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..
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
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
@@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).
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.
@@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.
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Just fantastic. Thx Kapustin… Your sound drives me to the edge of the sky
NK is a GENIUS!! He infuses many genres inside is orchestral pieces. I hope to try something like this soon.
We usually expect to hear the piano with an important place in his music, so that’s a surprising but good one.
Marvellous. The saxophone repertoire would be so much the poorer without this!
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..
when does each movement start?
@@imauz1127 It's in one movement
Where can I get the Full Score of the work?
@@gabrielduarte-compositor6780 The score is published by Schott Music. You can check out a watermarked perusal of it on their website.
If you really like jazz... it must be amazing! If you prefer more classical sounds, it's cool enough, I suppose. 🙂
Favorite work by Kapustin all the time :)
Recommend to listen this piece in 1.25x, such a VIBE
7:02 epic bass guitar solo
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.
i think you should, it would be a great experience
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
7:03 *YES*
5:25, 9:21
aint no way the breath of the wild composers didn't listen to this
14:28 how the hell the drummer did that sound? (pitch change?)
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
@@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).
7:11
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Is there anywhere you know I could purchase this from?
Or do you have a copy you’d be willing to send?
do you have the alto solo sheet music by chance chance?
is there a better recording? The horns in this one sound a bit sloppy...
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.
@@musicboiscoresthank you! yeah only the piano reduction is on spotify and it really takes away from the excitement
@@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.