easiest piano concerto

[phil13]

It's funny you should say that, as I was about to but decided against it. 

You have GOT to be kidding me.

If you want a seldom played concerto, try Bortkiewicz's left hand piano concerto.

Or any Bortkiewicz concerto, for that matter.

Phil

[elevateme_returns]

shostakovich 2 is twice as easy as:

mendelssohn 1
grieg a min

[cloches_de_geneve]

It is basically silly to believe that any Mozart concerto is easy. You need phantastic articulation and a superb touch to play them well. Geza Anda worked, relentlessly, for about 10 years to find the right touch for Mozart, and this is a man who pulled off Brahms' second just like that as a teenager.

This said, Bartok 3 is amazing and not THAT hard.

[moi_not_toi]

shostakovich 2 is twice as easy as:

mendelssohn 1
grieg a min

Are you kidding me?
I played the Grieg in 5th grade.
I STILL can't play the Shosty correctly....

[elevateme_returns]

oh, sorry, my mate has played both and said shosty was easier.

i guess this is one of those times that the easiest is a personal thing

[pianowolfi]

There is no such thing as easy.

 

Seconded. But, at a certain point, perhaps, everything gets easy? (hey don't look at me, I am not there yet )

[elevateme_returns]

its easy to play middle c if you know where it is and how to find it and arent mentally or physically handicapped in any way.

[gymnopedist]

Poulenc - Concert Champêtre for harpsichord and orchestra also exists in a version for piano. Probably the easiest concerto i've ever read through.

[mcgillcomposer]

A lot of people mentioned the Beethoven c minor...but what about the B-flat major concerto? I mean, realistically speaking, non of them are "easy", but the B-flat is probably the easiest technically. The "Emperor" is honestly not that bad either...there are A LOT of scales (not a criticism).