Piano Concerto No.3, Op.60 (Medtner, Nikolay)

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Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements (connected)
Composition Year	1940 or 1941 - 43
Genre Categories	Concertos; Ballades; For piano, orchestra; Scores featuring the piano; Scores featuring the orchestra; For orchestra with soloists; For 2 pianos (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); For 2 players (arr); For piano (arr); For 1 player (arr)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Full Scores
- 2.2 Arrangements and Transcriptions
  - 2.2.1 For 2 Pianos
  - 2.2.2 For Piano (Parkov)
3 General Information

Performances

Naxos

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Sheet Music

Full Scores

Complete Score
*#05215 - 13.01MB, 240 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V*/C*/V* - 1633×⇩ - Goldberg988

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Editor	Vissarion Shebalin (1902–1963)
Publisher. Info.	N. Metner: Sobranie Sochinenii, Tom XII: Sochineniia dlia fortepiano i orkestrom Moscow: Muzgiz, 1963. Plate M. 30683 Г.
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Arrangements and Transcriptions

For 2 Pianos

Complete Score
*#04165 - 4.96MB, 70 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/C/22 - 1664×⇩ - Hobbypianist

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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Wilhelm Zimmermann, 1951. Plate Z.11803.
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Complete Score
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Publisher. Info.	Leipzig: Wilhelm Zimmermann, 1951. Plate Z. 11803.
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For Piano (Parkov)

Complete Score
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Arranger	Jay N. Parkov (b. 2005)
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General Information

Work Title	Piano Concerto No.3
Alternative. Title	Piano Concerto No.3 "Ballade"
Composer	Medtner, Nikolay
Opus/Catalogue NumberOp./Cat. No.	Op.60
Internal Reference NumberInternal Ref. No.	INM 20
Key	E minor
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	3 movements (connected): Con moto largamente -- Interludium: Allegro, molto sostenuto, misterioso -- Finale: Allegro molto, Svegliando, eroico
Year/Date of CompositionY/D of Comp.	1940 or 1941 - 43
First Performance.	1944-2-19 Royal Albert Hall, London Sir Adrian Boult conducting, composer soloist London Philharmonic Orchestra
First Publication.	1951 (Zimmermann)
Dedication	Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar, the Maharajah of Mysore (1919-74)
Average DurationAvg. Duration	30 minutes
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Early 20th century
Piece Style	Early 20th century
Instrumentation	piano, orchestra
InstrDetail	2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba timpani, strings
External Links	Wikipedia article Hyperion Records
Extra Information	*Commissioned by Benno Moiseiwitsch. Premiere information from Hyperion Records and from Martyn ("Nicolas Medtner: His Life and Music", p.126.) According to Martyn (p.240) the main theme was composed in 1898. Finished except for orchestration in February 1942; completely finished summer 1943. Somewhat inspired by the ballad Rusalka (Lermontov).