Favorite Piano Concerto?

[stephanie-piano]

Mine is Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto.... There's just so much going on when someone plays it.....

[dave santino]

Rach 2. Cliched, I know, but I love it. The melodies, the immenseness of the piano writing, the passion, it's all there.

[kreso]

Mine is Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto.... There's just so much going on when someone plays it.....

I agree!! But of course I like other like Brahms both, Liszt and Chopin 1st, Mozart no.23 A major, Beethoven 4th G major, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, Rach 2.. But now my fav is Rach 3!:)

[Kassaa]

Brahms 2, Beethoven 4, Medtner 1, Rach3, Prok2&3, Busoni soon.

[gymnopedist]

both Ravel concerti, Hindemith klaviermusik mit orchester, Britten diversions, All the Prokofiev PC's except no. 1, Korngold, Busoni... oh, and Bartók 3rd.

[houseofblackleaves]

Rach 2. Cliched, I know, but I love it. The melodies, the immenseness of the piano writing, the passion, it's all there.

COMPLETLY AGREE.

Also, I love the Prokofiev #2(the rest are pretty good too), Both of Ravel and Chopin's, Rachmaninoff's other three concerti... all that good stuffums.  Some of the new age atonal-squealy stuff makes me cringe at times, but nonetheless intrests me to no end.

But NONE of them measure up the the greatness of the Rach 2.  NEVAH I SAY!!

[apion]

Brahms 1,2
Prokofiev 2,3
Beethoven 4,5

[Waldszenen]

Both by Brahms, Tschaikowsky's, any by Mozart.


And least favourite, just for variety, are both by Chopin and Khachaturian's.

[thalbergmad]

Bortkiewicz 1
Henselt
Litolff 4
Thalberg
Stavenhagen

In no particular order.

[_____]

Rachmaninoff 3rd
Prokofiev 2nd
Bach D minor
Brahms 2nd
Liszt 2nd

[jre58591]

in no particular order:

bortkiewicz 1
busoni
ginastera 1
henselt variations
litolff 2 and 5
medtner 2
messiaen turangalîla
rachmaninoff 4
scharwenka 1 and 4

this list changes by the hour probably

[cygnusdei]

I like Rach 2, but I think the climax of the 2nd movement (just before cadenza) is a little crass for my taste.

Ravel Concerto (in G) is nice BUT a substantial part of the music material is carried by the orchestra (particularly the harp part). Wouldn't this be less satisfying on the piano soloist's part?

I don't have an absolute favorite, but Moscheles no. 7 in C minor is a true masterpiece. It's stylistically more mature than the other six concertos of his.

By far Dvorak in G minor has the most satisfying conclusion of the 1st movement - it's also notable for sustained harmonic tension in unusual places, e.g., between exposition and development.

[tompilk]

rach 2 and 3
brahms 2
vine
dohnanyi 1 and 2
prok 2 and 3
busoni
scharwenka 4
sauer 1
tchaik 1 and 2

Tom

[Mozartian]

Brahms 1 & 2
Chopin 1
Beethoven 4
Mozart 20, 25, and 27
Rach 3

[_chops]

rachmaninov pianoconcerto n 2!!!! (especially the second movement)
also tchaikovsky 1st  bb major
   and finally.. mozart 21 piano concerto "elvira madigan"

they're killing me!!!<3<3

[strepito]

chopin's 1st

[burstroman]

Bartok #1

[pita bread]

Barber - Piano Concerto, Op. 38
Ravel - Left Hand Concerto

[klavierkonzerte]

kullak
litollf 4,5
both chopin
ries concerto in c#, which i think heavely inspired chopin e minor concerto
beethoven 4,5
clara schumann
robert schumann, probably my favorit concerto.

[stormx]

Mozart 21
Beethoven 4
Brahms 1 and 2
Chopin 1 and 2
Grieg
Schumann
Tchaikovsky 1
Rachmaninov 2 and 3
mendelssohn 1

no particular order...

[sissco]

chopin's 1st

Same here 

[ryguillian]

György Ligeti's Konzert für Klavier und Orchester which I had the depressing pleasure of watching Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Pierre Boulez, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra mangle last night.

[mephisto]

respect

The 1st mwt is superb.

[jre58591]

György Ligeti's Konzert für Klavier und Orchester which I had the depressing pleasure of watching Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Pierre Boulez, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra mangle last night.

aw man, it sucked? i would expect better from boulez and aimard, two musicians i highly respect.

[pianistimo]

leroy anderson's first piano concerto.  where to order?  i couldn't find it at jw pepper.

[phil13]

Scriabin
Franck 2
Franck Symphonic Variations
Rach 1
Rach 2
Rach Paganini Rhapsody
Brahms 1
Medtner 2
Mendelssohn 2
Mozart 10 (Dbl. Piano Concerto)

Phil

[jre58591]

leroy anderson's first piano concerto.  where to order?  i couldn't find it at jw pepper.

check theodore presser's website. they distribute it for the woodbury music company.

[a1]

  Rachmaninov Paganini i thinks.........................

[el nino]

rach 2

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chopin 1

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mozart 23
tchaikovsky 1

[melengi]

Bartok #1

[tompilk]

did you know hamelin was asked to perform this in europe by the concertgebou orchestra (or whatever the orchestra is called) and he refused because the music didnt do anything for him, and then barenboim took up the job without even hearing the piece ever before? that's scary... imagine if they asked barenboim to play something like busoni concerto... if he accepted it he'd be in for a shock!
Just an interesting fact... i dont mean to say it's a bad piece, i like it myself...
Tom

[Ruro]

Medtner's Third!

[mephisto]

did you know hamelin was asked to perform this in europe by the concertgebou orchestra (or whatever the orchestra is called) and he refused because the music didnt do anything for him, and then barenboim took up the job without even hearing the piece ever before? that's scary... imagine if they asked barenboim to play something like busoni concerto... if he accepted it he'd be in for a shock!
Just an interesting fact... i dont mean to say it's a bad piece, i like it myself...
Tom

Hm, maybe my englsih is extremely bad, and I don't understand. But do you know that Barenboim recorded the Bartok 1 in 1967?