Your Favorite Mozart Piano Concertos

[USMC1960s]

Your top 5 or 10. How many you list is not important to me, I would like to know which are your favorites.

Thanks very much, in advance.

[Ken B]

Your top 5 or 10. How many you list is not important to me, I would like to know which are your favorites.

Thanks very much, in advance.

Most. 

In a pinch, 23, 24, 20, 21.

[TheGSMoeller]

Now here's a real poll. We should follow this one with favorite Top 5 Fav Mozart Works!

But for PCs...

9 "Jeunehomme", 20*, 22**, 23,

*Features arguably the greatest of any movements given the title Romance
**Features arguably the greatest movement from anything Mozart ever composed.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Boringly conventional list from me: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 27

**Features arguably the greatest movement from anything Mozart ever composed.

Which of the 3 superb mvts. of #22 are you referring to here?

[TheGSMoeller]

Boringly conventional list from me: 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 & 27

Which of the 3 superb mvts. of #22 are you referring to here?

Hmm...Ill go with the 3rd mvt. 

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Hmm...Ill go with the 3rd mvt. 

If I had to name a single greatest mvt. from the late Mozart PCs, I'd probably go with the slow mvt. of #23 (which is also the only piece he ever wrote in F# minor).

But hey...that's just me 

[Brian]

Is it bad that I know I love 22, 23, 25, and one of 26 or 27 dearly, but can never remember which is which? No such problem with 20, 21, and 24, though of those three, I think only 20 and 21 would make my top five. Question is trying to remember which three of the others make it.

I really need to spend some time with that glorious Robert Casadesus box which dominated my listening back in 2012.

[amw]

9, 15, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27
(or, if you prefer: 271, 450, 453, 466, 467, 482, 488, 491, 503, 595)

In order of favourites it would be 27, 15, 17, 25, 24 and then the rest. Probably.

I would say 27 is not only my favourite Mozart piano concerto but also my favourite work by Mozart period. That said, the existence of the String Quintet K. 516 poses somewhat of a challenge to that statement.

[Jo498]

K 491 c minor
K 453 G major
K 271 E flat major
K 482 E flat major
K 499 A major
K 595 B flat major
K 466 d minor
K 459 F major
K 456 B flat major
K 503 C major

It would be easier to list the ones I don't much care for: K 537, the double/triple concertos, K 413, K 451, the early ones, of the first three my favorite is K 175 but K 271 is so much better than the early stuff, that one can almost skip them.
I am also not as fond of the famous K 467 as most other people seem to be.

[king ubu]

KV 491, easily - the other minor one (KV 466) is dear to me as well, but all in the 460 to 491 range are, generally I guess the higher the KV number, the dearer to me ...

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I haven't listened to much Mozart but I do love 5, 6, 7, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23 and 27. 22 and 16 are probably my two favourites at the moment.

[Florestan]

I love all of them, and I mean all, but 9, 20, 21, 24 and 25 are the top 5 for me.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

all

does that include 1-4?

[Florestan]

does that include 1-4?

Yep.They're not very original, I know, but peaches nonetheless.

[Jo498]

1-4 are literally not very original as they are pastiches of pieces by other composers (sonatas or whatnot) the child Mozart turned into concerto movements, probably as some kind of exercise.

[Florestan]

1-4 are literally not very original as they are pastiches of pieces by other composers (sonatas or whatnot) the child Mozart turned into concerto movements, probably as some kind of exercise.

Right. But the genius child turned everything he touched into gold. 

[Sergeant Rock]

I'm with Florestan...love 'em all but keeping my list to five.

17 G major K.453
20 D minor K.466
21 C major K.467
22 E flat K.482
25 C major K.503

Bonus movement: the Adagio in F sharp minor of 23

Sarge

[North Star]

I'm with Florestan...love 'em all but keeping my list to five.

Bonus movement: the Adagio in F sharp minor of 23

Sarge

Yeah, right. 0:)

20, 22, 23, 24, 27

[Wanderer]

Top 5*:

15
20
21
22
24

-continuing for the top 10*:

5
6
9
16
23

-continuing for the top 15*:

17
18
25
26
27


*(not in order of preference)

[Sergeant Rock]

Top 5*:

-continuing for the top 10*:


-continuing for the top 15*:

Why stop there? Give us your Top 27! 

Sarge