Six favourite lesser known Piano concertos.

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vandermolen

May 01, 2016, 12:23:38 AM Last Edit: May 01, 2016, 12:25:10 AM by vandermolen
Hayasaka
Kabalevsky No.1
Cyril Scott No.1
Bliss Concerto for Two Pianos
Malcolm Arnold Concerto for Two Pianos
Gordon Jacob. No.1
Lennox Berkeley Concerto for Two Pianos
(one bonus choice allowed)  :)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Scion7

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May 01, 2016, 01:42:49 AM
York Bowen - Piano Concerto Nr.4 in a, Op.88
York Bowen - Piano Concerto Nr.3 in g, Op.23  'Fantasia'
York Bowen - Piano Concerto No.2 in d, Op.17
York Bowen - Piano Concerto No.1 in Eb, Op.11

When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Florestan

#2
May 01, 2016, 06:12:34 AM
Quote from: Scion7 on May 01, 2016, 01:42:49 AM


Blimey, I'd have never guessed you were a gerontophile.  ;D
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Scion7

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May 01, 2016, 06:14:39 AM
I quite fancy the two good-looking birds behind the piano.  The brunette you should look up - she is very 'blessed.'   :-*
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Mr Bloom

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May 01, 2016, 06:16:37 AM Last Edit: May 02, 2016, 02:06:25 AM by Mr Bloom
This picture is terrible.

Ernst Toch - Piano concerto nr 1
Hans Werner Henze - Piano concerto nr 2
Paul Hindemith - Piano concerto
Unsuk Chin - Piano concerto
Peter Dickinson - Piano concerto
Georgi Mintchev - Piano concerto

Bonus : Xenakis - Keqrops

Florestan

#5
May 01, 2016, 06:25:42 AM
OTOMH

Mendelssohn - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in A-flat major
Mendelssohn - Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in E major
Mendelssohn - Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra in D minor
von Weber -  Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major
von Weber -  Piano Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major
Field - Piano Concerto No. 2 in A-flat major

"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Brian

#6
May 01, 2016, 07:03:37 AM
Is the Britten Piano Concerto lesser-known enough? Looking over my listening log, it appears my taste in piano concertos is mainstream. I do think Tchaikovsky 2 is better than Tchaikovsky 1. And Einar Englund's first concerto is a worthy companion to the Prokofiev cycle.

Aho: Concerto No 2
Rautavaara: Concerto No 3
Amirov/Nazirova: Concerto
Englund: Concerto No 1
Szymanowski: Symphony No 4 (#1 choice and an all-time favorite, if it's obscure enough for this thread!)

I don't know why Scion7 is obsessed with posting gratuitous scantily-clad women everywhere, but it does nothing to improve the image of this forum...

Jo498

#7
May 01, 2016, 07:25:17 AM
CPE Bach: 6 "Hamburg Concerti" Wq 43,1-6; or for starters Wq 43,4 c minor.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

Florestan

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May 01, 2016, 07:40:22 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on May 01, 2016, 07:25:17 AM
CPE Bach: 6 "Hamburg Concerti" Wq 43,1-6; or for starters Wq 43,4 c minor.

Properly speaking, not quite Piano...  ;D

Otherwise, excellent choices.  8)
"Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory." — Thomas Beecham

Brian

#9
May 01, 2016, 07:47:29 AM
Oh! I have a soft spot for the romantic cheese of Moritz Moszkowski, his concerto included.

Jo498

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May 01, 2016, 11:57:05 AM
Quote from: Florestan on May 01, 2016, 07:40:22 AM
Properly speaking, not quite Piano...  ;D

Right, but I don't know if they might have been played on a fortepiano occasionally back then. To my knowledge the only concerto by CPE Bach that specifies fortepiano is the less dramatic but delightful one for fortepiano AND harpsichord.
CPE Bach must be among the composer with the highest number of keyboard concertos: he wrote around 50 of them.
Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
- Blaise Pascal

vandermolen

#12
May 01, 2016, 02:17:01 PM
Interesting responses - thanks. Clearly some more for me to explore.  :)
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Cato

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May 01, 2016, 02:49:27 PM
"Meet Miss Ruth Sherwood, from Columbus, Ohio, the Middle of the Universe!"

- Brian Aherne introducing Rosalind Russell in  My Sister Eileen (1942)

vandermolen

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May 01, 2016, 09:18:37 PM
Quote from: Brian on May 01, 2016, 07:03:37 AM
Is the Britten Piano Concerto lesser-known enough? Looking over my listening log, it appears my taste in piano concertos is mainstream. I do think Tchaikovsky 2 is better than Tchaikovsky 1. And Einar Englund's first concerto is a worthy companion to the Prokofiev cycle.

Aho: Concerto No 2
Rautavaara: Concerto No 3
Amirov/Nazirova: Concerto
Englund: Concerto No 1
Szymanowski: Symphony No 4 (#1 choice and an all-time favorite, if it's obscure enough for this thread!)

I don't know why Scion7 is obsessed with posting gratuitous scantily-clad women everywhere, but it does nothing to improve the image of this forum...
Must look out for the Englund - thanks. I admire his music generally, especially his symphonies 1 and 2 but don't know the Piano Concerto.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

Chronochromie

#15
May 02, 2016, 11:25:02 AM
One per composer:

Stravinsky - Concerto for piano and winds
Messiaen - Oiseaux exotiques
Xenakis - Synaphaï
Radulescu - The Quest
Sciarrino - Recitativo oscuro
Dusapin - A Quia

Maestro267

#16
May 05, 2016, 09:56:01 AM
Villa-Lobos: Concerto No. 1
Litolff: Concerto symphonique No. 2 in B minor
Sauer: Concerto in E minor
Penderecki: Concerto, "Resurrection"
Busoni: Concerto in C major
Saint-Saens: Concerto No. 3 in E flat major

The S-S counts because all but No. 2 are lesser-known.

nathanb

#17
May 05, 2016, 04:24:06 PM
Guess this is as good a place to start as any :)

Nono: Como Una Ola De Fuerza Y Luz
Berio: Points On The Curve To Find...
Xenakis: Keqrops
Takemitsu: Asterism
Lachenmann: Ausklang
Steen-Andersen: Piano Concerto

Why six and not ten?

Dax

#18
May 05, 2016, 10:57:52 PM
Quote from: Draško on May 01, 2016, 10:41:15 AM
I'll consider Poulenc and de Falla known well enough.
Nikolai Medtner - Piano Concerto No.2

Is Medtner's 2nd still not well-known? I suppose not. In that case it's top of my list . . .

plus

Pijper
Lambert
Karamanov 3rd
Khachaturian
Orthel 4th Symphony (effectively a concerto)

The new erato

#19
May 06, 2016, 12:22:35 AM
Quote from: nathanb on May 05, 2016, 04:24:06 PM

Why six and not ten?
Because we are such an unpredictable and untrendy lot!
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