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Medtner, N. a.. Beethoven a.. Cadenza to 4th Piano Concerto You're kidding.

Probably not.

Reminds me of when I was learning Mozart's K467. My piano-teacher was rather shocked when I brought in published cadenzas by Casadesus, Feinberg, Lipatti and Schnittke.

Kidding about what?

There are actually two of them for that concerto, so the listing should be plural, provided he's got them both. They're interesting and fairly substantial, if not necessarily very successful. They were written around the same period as the op. 22 Sonata, and are very Medtneresque and not very Beethovenian. I'd think use in concert would have a certain surrealistic effect and would require some explanation, although effect wouldn't be anything as crazed as using the Alkan cadenza for the 3rd would be.

Or Alkan's cadenza for the Mozart D minor concerto. By the way, I hear people rag on Hummel's cadenzas all the time... those were among his first works, and he was very young. They aren't representative of him as a composer, only as a performer.

I didn't realize Medtner had written cadenzas. Being familiar with the massive cadenza from his own Second Concerto and the smaller one in the Third Concerto, I would expect something glittery and pastel-colored, which could suit the LvB Fourth Concerto quite well.

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