Nikolai Kapustin - Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, Op. 50 [with full score]

Anna Stepanova - alto saxophone
Igor Chernetski - conductor
National Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra
recording date: 2017
P.S. The recording in this video is not from an album, but extracted from Anna Stepanova's original video here: • Nikolai Kapustin. Conc...

[@a-ramenartist9734]

every time I put kapustin on in the background I forget about whatever I was supposed to be doing and kapustin just becomes the main focus, no other music can do it like this does my favorite is 7:59 when it builds up and all just explodes in the orchestra

[@user-uq9vm8gz8k]

Just fantastic. Thx Kapustin… Your sound drives me to the edge of the sky

[@ludwigvanbeethoven7136]

7:02 epic bass guitar solo

[@Dylonely42]

We usually expect to hear the piano with an important place in his music, so that’s a surprising but good one.

[@PepperWilliamsMusicBlend]

NK is a GENIUS!! He infuses many genres inside is orchestral pieces. I hope to try something like this soon.

[@quinn7894]

7:03 *YES*

[@achoikomposition]

Favorite work by Kapustin all the time :)
Recommend to listen this piece in 1.25x, such a VIBE

[@nicolasfagel6077]

This concerto is such a beauty piece! I wish I can play it one with an orchestra. Should I travel miles and miles for it.

[@imauz1127]

i think you should, it would be a great experience

[@musicboiscores]

In my opinion, this is one of Kapustin's most fun concerto to listen to, along with the 4th piano concerto.
I mean.. entire development section (starting at 4:31 and ends at around 11:07) just an absolute joy to listen to (especially the parts starting at 5:25 and 7:03!) And not to mention the extremely rousing coda..

[@imauz1127]

when does each movement start?

[@musicboiscores]

@@imauz1127 It's in one movement

[@gabrielduarte-compositor6780]

Where can I get the Full Score of the work?

[@musicboiscores]

@@gabrielduarte-compositor6780 The score is published by Schott Music. You can check out a watermarked perusal of it on their website.

[@AnsonYeung1]

5:25, 9:21

[@juwonnnnn]

🤯

[@gabrielkazmierczak2355]

7:11

[@icewingsky]

14:28 how the hell the drummer did that sound? (pitch change?)

[@unnamed_boi]

there are two people playing there, one is the drummer and the other is playing bongos
the bongos stops like a beat before drums, and the drums are playing the tom toms from high to low
you can take a look at the sheet music for more context

[@icewingsky]

@@unnamed_boi yes, I saw this. The drummer plays high then low tom-tom triplets but it sounds like these 6 notes are all descending (the last 3 especially).

[@billclintonscomputer1408]

is there a better recording? The horns in this one sound a bit sloppy...

[@musicboiscores]

There are not many orchestral recordings of this sadly.. I find this recording, even though it is definitely not the best played, is way more exciting than the other orchestral recordings I found.
Edit: Speaking of which, these are the recordings of this concerto that I've found:
1. th-cam.com/video/F-2YRh72N9Y/w-d-xo.html - The one I used in this score-video.
2. th-cam.com/video/Ryvy0t-ICyw/w-d-xo.html - This recording is pretty alright, the instruments are clear but it just doesn't have the excitement and energy that I think this concerto really needs. The brass in this recording is super good though, you might like it. (P.S. I just read that this is actually the premiere recording of the concerto which was recorded in the 80s but only released in 2002)
3. th-cam.com/video/6m9il70X11I/w-d-xo.html - This recording is pretty good, I would have considered using this one if it has a good audio quality.. although to be honest some of the parts of the development section are quite under-played.
There are two more recordings, but they are recordings of the piano reduction of the orchestra.

[@imauz1127]

@@musicboiscoresthank you! yeah only the piano reduction is on spotify and it really takes away from the excitement

[@flamingspinach]

@@musicboiscores IMHO, the second recording you listed above is superior to the first, primarily because of the strong and rhythmically surefooted playing of the soloist (Volkov). While I agree that the recording you chose has better excitement and energy as a whole, I don't think that makes up for Stepanova's fairly hesitant / unsure playing. When following along with the score, I feel that I also noticed many more wrong notes in Stepanova's playing than Volkov's, though I didn't keep an exact count.

[@a-ramenartist9734]

aint no way the breath of the wild composers didn't listen to this