What about Macdowell?

[MattL]

I am finishing up Chopin's ballade no. 1 op. 23 in a couple of weeks and my teacher, as well as myself, wants me to start a piano concerto (maybe just the first movement of one). I was thinking of doing the grieg but then I heard MAcdowell's second and first pian concertos and they're incredible. What are your opinions on these pieces in terms of difficulty (musically and technically) and how they rank in comparison to the other great concertos out there. Also which piece do you think I should do first, the Grieg or the MAc 2?

Thanks

[shasta]

Mac is great and completely underrated.  I say try out his sonatas before his concerti.  All of his sonatas are exquisite.  You can listen to audio snippets from this lovely CD here:

https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005YY0G/qid=1134770929/sr=1-5/ref=sr_1_5/002-1621706-1412053?v=glance&s=classical