Favorite long piano concerto and why?

[relm1]

Of the longest Piano Concertos, which is your favorite and why?

Busoni (80 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldkNfEq8wT4

Furtwangler (64 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKcirCVQCg8

Lloyd No. 3 (50 minutes):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLs0IJDJEFqEFFYsSa4PtMVcsIfBaAYtVw

what others?

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

Radulescu's colourful, but often quite sombre, piano concerto 'The Quest' is one that immediately springs to mind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c51Wx_MWMVk

Why do I like it? With such large forces and a length at over 50 minutes, Radulescu really is able to spend time exploring small ideas in detail, in an almost meditative way.

[Turner]

Busoni´s hyper-romantic concerto would be my favourite, together with the two Brahms concerti (performance time varying, say between 44-52 mins), and Bax´s fine Symphonic Variations (49 mins), plus Messiaen´s Des Canyons aux Etoiles (82 mins or so). Oh yes, and I really like Silvestrov´s Metamusik (48 mins), in spite of its simplicity.

Am somewhat less enthusiastic about Rubinstein´s 5th (47mins) and Radulescu. Also I don´t remember much from Henze´s 2nd (49mins), except from that there´s a beautiful slow movement and some rather noisy fast movements, or Lloyd´s 3rd. Furtwängler´s has a nice slow movement too.

[ComposerOfAvantGarde]

I haven't heard Henze concertos beyond the ones for violin. Might be something to check out then. 

[Turner]

I didn't know Messiaen's where considered concertos  Pretty much all his orchestral works have solo piano (and mallet) spots, so I kind of assume it's just his common thing to do but if they're considered concertos, than he's at the top 

I think it´s fair to say that it is, in anything but its name - obviously the piano plays a clear concertante role, quite often alone, throughout the work.

[Crudblud]

I would definitely consider Messiaen's orchestral/ensemble works with piano by and large concertante. Turangalîla perhaps not so much, as aside from a few cadenzas it plays more as part of the orchestra than as a soloist (as does the ondes in the better performances), but then Busoni's concerto is written similarly iirc, and there doesn't seem to be much dispute about its status as a concerto.

[Maestro267]

Villa-Lobos' Choros No. 11, for piano and orchestra, is a little over 60 minutes in length.

[vandermolen]

I like the Lloyd PC 3 - reminds me of Khachaturian and has a very memorably theme in the last movement.

[Monsieur Croche]

...plus Messiaen´s Des Canyons aux Etoiles (82 mins or so).

Well-mentioned and TYVM for :-)