Piano Concerto Recommendations

[hyunju]

Hello,

I started piano lessons when I was in the 1st of 2nd grade and stopped taking lessons in high school. I'd say my skill level is intermediate. I picked up the piano pretty quickly but it has been a while since I've gotten formal instruction or even played an advanced piece. The most advanced piece I've learned before I quit was Franz Liszt's Liebestraum No.3. However, I am confident that I will be to able to learn more advanced pieces because I have a great piano professor, desire to learn, and the basic foundations of piano down. I'd like to learn a romantic piano concerto that would be challenging for me to learn but something that is feasible with hard work. Obviously a piece like the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 is something that I cannot master in a year or two. I love full sounding, almost dark but romantic piano pieces and I'm hoping you all could give me some recommendations. I am looking for an entire concerto piece to play, not just movements. One last thing, someone mentioned the piano concerto by Edvard Grieg...I do love that piece but one of my friends has already picked that piece to audition for the concerto competition at my school. However, a piece of the same level of difficulty and sound would be marvelous. Thank you!

[enochy]

Haha. I asked the same question, but in the student's corner.
I have a question though before I can give an answer, do you mean one movement from a concerto or the whole thing? If it's one movement, try looking at Rach 2nd again. The 2nd movement fits your description and you could probably tackle it in a year or two (with lots of practice.)
Take a look at Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Edvard Grieg. It's considerably easier than any of the Rach concertos and it sounds pretty good. (You still need a lot of practice)

You have a LOT of catching up to do to really play any concertos.

Try the Kabalevsky Piano Concerto; however it is in the major key and it is not dark.

[hyunju]

I re-edited my post so it should answer your question. Thanks for answering though!

[hyunju]

I recently listened to Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 and I really enjoyed it although the length is somewhat daunting. There are not a lot of chords involved but a lot of, how would you say, just a lot fingerings and complex fingerings so it is hard for me to judge how difficult this piece actually is.

[mjames]

I'm sorry but if you're an intermediate player, then I think you should lay off the Concerto genre for a few years. There is plenty of good music for solo piano.

Also

Take a look at Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 Edvard Grieg. It's considerably easier than any of the Rach concertos and it sounds pretty good. (You still need a lot of practice)

I hate this kind of advice. Although it is one of the easier romantic piano concertos, it is still very very very very very difficult. Other than looking at the score for sheer interest and enjoyment, there's no reason you should buy it. There's ton of sh*t out there that is good. If you want some Chopin, try his Impromptu in g flat, or if you really want Grieg, go for his lyric pieces. Don't rush yourself, take your time.

[hfmadopter]

I have never done a concerto, that is something I never got to with my excellent teacher, though we did work on duets and that was fun and interesting. I'm an advanced intermediate to lower advanced player ( I should say I was, with time away from the piano and age now creeping in on me I've backed up a bit to reorganize) . I too like Romantic era music but I determined some time ago, if to do a concerto I would start with a Mozart piece. I'm not particularly a Mozart fan but in my studies I always got along with his music, in that I could handle it and I do like several of his concertos as compared to solo pieces. give Mozart concertos a thought, listen to some YouTube versions and see what you think. I've been very pleased in listening to them when I thought I wouldn't be.

[kitty on the keys]

How about  Beethoven  1 or 3?

Kitty on the Keys

[ale_ius]

I all seriousness I would recommend starting out on ands taking with these for a good whiles
https://www.pianoatpepper.com/Piano_Catalog_Teaching_Library_Student_Level_Concertos.list

-Alee Marie