twentieth century concertos

[pianonut]

am taking a concerto class in the fall, and so i bought a book by roeder entitled 'a history of the piano concerto.'  in reading the twentieth century section, i found i had not heard many of them.  which of the following have you heard and liked?

vaughn williams concerto for piano
(three movements played without a break-third mov't has a chromatic fugue section)

william walton's sinfonia concertante for piano and orchestra (jazz-inspired)

benjamin britten's piano concerto (four mov'ts = toccata, waltz, recitative, aria and march)

tippett's piano concerto of 1953-55 (created after listening to beethoven's fourth pc - celestia in duet in the last mov't of tippett's pc)

schoenberg piano concerto (oscar levant wrote programmatic sketch to all movt's:
life was so easy (andante) suddenly hatred broke out (allegro molto)
a grave situation was created (adagio) but life goes on (rondo)

webern's op. 24 (originally planned as a piano concerto)

so many more!  copeland, and my favorite so far leroy anderson's piano concerto.

[dlu]

YES! SCHOENBERG! I listened to the entire thing this morning when I was getting ready to go take my final exam of the school year. I love it. I would reccomend listening to Gould, Pollini, or Ax. There are all superb.
DLu

[Alde]

The Barber Piano Concerto (American) and the Jacques Hetu Piano Concerto (Canadian) are also excellent modern day concertos.

[pianomann1984]

YES! SCHOENBERG! I listened to the entire thing this morning when I was getting ready to go take my final exam of the school year. I love it. I would reccomend listening to Gould, Pollini, or Ax. There are all superb.
DLu

Mitsako Uchida has also made a wonder recording of this incredible work.  My teacher tells me that the Vaughn Williams, Tippet and the Walton are not so good.  The Richard Rodney Bennett Concerto is wonderful, as are the Kenneth Leighton Concerti.  I have also looked at the Ginastera and De Falla Concerti (Nights in the Gardens of Spain is a phenomenal work!), which I like very much.  Good luck with your class!

Chris

[pianonut]

thanks for the responses.  i'll take a listen to the new ones suggested.  concure on the de falla (nights in the garden of spain) as all the colors bring out an orchestral feel to the piano.

[ajw400]

The Ligeti piano concerto is a masterpiece!!!! Of course, I still think the first two bartoks are the gold standard....

[pita bread]

The Barber Piano Concerto is supreme.

Other good ones include the 2 Shostakovich Piano Concertos, and the 3 Bartok Concertos.