grieg Piano Concerto (1st theme with the character of the cadenza)
@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks
11 ай бұрын
Considering the date (1885) this piano concerto sounds quite innovative.
@user-sf9rn9yx5f
2 жыл бұрын
This so very legendary the glory, btw i as learn theory classic n these so very very classically.
@SCRIABINIST
Жыл бұрын
Very good, MacDowell deserves more attention in general. Piano opening sounds like the Grieg Cadenza
@timaliberec7790
4 жыл бұрын
A big surprise for me! An American composer of this style?!
@steveegallo3384
3 жыл бұрын
Tima Liberec -- True....and there's even passages around the middle and later on that recall the Russians!
@charlestimberlake5522
Жыл бұрын
This is a lovely performance. I heard Stephen Prutsman live only once performig the Prokofiev 3rd, and he played it beautifully. I recall his prominence in a documentary, perhaps in the 90s, of the Tchaikovsky competition. He did not win, though I thought he should have. As others have commented, this concerto and the other by MacDowell should be played frequently but are not. One wonders why. They are excellent compositions and every bit as good as some of the piano concerto warhorses.
@LukeFaulkner
4 жыл бұрын
If Glenn Miller wrote romantic piano concertos...
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
... he would not be known.
@TonyMatthewsComposer
3 жыл бұрын
Enchanting
@dwgalviniii
9 жыл бұрын
My favorite piano concerto (after Saint-Saëns' E-flat concerto)!
@Highinsight7
8 жыл бұрын
+Dave Galvin I LOVE The Egyptian Saint Saens....
@aramkhachaturian8043
5 жыл бұрын
what are some other favorites of yours?
@andrewpetersen5272
5 жыл бұрын
Very good! Are you familiar with both Mozkowski concerti?
@adriatorras8077
5 жыл бұрын
Uffff! So good piano concertos. There are a lot of them, is strange, i love it! Haha! I think it s so difficult to choose to me between many opus magnum... Grieg. Chopin. Mendelssohn. Liszt. Schumann. Bach. Mozart. Saint-Säens. Macdowell. Hummel. Weber. Moscheles. Kalkbrenner. Beethoven. Tchaikovsky. Dvorak. Prokofiev. Shostakovich. Rachmaninov. And more. But what i very lament, is that Schubert didnt write anyone!!!!!!!
@rawvision6701
2 жыл бұрын
@@adriatorras8077 I love your list, and like that you included Dvorak's (a truly underrated concerto). And yes, Schubert should have written one.
@calebhu6383
3 жыл бұрын
11:45
@michaelcunningham1484
8 жыл бұрын
brilliant
@MyTroubadour
7 жыл бұрын
Un concerto de grande facture digne des plus grands du post romantisme. Malheureusement très peu joué en France !
@catherineanstett126
6 жыл бұрын
Presque totalement inconnu en France...
@theyoutubetroll6679
4 жыл бұрын
2nd movement is so American! Sounds like Gershwin could have drawn inspiration from it.
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
I think - excuse me - the American influence of Dvorak.
@gerardbegni2806
7 жыл бұрын
A very original harmonic writing. in the orchestral introduction, which becomes much more conventional in the answer of the piano.
@granthicks2030
5 жыл бұрын
If you like the harmonic style of the introduction, you may want to look up the piano suites mentioned in the video description.
@Mahlerweber
7 жыл бұрын
Very nice. Interesting... Most scores I've seeing with a second piano doing orchestral parts are written beneath the soloist on the score. This score has orchestral parts piano above the soloist's score.
@johnbledsoe8129
6 жыл бұрын
There is no 2nd piano part. You are seeing a reduced orchestral score (conductor's part) above the piano part. This usually is printed only in very expensive study editions!
@tfpp1
3 жыл бұрын
This concerto has the same (or very similar) overall structure as Saint-Saens 2.
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
Yes but more profound.
@tfpp1
2 жыл бұрын
@@Piflaser Different kinds of profundity.
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
@@tfpp1 For me Saint-Saens has a touch of light music.
@张弛-s6f
7 жыл бұрын
Like saint saens's Piano Concerto 2
@mw11stuff
4 жыл бұрын
Structure is very similar as well, both have a scherzo esque movement as the second movement in place of an adagio.
@SaintSaens0
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, and you can hear the same 5 chords in the middle of the beginning solo
@lj036226
3 жыл бұрын
Für die Ewigkeit, for eternity ...
@dskim24
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder what's with that huge pitch bend on the first piano octave? Stringed instruments go sharp when pushed to maximum amplitude. In all my years (well, not that many, but plenty of hours on plenty of pianos) I've never heard that kind of bending on a piano. But what else would explain it? From a sound editing error point of view, there's little I can imagine either. Anyone want to guess?
@StuartSimon
7 жыл бұрын
My question is, wouldn't it be easier to read the first movement as a 3/4 Allegro? Despite being marked larghetto, it fulfills sonata form beautifully. I suppose MacDowell had in mind the close of the movement and the contrast with the scherzo that follows.
@anakrousis
6 жыл бұрын
Stuart Simon, 3/4 and 6/8 have quite different feels in terms of accent pattern. 6/8 is felt in 2 larger beats.
@rogernortman9219
3 жыл бұрын
I might conjecture that this might have been wriyyen in memory of Raff, with whom he studied.
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
Raff is underrated too. He orchestrated the symphonic poems by Liszt.
@jeffgrigsbyjones
29 күн бұрын
An interesting piece in search of an identity. It always has been a problem for American composers trying to compose in traditional style. Gottschalk, Macdowell, Amy Beach, Dvorak etc. all struggled with how to imbue American identity onto a form of music that was not native in that region. At times this Concerto sounds Russian, or French, or German, and I struggle to point at any distinctive elements that I could pin down as American. Other than the pieces that leaned heavily on folk material, like L'Union, it took a clean break from the old styles for American composers to really sound distinct from Europeans. Taken as a Romantic concerto, it's a curiosity. It's not a great showpiece of virtuosity or musicality. The tunes are unmemorable and simplistic, with only the "thunderclap" motif really standing out. But there is some quality orchestration and the piano writing is skillful. It's not good enough to replace a staple of the repertoire like the Grieg or Tchaikovsky 1, but surely it could be heard in concert halls occasionally without wearing out its welcome.
@danieladibenedetto6003
21 күн бұрын
And Grieg was silent???
@1967born
2 жыл бұрын
The title "Larghetto calmato" is very strange.
@oddhula8162
2 жыл бұрын
23:54
@김동현-y1c
5 жыл бұрын
Someone tell me about the composer. I first time heard of him
@김동현-y1c
5 жыл бұрын
@World Of Faraz Haider Thank you
@katjao.h.321
2 жыл бұрын
09:00, 18:00, 21:00
@jaegonekim
8 жыл бұрын
12:30 misprinted
@fulviopolce9785
4 жыл бұрын
'Un Americano a Parigi'.Per me questo concerto dice poco e gli accostamenti a un Grande come Saint Saints li trovo alquanto pretestuosi. Un buon concerto ma nulla più. Gli preferisco senz'altro il primo.Moszowsky e Scharwenka ,per esempio , nel periodo,hanno composto ben altri concerti.
@fredericchopin7538
2 жыл бұрын
a
@Index_Kim
8 ай бұрын
3:37
@davidbanoczi-ruof5620
9 жыл бұрын
Who is playing?
@davidbanoczi-ruof5620
9 жыл бұрын
Other than Stephen Prutsman...
@GiladPellaeon
8 жыл бұрын
+David Bánóczi-Ruof National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor is Arthur Fagen.
@Piflaser
2 жыл бұрын
Who is interested listen to Mario Mueller American Indianists
@sandrolucianocavalheirobra9993
6 жыл бұрын
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk,eu entendi tudo o que esta ai essas letras sei la como chamar isso cifras não esei la so sei que não entendo em grego,kkkkkkkkkkkkkso amo a musica em si.
@rkwittem
2 жыл бұрын
There is a LOT of Wagner going on here
@tflnc
5 жыл бұрын
The ads are obnoxious and disruptive. They appear in the middle of a movement. I'm dropping KZitem.
@andrewpetersen5272
4 жыл бұрын
First of all, it's free, so your complaining is not particularly relevant. Second, have you ever heard of adblocker? Download it and you will not have to run away.
@petermerelis
10 ай бұрын
lots of fluff here but little substance.
@willychoco3730
2 ай бұрын
Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but it seems many appreciate and value this composition for many reasons. I think it has some very nice moments and overall it feels like an adventure almost majestic. Has a lot of effect and rhythmic sequences that keep me engaged. It’s cohesive and the themes are romantic, heroic (horns) and fun.
@sanglam7823
8 жыл бұрын
neh :)) still not good as rach 3 :))
@bartjebartmans
8 жыл бұрын
+bboy jake lam MacDowell concert was written about 25 years earlier than Rach's 3rd. So kind of a silly comparison.
@sanglam7823
8 жыл бұрын
whoa O_O mac is older :)) dang Ps: a big fan of rach :))
@bartjebartmans
8 жыл бұрын
+Lam Sang Rach 3 is an excellent choice! But for me it is Prokoviev 3.
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