My heart skipped a beat. It was that good.

Luke Faulkner In the USSR the Romantic paradigm persisted significantly longer than in the west. If you even take Shostakovich, who died in 1975, and Khachaturian, who died in 1978 - their music isn’t exactly Romantic, but post-Romantic, surely. A lot of Soviet orchestral movie music was purely romantic in style, and was so until the 1980s.

Also, check out Anatoly Alexandrov's Piano Concerto. It's a wonderful piece comparable to Rachmaninov's later concertos, but was written in 1974! It's true about film music. Most of it (up till ca. 1986) tended to be based on Russian folk music, and the film orchestras tended to have folk instruments like balalaikas and bayans. Beautiful music.

Not quite in the second half of the 20th century, but Kurt Atterberg's concerto from 1936 is a real gem.

The first movement feels similar to Medtner 3 (opens in e minor, goes to E major), but Medtner 3 is a much better work. The second movement is the first movement of Rach 2 if Medtner had written it. It's a bit all over the place. It's a strange combination of movements, like they were written separately.

2:14 when he goes to 3/4 time gets me every time. Such simple and beautiful writing.

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Indeed, very similar to Rach 4.1

Would be quite a challenge! But I personally think it sounds great with orchestra, it’s a nice contrast.

@@nikajinpusno9563 I agree, especially with the climax in the first movement. I think I spoke too soon, just wish it was in 3 movements like a traditional concerto :(

@@donnytello1544 I suppose he tried to make it shorter. Coz music has gotten so short that people's attention span with music seems to be quite low in general. I think even two movements is stretching it, given the time it was composed in. Unfortunately, the splendid grandeur and passion of romanticism doesn't really fit in today's daily-changing and ever-rushing world. Quite sad. People tend to just listen to 3-minute hype-beat songs, never wanting to sit down with a piano concerto to really think and listen, appreciate the craft and wonder, the richness and passion.

@@nikajinpusno9563 what a shame it is. I fell in love with big works because done well, they really do bring out the best and most grand qualities of a good melody

@@donnytello1544 I love everything about classical works - romanticism in particular. The colours, the wonder, the fantasy, the grandeur, the emotion and the richness. Each piece is like a universe in itself.

I reccomend you to find sheet music fo this piano concerto in the main libaries of your country. If you do bot discover the notes, contact to the archive of the Moscow conservatory.

@@ludwig2019- thank you for the hint but I luckily found it in the mean time. Thanks either way!

I hear a lot of Poulenc.

If you see ads on or especially copyright track listings in the info of a musical KZfaq video you know the answer.

That’s what I was thinking, haha! But I’d say it lingers more between Rachmaninov’s 3rd and 4th concerto.

@@nikajinpusno9563 . . . as blue-penciled by Glazunov and Myaskovsky.

He's dead unfortunately. I'm a composer too, though will you not want to marry me either until I die as well?

I studied with his former wife.

@@VianoMusicAcademy Me too! Hi Glen, small world!

@@faustianliszt glad to see you’re still kicking, Sean!

It is reminiscent of the "Warsaw Concerto."

The piece originally had only one movement, the second movement, which is in C minor. Later, in 1976, Svetlanov wrote an introductory movement, in E major, but apparently decided not to change the title. Some recording don't list a key, while others list it as C minor. 🤷‍♂️

@@TheodoreServin , I very like this piano concert. I was want his playing. How I can buy/have this scores??

Maybe, but this makes it clear what kind of music he likes, and it is still quite soulful in its own regard

So true, Dadshome! I'm trying to figure out why it's so familiar, especially the last movement. I don't have a CD of it, neither do I have an LP, and my other main source of tunes is an FM classical station which has always made a point of not playing second-tier Socialist Realism. Head-scratcher . . .

@@thomaskendall452 Ok, this might help: compare the beginning of the 2nd movement with the beginning of this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qtljhJeHrtGwpmQ.html

@@dadshomeagain8996 For sure, Svetlanov was stomping the grapes in Rachmaninov's vat. But I meant the whole concerto, both movements, not just Svetlanov's channeling Rachmaninov.

@@dadshomeagain8996 You have wild imagination

It’s a prime example of “one man’s trash is another’s treasure”

What is your complaint exactly?

no, you're not. it is a completely graphomaniac piece with zero 'composition'.

Neither of you are wrong. It's very stereotypical in its neo-romantic attitude and borrowing from before circa 1900. But, as a pianist and teacher, this piece fits perfectly on a concert stage, especially if the orchestra is pressed for time as they increasingly often are. And, the patterns themselves aren't outlandish and aren't meant to be by any means. Not to say this piece is easy, but it's not meant to be excruciating and that's what makes it legendary. For pianists that compose, myself included, it's often difficult to find the balance of being playable by others, so Rachmaninoff for instance wrote his music with "cheat codes", if you will, for those massive chords since we're not all endowed with hands that span a 13th. Liszt revised many of his pieces 3+ times for accessibility. It's about the concept and principle for the players, and ear candy for the average listener.

@Charles Askew. Yes right on! What some people seem to forget is that works like these by pianist/conductor composers give an excellent idea of their own personal skills. You can tell Svetlanov was a formidable pianist. Seen from that angle he fits the Mozart, Beethoven, Ries, Hummel, Mendelssohn, Liszt, d'Albert, Bartok, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, John Ogdon, etc. etc. mold. Composers who were fantastic pianists and wrote concertos they performed themselves or performed in private with ease. Often musical works have a functionality eluding the casual critical listener.

@@bartjebartmans , do you have scores this piano concert?