That's very cool. I vaguely know someone who has learnt Scharwenka 4, but I doubt he's had the chance to play it with an orchestra.
I would have to concede that on this occasion, Schumann does appear to be superior to Schumann.
Boissier Glamour Concertoie
The English composer and pianist John McCabe who years ago did so much to put Haydn's keyboard works on the map where they'd always belonged once clamourfed for a moratorium on performance of Beethoven sonatas (albeit with at least part of his tongue in one of his cheeks, I don't doubt); I cannot help but find myself to be reminded of this by the above which might be seen as commending a similar moratorium of the composition of piano concertos in A minor......and that's without even mentioning the title of the above!...Best,Alistair
The Raff PC is way beyond anything Schumann could have dreamed of.Thal
We seem still to be a very long way away from naming and citing 100 such concertos but, who knows, we may well get there (or even beyond) in the end. Perhaps also the thread title might better be amended from "100 romantic concertos superior to the Schumann" to "100 Romantic piano concertos superior to the Schumann", as I feel sure that no one here is seeking to compare Romantic concerti for other instruments with poor old Schumann's aberration (which I cannot help but wonder why he omitted to suppress as, irrespective of how "inferior" it might be to other Romantic piano concertos, it's undoubteldy inferior to most of the remainder of his own work).OK, no one has yet mentioned the Busoni, Rachmaninov's four, Medtner's three, Brahms's two, the second concertos respectively by Liszt and Tchaikovsky, the two Concerti da Camera by Alkan or even the Dvořák - and these are just fifteen of the better known ones! Then there's the works for piano left hand and orchestra by Strauss and Korngold, the concertos of English composers Ireland, Bowen and (Alan) Bush and perhaps the most obvious choice, given its name - the Romantisches Klavierkonzert by Marx.Best,Alistair
Ignoring the pathetic virus which every now and again infests this thread (see above), anyone who has not heard the Thalberg Concerto should take the opportunity to do so.Musical confetti it might be, but Thalberg could carry a tune and add a fair bit of excitement, unlike the Schumann Concerto which is about as exciting as the shipping forecast.Thal
But objectively, most of the works you've mentioned are not superior to the Schumann. The Liszt are really trash, and I don't hate Liszt. They are enjoyable perhaps, and the 2nd has more worth than the 1st imho. But really. And Korngold? Actually the Korngold is better than his violin concerto, but I don't rate it much. The Schumann hate around here is pretty disturbing. Although I do think that the Dvorak is highly underrated.
Whilst not a concerto, I think the shipping forecast is way superior to the Schumann PC.Thal
Topic: 100 romantic piano concertos superior to the Schumann 