Post by gian March 7, 2010 (1 of 30)
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Hi,
I would like to know what would be your list of best piano concerto ever made, including the performance?
Mine would be Piano Concerto No. 5 “Emperor” – Beethoven Piano Concerto No.21 – Mozart
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Post by xavster March 7, 2010 (2 of 30)
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Agree - Beethoven 5. Stephen Kovacevich recording with Colin Davis from the 60s on Philips. Shame it wasn't a quad recording....
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Post by emaidel March 7, 2010 (3 of 30)
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Mine is still Tchaikovsky's First, even though a few members here think hearing it once is once too often. My favorite performance - by a long shot - is that by Yevgeny Sudbin along with the Sao Paulo Symphony Orcestra conducted by John Neschling on BIS. I have at least four other recordings of the piece, most of which are quite good, but Sudbin's rendition is simply outstanding.
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Post by steviev March 7, 2010 (4 of 30)
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Post by DSD March 7, 2010 (5 of 30)
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I prefer the term favorite piano concerto, my favorites are Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Gershwin: Concerto in F Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor Prokofieff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major
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Post by gunkie2k March 7, 2010 (6 of 30)
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Mozart 25th, Beethoven 4th, Brahms 2nd
Mozart 25 and Beethoven 4 even use the same 4-note rhythmic motive: eighth-eighth-eighth-quarter
(same as Beethoven 5th symphony)
I would add the the Langgaard Symphony No. 3 (which is really a piano concerto) is currently riding the top 5 for me right now.
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Post by dcramer March 7, 2010 (7 of 30)
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Today's choice would be the Ravel (BOTH hands) with Martha Argerich and Claudio Abbado conducting the LSO (1988 I believe).
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Post by steviev March 7, 2010 (8 of 30)
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gunkie2k said:
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I would add the the Langgaard Symphony No. 3 (which is really a piano concerto) is currently riding the top Ch5 for me right now.
Yuck! What a piece of junk. Check out Schumann's and Grieg's piano concertos first, for God's sake. This is one of Langgaard's worst "symphonies".
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Post by gunkie2k March 7, 2010 (9 of 30)
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You're certainly entitled to your opinion - as I am. I happen to be a pianist who plays a number of the pieces mentioned. After playing and hearing enough performances of both the Grieg and Schumann, I'd like to see the public exposed to other pieces.
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Tchaikovsky 1 Rachmaninov 2 Dvorak Brahms 2 Grieg
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