GMG’s Favourite Piano Concertos

[mc ukrneal]

After: Luke

+3 Alkan (what the hay, I like this too - let's get this bad boy up and out!)
+2 Saint-Saens 2
+1 Beethoven 5
-1 Scriabin Op 20
-2 Poulenc

20   Alkan: Concerto pour piano seul, op.39/8-10
16   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
15   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, Op. 39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat, Op.73
15   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
10   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
10   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
10   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
08   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K.466
06   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Liszt: Totentanz
05   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saens:  Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, Op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
02   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
01   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
01 Gershwin Piano Concerto in F
-2   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467
-2   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55

[Wanderer]

After: mc ukrneal


+3 Alkan (and off to The List!)
+2 Medtner 1
+1 [new] Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor op.40
-1 Villa-Lobos
-2  Stravinsky

*23   Alkan: Concerto pour piano seul, op.39/8-10*


Revised board:

16   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
15   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
15   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
10   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
10   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
10   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
08   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
05   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
01   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
01   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-2   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[karlhenning]

After: Tasos/Wanderer

+3 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
+2 de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
+1 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10

[are negative votes obligatory? If not, I pass; if so . . . I shall append.]

Revised board:

17   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
15   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
15   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
12   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
10   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
10   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
08   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
05   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
01   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
01   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
01   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[Wanderer]

[are negative votes obligatory? If not, I pass; if so . . . I shall append.]

They are not.

[karlhenning]

In that case, I demur. Carry on!

[Conor71]

After Karl

Chopin +2
Prokofiev +1
18   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
15   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
15   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
12   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
10   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
10   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
10   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
05   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
01   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
01   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
01   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[Drasko]

after Conor

Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11 +3
Liszt: Totentanz +2
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40 +1
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55 -1
Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124 -2

18   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
15   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
15   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
13   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
12   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
10   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
10   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
07   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
02   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
00   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
-1   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[Cato]

After Leon:

+3 Busoni
+2 Scriabin
+1 Tcherepnin


21   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
16   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
14   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
13   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
12   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
12   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
12   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
08   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
07   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
06   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
02   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
00   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
-1   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
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[karlhenning]

Can you feel the love? ; )

[Mirror Image]

When will this thing be over? That's what I want to know.

[Lethevich]

After: Cato

+3 (NEW) Martinů: Piano Concerto No.4
+2 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10
+1 Liszt - Totentanz
-1 Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20


23   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat major, op.10 (Removed)

16   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
14   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
13   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
12   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
12   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
11   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
08   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
08   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
06   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
04   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Martinů: Piano Concerto No.4
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
02   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
00   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
-1   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[karlhenning]

I'll tell you what I find odd, is that works like the Tcherepnin and Busoni are being pushed up the list while the wonderful Stravinsky Capriccio  has been voted down to -4.

Very odd, indeed, IMO.

All four of the bottommost pieces, I like a great deal.  I haven't really taken these referenda quite seriously since a circle gathered round the Bartók Sonata for 2 pf & prc to pee all over it.

[Cato]

Cato, I had set up the Prokofiev for you to dunk, but you passed on that option and irrationally raised the Busoni.  So I cannot but deduce that irrationality is necessary in order to appreciate that work.   

Listening right now to the Tcherepnin.  And so far all I can say is the best thing about it is that it is only 17 minutes; one-fourth as long as the Busoni, and for that I am thankful.   

Many are called, few are chosen!   0:)

Art is of course all about irrationality!   

What I can tell you, is that as the years pass, works which I had rejected decades previously now make me wonder why I had ever pooh-poohed them! 

[Cato]

Many are called, few are chosen!   0:)

Art is of course all about irrationality!   

What I can tell you, is that as the years pass, works which I had rejected decades previously now make me wonder why I had ever pooh-poohed them!

I should mention that Alexander Tcherepnin and his wife acted as artistic mentors to me many moons ago, and that it was the Second Piano Concerto which latched itself around my young soul with its energy and expression and idiosyncratic style.

[karlhenning]

I couldn't possibly have an opinion ; )

[Brahmsian]

I couldn't possibly have an opinion ; )

How dare you, Karl!   

I have not poo-pooed anyone's picks.  No negative Nelly tally marks from me, in either this thread or chamber thread.

[mc ukrneal]

mc ukrneal casts a vote against it every chance he gets.

If you saw my post earlier, I have an issue with the choice of Bartok. The irony is that if there were one of the string quartets (depending on which), I would be totally supportive of that. I'd also be supportive of the Bartok 3 here. Anyway, your ally on a choice will become your 'enemy' on another. That's the way this 'game' works.

[karlhenning]

Ah, The Thread of No Sweethearts . . . .

; )

[Amfortas]

After: Lethe

+3 Falla
+2  Martinů: Piano Concerto No.4
+1 Scriabin
-2 Chopin
-1 Mozart K.466

16   Busoni: Piano Concerto in C major, op.39
15   de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain (Noches en los Jardines de España)
15   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat major, op.73
14   Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor, op.22
12   Poulenc: Aubade, Concerto chorégraphique for piano and 18 instruments
11   Chopin: Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor, op.11
11   Scriabin: Piano Concerto in F sharp minor, op.20
08   Liszt: Totentanz (Danse macabre: Paraphrase sur le "Dies irae" pour piano & orchestre), S.126
08   Medtner: Piano Concerto No.1 in C minor, op.33
07   Mozart: Piano Concerto No.20 in D Minor, K.466
06   Tcherepnin: Piano Concerto No.2,  op.22
05   Dvořák: Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33
05   Martinů: Piano Concerto No.4
05   Scriabin: Prométhée: Le Poème du Feu, op.60
03   Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano, Trumpet & Strings in C minor, op.35
03   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D minor, BWV 1052
03   Saint-Saëns:  Piano Concerto No.5 in F major, op.103 'Egyptian'
02   Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord and Orchestra in D Major, BWV 1054
02   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor, op.40
01   Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F
01   Villa-Lobos: Choros No. 11 for piano and orchestra
00   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, op.55
-1   Liszt: Piano Concerto No.1 in E flat major, S.124
-2   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
-4   Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra

[Cato]

I have not poo-pooed anyone's picks.  No negative Nelly tally marks from me, in either this thread or chamber thread.

Speaking of Pooh-poohing!



I also do not use the negative vote.