Your ten favourite 20th Century piano concertos.

[Wanderer]

My list from the previous similar thread still stands:

In no particular order:

Medtner 1-3
Rachmaninov 4
Prokofiev 2
Ravel left hand
Korngold left hand
Busoni
Vaughan Williams
Foulds Dynamic Triptych
Scriabin Prométhée

Honorary mentions: Bartók 1-3, Skalkottas 1-3, Shostakovich 1-2, Prokofiev 1 & 3-5, Tovey, Scharwenka 4, Pfitzner, Braunfels, Delius, Walton SC.

[Brian]

My list from the previous similar thread still stands:

THANK YOU. I knew I had answered this question before, just couldn't find it!

Of course, 8 of my 10 are the same as they were 18 months ago, so comparing was not very interesting. (Viktor Ullmann got the cut, Poulenc and Francaix got added, and Einar Englund remains an honorable mention.)

[Ken B]

THANK YOU. I knew I had answered this question before, just couldn't find it!

Of course, 8 of my 10 are the same as they were 18 months ago, so comparing was not very interesting. (Viktor Ullmann got the cut, Poulenc and Francaix got added, and Einar Englund remains an honorable mention.)

I had you pegged as a Tveitt fan.

[Brian]

I had you pegged as a Tveitt fan.

I think I listened to them once, but don't remember much. Need to give them a second hearing. Maybe a Monday Marathon. Same situation with Kabalevsky.

[pjme]

Just to inform you all:

Belgian composer Luc van Hove wrote 2 pianoconcerti for Belgo-Hungarian Levente Kende. They have been recorded now for (and by) the Antwerp Philharmonic ( = the Royal Flemish PhO) and Martyn Brabbins. The music deliberately confronts tonal and atonal elements. the first concerto ( at ca 20 mins) is in two movements Dance tunes and A story. The second concerto of 15 years later, is in three movements and has a more virtruoso feel to it. Levente Kende is terrific and so is Brabbins and his Flemish band!
Triptych is concertante work for oboe and orchestra. Two short slow movements contrast with a long and tumultuous central movement.
Van Hove (°1957) has a personal voice - he was inspired by Lutoslavski and Ligeti during his studies .



Well worth discovering.

P.