Nikolai Kapustin - Piano Concerto No. 5, Op. 72

Masahiro Kawakami, piano

[@spactick]

Why in the world is Kapustin not more well known? his music is wonderful

[@wmgflute]

He was in the soviet union, meaning his music couldn't promulgate until recently.

[@spactick]

@@wmgflute possibly, but why would the leaders of the Soviet Union wanna restrain their creative people and promote their athletes (Sergey Bubka, Garry Kasparov, Lidiya Skoblikova etc;) like they did with the Olympics etc;? doesnt't make sense

[@wmgflute]

@@spactick anti-russian sentiment in the west was very common, meaning many works went unperformed

[@user-kp9of7re9q]

He is famous for modern composers actually

[@timothygremlin9737]

Because it's for the chosen ones

[@michigandersea3485]

10:44 "We don't need no education, we don't need no thought control"

[@lucasdelliosiv7493]

I'm beyond thrilled that there's finally a recording of this piece on KZbin. I'll download it just in case it gets taken down. Keep it up, you're doing God's work 🙏

[@BryanSaylor1]

Not sure I got all this right, but this is how I analyze it: EXPOSITION (Movement I) Intro: 0:00 First Subject Group, Theme I: 1:34 FSG, Theme II: 2:19 Transition: 2:48 Second Subject Group, Theme I: 3:50 SSG, Theme II (Codetta): 4:25 "Sectional" Transition (these are all based on the same material, just slightly varied each time): 6:05 DEVELOPMENT (Movements II and III) Movement II (slow mvmt): A: 6:51 A variation: 7:42 B: 8:30 A: 9:05 "Sectional" Transition: 10:06 Movement III (Dance/Scherzo): Intro (remnant of "B" above): 10:44 11:08 (not really sure what's going on here formally) Restatement of motifs from Intro of concerto: 14:26 "Sectional" Transition: 15:01 RECAPITULATION (Movement IV): Cadenza (functions as entire recapitulation): 15:14 FSG T1: 16:12 FSG T2: 16:50 Transition: 17:26 SSG T1: 18:50 SSG T2: 19:33 Coda: 20:04

[@thealtrik3051]

Thank you!

[@neutral_puma845]

Awesome, good job 🙌🏽🔥

[@isaacdrewes6926]

The best of Kapustin’s piano concertos imo, and one of the best endings in a piano concerto as well

[@rpoc1231]

Thank you, this is too precious. I can't describe how excited I am whenever I find a Kapustin's composition that I've never heard.

[@spactick]

it seemed that Mr Kapustin wanted to prove that you could include multiple musical idioms in a composition, and i think he pulled it off successfully. it's a little like Alfred Hitchcock proving that he could make a horror surfer movie AND doing it

[@user-pz4jj3fk4w]

Замечательно свежо звучит! Такое слияние классических форм с джазовой начинкой - очень необычно! Открытие 20-21 века этот русский композитор!

[@DanielRobertspiano]

Love this one! Almost my favourite, but no. 4 just does it for me.

[@user-zv6ue6yb6o]

10:44 to 14:59 sounds so unique!

[@Nooticus]

Considerably more classical/romantic than his previous three concerti, but still absolutely awesome!

[@thenameisgsarci]

Hallelujah! :D (i used to favor #2 but this is my fave now out of all his piano concertos)

[@BryanSaylor1]

I'm a huge fan of 2, 4, and 5 but yeah I think 5 is his magnum opus of the genre for sure. I like 3 a lot too but there's only one kinda not great bootleg recording of it so I'm looking forward to a better version!

[@placeholdier]

@@BryanSaylor1 Do you happen to know where did you get the recording of the 3rd piano concerto? Can't seem to find it anywhere

[@BryanSaylor1]

@@placeholdier It was on KZbin for some time but looks like not anymore. I downloaded it to audio at the time but don't want to re-upload for fear of the copyright strikes

[@placeholdier]

@@BryanSaylor1 Happen to posess the audio in any platform where you can download it? Have searched far and wide yet not a single recording of the 3rd concerto

[@BryanSaylor1]

@@placeholdier Check your email!

[@AsrielKujo]

Man i have been waiting for this so long... Thank you so much bro uwu

[@gabrielgonzalez5791]

Sounds like something off of one piece, I love it

[@user-kh8tf1dp2q]

You are the best! Thank you very much!!

[@AsrielKujo]

"Boom Bap beats by kaputin" doesn't exist, it can't hurt you! "Boom Bap beats by kaputin": 11:08

[@nikitalvov40]

Yuh

[@DavidMannMD]

Fantastic!

[@michigandersea3485]

Some little Holst "The Planets" vibes here, mostly Mercury at 0:09, 6:13, 10:07. Jupiter at 8:31. And then, Uranus (what?!) at 14:51. Given the date of this concerto (1993) I would interpret it as a celebration of hope for of world and solar system-wide peace and freedom in the space age, after the Soviet collapse (The Union of Soviet Composers greatly restricted Kapustin, though it did give him a full-time job composing.) He didn't need no thought control.

[@cunite9263]

Listening to the piano concertos of Kapustin reminds me of George Gershwin's music which have similarities in melody themes although the chords used here and harmonies are more impressive. Jazzy and rhythmical. What a genius!

[@cunite9263]

Wowie! Crazy playing but only a genius prodigy can play this. Can study this but would take years to master it. Kudos to Kapustin. Though he's long gone his music will live on....forever🙌🎉

[@chuheihkg]

You can do that, if you are patient enough to.

[@michigandersea3485]

Some day we'll get to hear Yunchan Lim playing a Kapustin concerto... I hope!

[@dale4853]

Let’s hope not.

[@Nooticus]

ITS BACK!!!!! WE'RE BACK FINALLY!!!! I've been watching the bilibili upload of this video in the meantime hahaha

[@antimon40]

08:42 Ravel's Jeux Deau 09:16 pop ballade :D

[@AsrielKujo]

hehe

[@subplantant]

05:11 Bartok Sonata for 2 pianos and percussion

[@aphraxiaojun1145]

19:42 his 4th piano concerto :)

[@Pianodud]

amazing. did a great job! i hope this video will not delete anyway.

[@diegosatori5718]

10:44 and 3:49, 18:43

[@Kenneth-if1ds]

genius work

[@kimjeongyeon5640]

3:49

[@moxinxu]

3:50 10:44 16:50

[@kuang-licheng402]

nice

[@OutbackBoy]

Such a special piece by a such a special composer. Overtly jazz and classical and with windows of music so uttery unique. The progressions in this one aren't at all derivative - that's something I love about Kapustin's mature works (not that there's anything necessarily wrong with cliche)

[@SCRIABINIST]

2:03

[@user-jb9vj4gi3p]

03:48

[@Dylonely42]

6:51

[@thomaswenas-bobbiefet5805]

fantastic, which year was it written?

[@BryanSaylor1]

1993

[@gabrieleevangelista2636]

Which are the conductor and the orchestra, please?

[@BryanSaylor1]

Norichika Iimori & Japan Century Symphony Orchestra

[@Dylonely42]

!

[@xanderbenhampianistcomposer]

Where can I get the piano score?

[@spactick]

sounds like ol Nilolai liked Gershwin in a little bit

[@michigandersea3485]

Bongos.

[@andreassorg7294]

Why compose jazz piano concertos, if Gershwin did the one and only for all times

[@mrtchaikovsky]

An utterly ridiculous comment, for many reasons.

[@andreassorg7294]

@@mrtchaikovsky Which reasons?

[@mrtchaikovsky]

@@andreassorg7294 Objective reasons: 1. This is not a competition; I don't understand why this comparison is even necessary to begin with. Are you incapable of judging a piece of music on its own merits, or are you the kind of person who listens to a Brahms symphony and says, "This is not Beethoven"? 2. You are stating your personal opinion as if it were objective fact. If you had written, "I prefer Gershwin's piano concerto to this one", I'd have taken less offense with your comment, although it would still be guilty of point 1. mentioned above. 3. The line of reasoning is deeply flawed. Why write fugues, sonatas, symphonies, operas when Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Wagner, Mahler etc. exist? Let's just call it a day then, music has already peaked centuries ago. Subjective reasons: 1. If we have to make this into a competition: If we count Ravel's concertos as "jazz concertos", and I don't see why we shouldn't if you consider Gershwin's concerto to be a "jazz concerto", they blow everything by both Gershwin and Kapustin out of the water, especially the concerto for the left hand. 2. Gershwin is overrated and boring, both in the fields of popular music (I prefer Harold Arlen, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern or even Arthur Schwartz) and classical music (this one is fairly obvious). Personally, I'd take anything by Kapustin over anything by Gershwin any day of the week. Perhaps only tangentially related to your comment, but I wanted to mention it nevertheless.

[@andreassorg7294]

@@mrtchaikovsky Thank you for arguing and not only blaming. I will answer you later in German, because it's my native language. I hope, using a translator will not be too inconvenient for you, because I don't want to be misunderstood

[@mrtchaikovsky]

​@@andreassorg7294 Ich bin der deutschen Sprache mächtig, eine Antwort auf Deutsch ist daher völlig in Ordnung. Ausserdem möchte ich mich entschuldigen, falls mein Tonfall ein wenig aggressiv gewirkt haben sollte.