Choosing piano concerto

[mekeltan]

Hi,

I actually never really try to practice piano concerto, kinda afraid to start thinking it would be out of my league. And now I really want to try one.

Could you guys help to choose one for me?

Right now I’m learning Mozart KKV 457, Schumann Sonata 22-2, Prok Sonata 3, and Rach Moment Musical 4. Is there any easier concerto that would be suitable for me? I prefer to play one in minor. 😅

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Start with just one movement and pick something you like.  You don’t gotta do the whole thing right away

[mekeltan]

Do you have any suggestion which piece to start? And I still don’t know a lot of piano concerto, so will listen to any suggestions!

[thorn]

My first port of call would be to listen to concertos available through Music Minus One and the G-Phil app, because these have recordings of the orchestral part. Unless you have an orchestral opportunity coming up, or a teacher to play the piano reduction with you, it's a total waste of time learning a concerto that isn't on MMO/G-Phil- you're losing a chunk of the music.

MMO: https://www.halleonard.com/search/search.action?dt=item&seriesFeature=MMONE&_f%5B%27instrument_name_facet%27%5D=Piano#products

G-Phil: https://g-phil.app/library

[lelle]

Beethoven 2nd concerto is not too bad.