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Which piano concerto do you like best?

Piano concerto in F - Gershwin
Piano concerto in G - Ravel

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Bouter Boogie

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My first poll.. YaaY

on: May 22, 2005, 01:45:26 PM

Hi everyone,

Here's my first (boring?

) poll..
I'm just curious which piano concerto you guys like best..
I luv them both, but if I have to choose, I'd pick Gershwin's

They both rock!

Please add comment WHY you voted for one of the piano concerti..

Thnx!

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"The only love affair I have ever had was with music." - Maurice Ravel

Dazzer

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Re: My first poll.. YaaY

Reply #1 on: May 22, 2005, 01:48:56 PM

ravel by far!

well i guess gershwin isn't really my thing.

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pseudopianist

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Reply #2 on: May 22, 2005, 03:22:45 PM

I haven't heard Ravel but it can't be worse than Gershwin, I hate Gershiwn!

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i like both, but voted for gershwin. guess it's that i rather like spontaneousness sometimes, and don't wish to hear only classical ALL the time - but sometimes a little jazz.

ok. have to modify here. ravel's concerto IS jazzy, isn't it. AND, it has a cool harp "quasi-cadenza." i voted for both. what will happen to me now?

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musicsdarkangel

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Reply #4 on: May 22, 2005, 04:52:38 PM

Gershwin for me.

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Reply #5 on: May 22, 2005, 05:55:33 PM

Ravel by some distance for me.

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Reply #6 on: May 22, 2005, 06:53:18 PM

I picked Gershwin as i'm learning it at the moment for some "light" relief whilst doing my diploma

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Reply #7 on: May 22, 2005, 08:03:51 PM

I love both but I think I like the Ravel more than the Gershwin

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Reply #8 on: May 23, 2005, 01:25:57 AM

I picked Gershwin because I was blown away by the fact that I really like it (I hate everything else of Gershwin).

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Floristan

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Reply #9 on: May 24, 2005, 04:20:42 PM

Ravel is the more complete composer. His concerto contains some jazz elements, prominently displayed, but it's about a lot more than that. Ravel manages to incorporate jazz but still retain his own, distinct voice.

I like Gershwin as a popular music composer, but his "palette" is limited. His fusion of classical and popular never quite works for me. It still sounds like popular music overlaid with a classical pretentiousness, not really a fusion of the two. I love "Porgy and Bess," but I don't think of it as opera (even though Gershwin apparently did). It's more akin to musicals. Maybe it's just semantics after all. It doesn't make me like the piece any the less -- I just think about it differently.

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Reply #10 on: May 25, 2005, 12:33:15 AM

my piano forum name should tell you which concerto i loveeeeeeeeeee more. hehe.
it is indeed one of the greatest piano concertos written ever.

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