Bartok concertos

[Kapellmeister27]

i just got done listening to these with the music.  they look extremely hard, especially rhythmically.  also, it seems like it would be difficult to give a convincing performance that sounds fresh and good even to those not accustomed to his type of music.  how would you compare the difficult of these (esp. 1) to other concertos

[maxy]

Concerti 1 and 2 = extremely hard.  You might as well pick Rach 3 instead...
Bartok 3= much easier

[steinwayguy]

Most Bartok I've played seems to be very awkward and thus very hard. I have read through the Third concerto and worked on it a little bit, and will agree, rhythmically it is very challenging, and it is also very awkward in some places (it's not chopin). I don't know the first two that well, but from what I have heard the Second is as difficult as something like Prokofiev 2 or Rachmaninoff 3 or Brahms 2. And I pretty much don't know anything about the first...

[DarkWind]

I love the second, and the Concerto for Orchestra is awesome too . Yeah, they seem pretty difficult, but nothing some practice won't solve.

[steinwayguy]

I love the second, and the Concerto for Orchestra is awesome too . Yeah, they seem pretty difficult, but nothing some practice won't solve.

If by "some" you mean "one hell of a lot"

[ravel]

i like all the bartok concertos , i think my favourite is the second one,  followed by the first and then the third, 
the second one is crazy hard,  just listen to it once, you ll know what i am talking about hehe.  but its absolutely amazing,  i heard a recording of geza anda performing it,  i dont think it can be topped.

[apion]

Concerti 1 and 2 = extremely hard.  You might as well pick Rach 3 instead...
Bartok 3= much easier

I second that.  Bartok 2 is the hardest of the 3, IMO.

[lenny]

bartok demands fury, and thats why he is even painful to play