Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 20 (Arr. Charles-Valentin Alkan)

[@Kyujar.png49]

Alkan quoting Mozart's Jupiter Symhpony and other parts of the Concerto in the cadenza is just pure Genius just like what he did with Beethoven's Piano Concerto 3

[@skylarlimex]

Totally didn't expect that. Can't imagine if Mozart himself heard this cadenza in a concert.

[@klop4228]

I dunno, I find it kind of cheap. Just rips the original from its context and fails to fit it into this one.

[@Felix_Li_En]

​@@skylarlimex Even Beethoven's cadenza could probably surprise him a lot I guess! 😂

[@ferru4003]

​​@@klop4228I think Alkan here is not trying to fit in the context at all, as he knows that it would only be an imitation coming almost 100 years later. In my opinion he's just being provocative and I love that

[@klop4228]

@@ferru4003 that's not what I mean. It's not the cadenza overall that doesn't fit, it's the material from other pieces, removed from their own context and placed here in a way that just doesn't work. Maybe if this concerto were performed in concert after the Jupiter symphony and so on, it'd work really well. But who'd programme a concert like that? :P

[@rexy7399]

Finally! That's very kind of you for making this! 11:04 Mvt.1 Cadenza (with Symphony No.41) 28:29 Mvt.3 Cadenza 29:00 Recall of Mvt.2 29:16 Mvt.1 (L.H.) + Mvt.2 (R.H.) 29:27 Mvt.2 (L.H.) + Mvt.1 (R.H.) 29:33 Mvt.1 29:51 Mvt.2 short show up 29:42 Rhythmic figure of Mvt. 1 + main theme of Mvt. 3 switching across both hands 29:59 Mvt.3 break in and grow into chaos 30:13 Intro of Cadenza is back 30:42 Short Echo of Mvt.2 ends everything

[@rosiepiano]

thank you for these ❤

[@panprezes1993]

Goodly thanks!!

[@ramylerner5059]

Adding to this: 29:42 rhythmic figure of Mvt. 1 + main theme of Mvt. 3 switching across both hands

[@rexy7399]

@@ramylerner5059 Thanks! Updated it!

[@ced1401]

His technique is of course flawless, but what impresses me most is the precision of his pedaling. Despite the complex voicings due to orchestra + piano transcription, everything remains perfectly crystal clear as should be in Mozart. This is an incredible performance.

[@matthewfisher44]

I admire Charles Henri Valentin Morhange Alkan. I have not heard this utterly mind-blowing transcription before. What a genius he was and his works live on to prove it. But not enough attention is paid to this master. He is up there with Liszt when it comes to "imagination". Thank you so very much for posting this revelatory recording. I am going to search for more!

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Love the fact he still left the cadences in his own style, but they actually fit in the context. Not to be forgotten, Alkan himself also wrote a "Concerto pour piano seul" (Etudes Op.39, nn.8-10), thus he was yet familiar with this kind of operations.

[@antoniomm2879]

Sencillamente genial.

[@benjaminravail5028]

I still don't understand why Alkan was so underrated and very much less known than others

[@aramzulumyan6380]

Because he is just a mephisto: enhanced edition

[@claudiadominiqueperoni73]

È più bello dell'originale . Complimenti a chi l'ha trascritto per piano, e a chi lo sta suonando così bene .

[@kingworld30]

I fell the spirit of the Queen of the Night in the first minutes

[@franschen5505]

Omg....how he renders the orchestra parts....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@OrangeSodaKing]

Such a great recording of this transcription. I hope Paul Wee records more Alkan!

[@Frederic_Liszt]

A gift to humanity

[@Skryabinist]

Such beautiful voicings on those orchestral textures! This transcription and performance really do great justice to the original work, even if the cadenza is probably the most bombastic I've ever heard, lol.

[@imankhodaei7062]

Absolutely lovely. Truly joyous to watch the notes and listen at the same time.

[@Roman_Politykin]

Наглядный пример того, что инструментальный концерт может явиться обалденной сонатой.

[@ЮлияКлокова-ч5ь]

Ага, грандиозная соната вышла из 20го концерта!

[@Roman_Politykin]

@@ЮлияКлокова-ч5ь не то слово, Юля!

[@ClassicalDavid]

4:10 wow incredible articulation of the bass here sounds exactly like the bassoon would

[@piyamaslimaichay9061]

YES YES YES YES!!!!!! I have been anticipating this one for a very long time

[@Mehrshad84]

I was JUST looking for this yesterday, thank god you came in just in time

[@davidevans3227]

gosh! the first two mins twenty (roughly) i Love the orchestral opening to this concerto, a lot.. done Really well here just on the piano.. thankyou for sharing this 🙂 now for the rest..

[@Sigismond-Tartampion]

So clever, such a masterpiece

[@shin-i-chikozima]

Mozart‘s musical world transcends sorrows and joys of our transient lives less than 100 years

[@vodkat07]

I was literally planning to do this myself since I couldn't find any score videos!! Thank you for the upload💞💞

[@Frederic_Liszt]

Would’ve loved to see how you would realise this amazing concerto in your transcription!

[@vodkat07]

@@Frederic_Liszt ok

[@brzlzcz317]

El Piano de Mozart se habría desintegrado con esta magnífica cadencia. 😅 Gracias por el vídeo.

[@VexillologyHub]

Wow this is amazing!

[@VexillologyHub]

10:28 is INSANE.

[@eduardroosevelt5597]

I really like the fact that Wee goes G-G#-G#, as intended by Mozart, instead of the A-G#-G# written by Alkan in the RH at 2:05. I don't know what was Alkan trying to achieve by changing that little detail.

[@jonathanbradley8698]

Hard to imagine a better transcription of this work. I really didn’t miss the orchestra, which says a lot when you consider Mozart’s incredible orchestration. Fantastic performance from Paul Wee too. I’d never heard of him and apparently he’s a fellow Australian!

[@cookiehead4759]

Incredible... You can tell Paul Wee is an amazing musician and interpret of Mozart at the core. The comments have said it all but does anybody know if Alkan's cadenzas have ever been played as part of a performance of the concerto with orchestra?

[@aramzulumyan6380]

Bro, Alkan is a mephisto. U know what I mean.

[@kangoos2000]

Bravo Alkan!

[@throxing8865]

Love this

[@snorefest1621]

letss goo finally! I remember sightreading it lol

[@MrInterestingthings]

Alkan really had it all. I didnt even know these thibgs existed.

[@ciararespect4296]

Wow fantastic i just played it to my friends thanks very much

[@ramiroalvarez5397]

COOL 😎 MUSIC NOTATION!

[@PushkaryovVsevolod]

Спасибо!

[@TimondeNood]

Lovely, thank you!

[@kamint2258]

アルカンには珍しく元々の作曲家の曲を尊重したピアノ独奏編曲。😊✨ そして、ラヴェルの亡き王女のパヴァーヌの様にスタッカートなどを入れたりして、ピアノ一台で様々な楽器を表しています😊 リストがベートーベンの交響曲をピアノ独奏用に編曲したのと同じく価値があります。😊

[@Muphy-xq7qr]

Thank you

[@vuthanh23396]

Is it really playable..?

[@dwacheopus]

Yay, alkan

[@Charles-pm4so]

Very interesting

[@DinoFoley]

Fantastic. Thank you. Confirms my belief that Mozart is the most underrated genius ever.

[@samuel15097]

...underrated?

[@Eredita24]

Mozart underrated? Really?!

[@tj-co9go]

I would rather say Alkan is underrated

[@DinoFoley]

Underrated. Yes. Because no matter how high you rate Mozart it can never be high enough.

[@prammar1951]

​@@DinoFoley i agree, you always find something new in his pieces no matter how many times i listen to them

[@MrNewtonsdog]

Sounds like Beethoven's 158th piano sonata in WTF minor

[@SpaghettiToaster]

The cadenza is grotesque but the arrangement is excellent.

[@panprezes1993]

Nie kojarzyłem tej transkrypcji. Ale dlaczego Szanowna @rosiepiano nie napisałaś, że to jest transkrypcja na Fortepian Solo? Słychać, że Alkan wyraźnie skorzystał tu z rozwiązań fakturalnych Muzio Clementiego Ktoś podobnie to słyszy??

[@arielorthmann4061]

Les frissons.

[@pqasdpojjdd8027]

Play where you play orchestra is much better. When play piano i remember 23 Mozart with Horowitz. Play for orchestra is exellent.

[@torusato401]

カデンツァはいただけませんでした。オーケストラ部分の編曲は慎重に行わなければならならず。🎼の上のF音より↑は慎重に使わなければなりません。モーツァルト時代弦の音以外でFis以上の音はほとんど使われてないはずです、

[@RobertoIsaac-m8m]

Desde cuándo Mozart se volvió difícil

[@freddyliebsch9078]

Honraré a Czerny que con sus estudios esto me parece fácil.

[@ya_ya_ya.]

First Mozart and now chopin 😆

[@tadeopignol9966]

Tangaso

[@vincentedelmond5404]

Alkan the best friend of Chopin and archenemy of Liszt we should know more about his art and technique

[@nyc88s]

Alkan and Liszt were friends, NOT archenemies. Where did you get that idea?

[@1389Chopin]

Where can i get the sheet music - google hasnt shown me anything. Do you have a place i can buy this? Thanks!!

[@Tulanir1]

On the IMSLP page for Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20, go to the Sheet Music section. There are three tabs: "Full Scores", "Parts" and "Arrangements and Transcriptions". If you click the last one you can scroll until you reach the Alkan piano transcription.

[@rosiepiano]

@@1389Chopin i will upload the scan i used soon! sorry it has taken so long 😅

[@MiraproductionTv]

Excellent arrangment. In my opinion the cadenza is not in the style of the sonata

[@sergiogiudici6976]

The Cadenza Is a nonsense, funny but nonsense!