Tchaikovsky piano concertos?
Peter Tchaikovsky wrote 3 piano concerto, the first in B-flat minor, which of course is his most famous, the 2nd in G major and the last in E flat major.
From a technical point of view, which is the most difficult to play, which is the second and which is the « easiest » of the three
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Well, none of them is easy! As you probably know, Nikolai Rubinstein (no relation to Artur Rubinstein), on seeing the first first version of the B-flat minor concerto for the first time, declared it ‘unplayable’. Of course, Tchaikovsky did revise it but it’s now one of the war-horses of piano repertoire and by no stretch of the imagination unplayable.
The G major concerto (No 2) is said to be the most difficult. It is also the longest. Without cuts (more on that later), it is well over 40 minutes long, so it’s even more of a test of stamina that the B-flat minor. It is also technically very difficult and a shortened version of it was edited by the Russian pianist and friend of Tchaikovsky Alexander Ziloti (Siloti). However, this version has now fallen out of favour (not that this concerto is performed very much anyway!).
The E-flat major concerto exists commonly as a one-movement work and is the least virtuosic work of the three (and therefore, the least technically challenging). The concerto actually started life as Tchaikovsky’s 7th symphony but he got stuck and decided to remodel it as a piano concerto. The other two movements were fully sketched by Tchaikovsky but his sudden death in November 1893 put paid to any chances of this concerto being finished. He was unhappy with the second two movements decided that it should present it as a single-movement piece.
Don’t forget that there is an attractive Concert Fantasia for piano and orchestra as well which is worth investigating.
Tchaikovsky – violin concerto – Allegro moderato part I
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