'You don't memorize it--you know it!'

Schoenberg is the tough stuff, a 20th century composer more interested in turning music inside out instead of continuing the mainstream fascinations and this piece is perhaps the pre-eminent example of piano complexity. Mitsuko Uchida is a fine player and listening to her talk shop is pretty cool.

Mitsuko Uchida talking about (and playing a bit of) Schoenberg's Piano Concerto Op.42

BONUS -- Here's an excerpt of Mitsuko Uchida playing Scoenberg