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

Paulius Andersson plays N.Medtner piano concerto Nr. 3 ''Ballade''
Live performance at National Lithuanian Philarmonic hall with Lithuanian National Symphonic orchestra
Conductor Modestas Barkauskas
Sound engineer: Martynas Jocas
Video production: Simas Sereiva
Medtner#classicalmusic#pianist#russianmusic#orchestra

[@ninakons829]

ECXELLENT ,PIANIST ,ORCHESTRA,CONDUCTOR AND MUSIC,TH ANK YOU

[@kevinkenner4997]

This is a remarkable work and brilliantly performed. Medtner would surely have been proud of this! The golden tone, range of color, deep expressivity without ever resorting to exaggerations.

[@teodorb.p.composer]

My most favourite piano concerto ever! It's just so brilliant and that coda is so epic and moving!

[@r.i.p.volodya]

BRAVO Paulius Andersson - FABULOUS! I loved it. I WISH there were pianists championing Medtner in the UK.

[@ytvteletoonanimatekidvskatfan2]

deep feelings in this piano

[@dalcassian8351]

Lovely tone he draws out of the instrument

[@unnamed_boi]

00:06 - I. Con moto largamento 14:44 - II. Interludium: Allegro, molto sostenuto, misterioso 16:18 - III. Finale: Allegro molto. Svegliando, eroico

[@kidkrupar4471]

Wonderful andersson 💯

[@BrandonsToyReviewsgaming]

master of the piano

[@emilyhutjes]

Paulius Andersson: I have put you and your beautifully played Concerto on Face-Book. 💙🌷🌷🌷🎹🎵 Paulius you are a HERO !! (Holland-eu)

[@pauliusandersson2266]

Thank you!

[@tomstarzeck7137]

It reminds me of rach 4 which I prefer over 2 and 3. Medtener is a recent discovery and I am thoroughly enjoying his sound world 🎉❤

[@larssmeets773]

What a pianist this is

[@r.i.p.volodya]

That opening is such a special sound - i love it!

[@Wolfinstine05um]

keep up the good work paulius

[@zebulongoertzel5162]

God Bless Lithuanian Classical Musicians 🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹🇱🇹

[@mbrough2799]

Medtner's Third Concerto is one of the century's most lovely pieces in this form, a delicious rhapsody from start to finish, founded on a legend that had absorbed the composer all his adult life (the "Rusalka"). Its romantic theme in D flat in the final movement is one of the most affecting in any modern piano concerto and the whole work is ultra-sophisticated and satisfying on repeated hearings. I am so glad that you have learned it by heart and presented it here. However, it would have been a good plan to have the piano perfectly in tune first ! A good many of the treble notes are 'off'..

[@PeterLunowPL]

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

[@zebulongoertzel5162]

bravo!! 👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍👏‍

[@shadowrun45]

Brillant! wonderful! and 22:45 so beautiful!

[@teodorb.p.composer]

Best melody ever!

[@joeyc6477]

god gifted talent paulius anderson

[@CachetuB]

great performance Paulius

[@ElectroGamesYT]

i want to more from you paulius

[@in_dark4473]

Nuostabu girdėti Medtnerį skambant Lietuvoje, kas jau savaime retas įvykis, o čia - dar ir meistriškas atlikimas tikrai milžiniško koncerto:) Bravo!

[@veronikavitaite9777]

Pasaulinis lygis, visas muzikoje, laisvas, groja lengvai, žaviai, orkestrui lengva su tokiu solistų.

[@fettahbabayev7857]

Amazing 🤩

[@philosophyprof4999]

Profound beyond words. Tozer's and Demidenko's recordings are fine as well.

[@emilyhutjes]

Thank you very much for posting this wonderful Concerto, brilliantly played by Mr. Andersson. 👍🌷🌷🌷 (Holland eu)

[@qtjack7174]

Love it 👌

[@schachimu123]

Paulius 👌🙏

[@ThePianoFortePlayer]

Awesome, very inspiring!

[@jpairwaves7449]

Wow 🤩

[@sama.4471]

Oh my god you are an absolute legend for posting this video of your amazing performance. This is my favorite work of music of all time and up until this point I believe there was only one other video of a live performance on youtube (the one with St. Petersburg Philharmonic, cannot remember the pianist's name). That you can even play this piece at all, let alone interpret it so beautifully, is a marvel. Thank you immensely

[@griselidis1]

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

[@Bryannovais]

Masterpiece of the piano ❤️

[@ShadowMVP]

that's really cool

[@Koko-fy7su]

it's quite amazing

[@DaveD5929]

Outstanding in every way! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift to the world! I look forward someday to your performances of the other two Medtner concertos in the future if possible(?) The fact that all three masterful Medtner Concertos are not standard repertoire by now constitutes a musical travesty. Medtner's lifelong friend Rachmaninoff would surely cringe and be very saddened regarding this, if not be outright embarrassed regarding the current glut of barely average to competent performances of his own Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini and the second and third Concertos. One music lovers opinion only.

[@pauliusandersson2266]

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

[@MyPianoArchives]

@@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.

[@PeterLunowPL]

@@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......

[@emilyhutjes]

@@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)

[@rainforestsounds2458]

Cool 😎

[@tacocrossing319]

🎹 🎹

[@alejandroperea98]

Is it me or b4 is out of tune? wonderful concerto anyway.

[@pauliusandersson2266]

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

[@alejandroperea98]

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

[@aalleexxii]

Is that piano completely out of tune? It's also a bad sounding piano to be honest. I find the sight of the face masks in this setting utterly depressing.

[@pauliusandersson2266]

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.

[@emilyhutjes]

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

[@pauliusandersson2266]

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

[@keybawd4023]

Terrible sound recording.

[@Ivuy-Yawanifecbos15]

Those face diapers on the string players look completely ludicrous. Why not have the wind players wear a nose-only maSk and affix N95 material over the bell? And how come the pianist, conductor and timpanist are exempted? All triple vaxxed already?

[@zebulongoertzel5162]

indeed

[@_human_1946]

Never realized antimaskers cared more about appearance than music

[@zebulongoertzel5162]

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.

[@_human_1946]

@@zebulongoertzel5162 I think that's luck.

[@pauliusandersson2266]

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

[@karllieck9064]

Medtner's concertos are so tiresome to listen to. An also ran composer at best.

[@sama.4471]

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

[@r.i.p.volodya]

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.