Whats a good piano concerto to play?
I’d like to play a piano concerto, my piano teacher recommended the Schumann and Grieg A minor concerto’s but they didn’t really catch my intrest. I’d like to play something powerful. I like most music but I prefer late romantic and later. Any suggestions?
If your teacher thinks you should play the Schumann or the Grieg – both of which are wonderful – then he/she probably thinks you aren’t ready for the heavy artillery of Rachmaninoff or Tchaikovsky or the musical (and technical) demands of the Brahms pair.
The problem with many Romantic piano concertos is the virtuosity. Even the lousy concertos tend to be tough as nails to pull off, which is why you start with the two that are just hard, but also very well-designed and exquisitely lovely.
If you’re sure you want to look at something else, you could try the Mendelssohn concertos, which are fast and furious without being bombastic, and have beautiful moments throughout.
I also highly recommend what others here have said: the Saint-Saens’ 2nd is a terrific whiz-bang piece that’s great fun to play, but be warned, it’s harder than the Schumann or Grieg. His 4th Concerto has the famous « one finger » melody in the last movement, and I really, really like the 5th Concerto a lot. It’s unique, exotic, showy, and underplayed.
A few others: MacDowell has a great concerto, and Anton Rubinstein’s 4th is very attractive, and sounds a little like the pianist is challenging the entire orchestra to a fistfight after the concert.
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto 1 – B Flat Minor
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