It is great music, perhaps, the best music that has ever been written. There is a story about this concerto and Joseph Stalin. AI generated the text below that seems to be correct:"Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488, is notable for its connection to Joseph Stalin. In 1944, Stalin heard a radio broadcast of the concerto, performed by Maria Yudina, and was so moved that he demanded a recording..."
The question that bothers me is, does the music go across the political, cultural and religious borders? Is it indeed a common language for all of us, good and bad, masters and slaves, tyrants and victims ? Stalin was a tyrant who killed so many people, so many people who were good people and sometimes completely innocent. And if Stalin has been touched by this, what does it all mean? Does it mean that he had a flip side of himself? Is he then a part of the European culture? Perhaps, he is, in a twisted way.
https://youtu.be/riRK7P_ynfc?si=4I_vHh0YXpuMNBBp
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