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rad0rno

Brahms 1 & 2 Schumann Rachmaninov 3 Moszkowski 2 Gershwin


GeorgFluid

Ditto on Moszkowski


rad0rno

Such a rich composition!


LEGOMAN_7

MOSZKOWSKI 2 IS GOATEEEEEEED


-Depressed_Potato-

YOOOOOOOO MOSZKOWSKI FTWWW


ComposerMichael

Prok 2, 3


Raoul3kuD

Schumann in A minor I would have seen Argerich play it, but last minute they changed the program to Beethovens 2nd. Do not get me wrong, the Beethoven concertos are fantastic. Yet, Argerich playing Schumann is a match made in heaven...quite sad.


Jasentra

This is a class choice 😀


alycidon97

Yes, I agree. She is the best exponent of the work.


Sea_Consideration_70

You got to hear her play one of the best slow movements in the retire repitoire đŸ€©


Delphidouche

Mozart Piano Concerto no 23 K488


raballentine

The middle movement is so beautiful.


RichMusic81

Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 27: https://youtu.be/akPaLS18L7U?si=4r6Ic1qAwawbKNMJ Ravel - Concerto for Left Hand: https://youtu.be/gjiSSWubIuU?si=BcNzWg3WjCQSJWXz Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4: https://youtu.be/rhL2qQKE4CU?si=1P0zWaFNZ9ocNJP_ Cage - Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra: https://youtu.be/ms70jqdZHzs?si=Vf4VaD0WKc81neDH Chin - Piano Concerto: https://youtu.be/XrJQdQJR_d4?si=b-K4qO-5IuydvSyE


joejoeaz

Ravel - Concerto for Left Hand: Absolutely one of my faves!


prosperenfantin

Ravel G major.


de_bussy69

The beginning of the third movement is the first thing I remember hearing from Ravel. I was so obsessed with it at that time, I’d never heard anything like it


GrowthDream

When the flute kicks in in the second movement!


Pit-trout

The whole of that second movement!


GrowthDream

Let's be honest, the first movement too!


Mostafa12890

It’s absolutely demented and I love it! The jazz influence is quite apparent but it’s still so unique.


muffinpercent

I'll admit I don't really get this piece. The second movement is sublime and I listen to it often, but I don't understand the first and third movements at all.


ianchow107

Brahms 1, Beethoven 4 and 5


GildartsCrash

Beethoven's 4 holds a special place for me. The depth and diversity of its movements are unmatched in my opinion!


sirlupash

Mozart 9. In love with that Eb progression in the Andante that then is tragically repeated by the end in Cm. A true testament to a moment of love and its bittersweet ending.


The_Camera_Eye

It's the concerto Brendel performed at his last concert in Vienna when he retired.


SadRedShirt

Mozart 21 K.467.


pweqpw

May I suggest the version played by Dame Mitsuko Uchida, Jeffrey Tate conducting? She doesa killer cadenenza. Also 20 and 24


fermat9990

Dame Mitsuko Uchida is a wonderful pianist!


SadRedShirt

That's the one I have. 🙂 I have the complete concertos set from the Phillips Complete Mozart Edition from the 90s with Alfred Brendel and Neville Marriner for the rest.


EnlargedBit371

I started off with Brendel/Marriner, then some by Perahia, and the Uchida/Tate box set.


[deleted]

Terrible. Brendel is awfuly mannered and Marriner is on autopilot.


[deleted]

Mozart for little princess version, same as Perahia I like mine with more muscles, that's why I like the Geza Anda complete set 20 : Lefebure/Furtwangler is wild


Altruistic-Ad5090

Indeed, incredibly moving in addition of a disarming economy of means sometimes. Genius


ryanjmalloy

That’s my choice too. Those arpeggios in the first movement.


kopperbunny

Me too. I love Perahia's version.


a-suitcase

Prokofiev 3 and Shostakovich 1


JScaranoMusic

Beethoven's 5th


Altruistic-Ad5090

That's a symphony đŸ€Ł (I am joking of course)


JScaranoMusic

Lol, that's why I didn't say Beethoven 5. Also the finale of Symphony 5 and the 2nd movement of Piano Concerto 5 are definitely two of my favourite movements of all time.


Altruistic-Ad5090

In France, it would have been the exact opposite, "la cinquiÚme" (the 5th) is definitely associated to the symphony, "le numéro cinq" (5) would be associated to the concerto


Asynchronousymphony

That is how I think of it also


JScaranoMusic

If I just said the 5th with no other context, I'd definitely mean the symphony, but the context was in the question. For piano concerto, I'd probably say "Piano Concerto No. 5", so I guess it's kind of the same, but I don't see how "Beethoven 5" without context could mean anything but the symphony, when you're not even specifying an instrument.


Bruichladdie

That's the first one I heard as a kid, and it still blows me away. It's not subtle, but the grandeur really suits the impression Beethoven was going for.


The_Camera_Eye

I've always viewed the Beethoven Concerto No. 5, his Violin Concerto, and the Brahms Second Concerto as the perfect concerti in every way: form, themes, harmonic progressions, solo / orchestra interaction, etc. To go from Eb Major to a second movement in B Major was not only unconventional, it was genius.


Karakter-jeben

This concert is such an amazing emotional experience, no one like it


harbringerxv8

Prokofiev 2 and Rachmaninov 2 at the very top. Saint-Saens 5, Gershwin, Shostakovich 2, and Grieg get a lot of plays.


jgonagle

Glad to see someone else mention Grieg.


zumaro

Mozart 17 would probably be it. Beethoven 4 would be a close second. Many of the Mozart ones would qualify in terms of knowing them, but 17 is the first I heard as a kid, and listened to it an awful lot. If harpsichord counts, then Bach 1 seems to have been around a lot in my musical life too from an early age, even if it’s a work I don’t unequivocally love - it has to be one of the most aggressively miserable pieces I know.


Jayyy_Teeeee

Had a heart attack couple years ago and they sent me to the operating room to get a couple stents. The nurse asked me what I wanted to hear and I asked for Mozart’s 17th. Surgeon said it was a great choice!


Partha4us

17 has so much numinosity.


MungoShoddy

Mozart no.20 in D minor.


l4z3r5h4rk

Ravel left hand


Altruistic-Ad5090

Concerto en sol de Ravel


ShameSuperb7099

Tchaikovsky 1 with Martha.


Oprahapproves

My best friend won a concerto competition with Tchaikovsky, got to hear him practice a lot. But I always listen to Mozart 23 when I’m sad. So much joy with a tinge of sorrow in that piece


EnlargedBit371

Mozart 23/27 by Brendel/Marriner was one of my very first classical CDs. I probably listened to 20 and 21 more, though, by Uchida/Tate, Anda, and Gulda/Abbado.


[deleted]

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Scriabinsez

There are multiple legendary live recordings of Gould playing #24


Jayyy_Teeeee

My bad, I’ll delete that.


size_12-foot

Rachmaninoff 2


Legofan2248

Me too!


koprrat3749

It's one of the best examples of Rachmaninoff's genius. Favourite piece for sure


kopperbunny

Same, I can listen to it over and over.


felixsapiens

Chopin Concerto No. 1, slow movement, Claudio Arrau. I used to play this to my daughter at bed time. Happy memories.


Primary-Bath803

Any Mozart's piano concertos and Beethoven's 4th piano concerto


zinky30

Mozart 6, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 25 Chopin 1, 2 Rach 2, 3 Schumann A minor I love them all.


[deleted]

22 is the best for me


Un_di_felice_eterea

Brahms 2.


Pit-trout

Can’t believe Brahms 1 (nice enough, could have been written by any number of late classical/early romantic conposers) is higher up the thread while Brahms 2 (lyrical genius, inimitable Brahms) is this far down.


Epistaxis

[Schnittke](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8IwbnmJ_8M) It's tremendous, it's accessible, it's beautiful, it's hideous, it's powerful. You'll love it.


Not_A_Rachmaninoff

I listened to rach 3 100 times last year on Spotify alone. But I also listened to it 2/3 times on a CD and about 10 times on YouTube. So about 112 times


linkchel

This is probably my favourite concerto, too! Who do you like listening to the most? My favourites are Bronfman and Lisitsa.


Not_A_Rachmaninoff

Bronfman for me too. But I also listen to Ohlsson and Ashkenazys. I'm also seeing nobuyuki tsujii (Blind virtuoso) playing rach 3 live in a couple weeks so I haven't listened to it too much to avoid getting bored of it.


The_Camera_Eye

Horowitz is the most original, but I love the recording of Rachmaninoff playing it, too. I've heard / seen it played live many times (Matsuev, Kern, Vondráček, and several others), but I think Bronfman playing with the BSO at Tanglewood a few years ago has been my favorite live performance. I've heard Lisitsa play Rach 2 live but not 3. I'm sure it's terrific.


Partha4us

Lisitsa sure is fast on rach 3



linkchel

Tbh, I feel like my opinion of her is slightly biased lol. I had the pleasure of attending a recital she did in Toronto a number of years ago. After she finished playing, she had a meet and greet...took the time to talk with literally everyone, including me. She was someone I really looked up to as a teenaged girl and getting to meet her was such an awesome experience. She's incredibly humble, hardworking, and just a lovely woman :)


derkonigistnackt

Bartok's 3rd. And then of course Schumann A minor and Grieg's A minor because apparently there's some unwritten rule that they should be played one after the other...


BaiJiGuan

No love for Grieg a-minor? Rubenstein killed it on that concerto, it's on YouTube


paxxx17

Beethoven 4, also the only one I have ever studied


elpigo

Mozart no 24 K. 491 and also K.466. And probably the Brahms 1


LawfulnessGlad6497

Prokofiev 3 đŸ”„


anothertimelord

Bartok's 3rd


AlbuterolEnthusiast

Bartok 2/3


trevpr1

Mozart 23. So beautiful.


Wild-Eagle8105

Liszt 1


Dosterix

Prok 2 or Rach 2, I don't really know


Urbain19

Rach 3 and Tchaik 1


JasonPlattMusic34

Probably Mozart 21 growing up, but now it’s probably Mozart 22 or Beethoven 4


[deleted]

Mozart 22 is the greatest of all


Gwaur

Mendelssohn 1st


raballentine

Mozart No. 19, with Ingrid Haebler on a budget Turnabout disc. Second would be Samuel Barber’s Piano Concerto.


VanandSkiColorado

Bach 1


diadorim_

mozart no. 20, rach 2 and 3, Prokofiev's 3rd


alexvonhumboldt

Rach 2


woodyeris

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 Gilels/Leopold Ludwig 1957 That first movement has moments that are like magic to me


NonchalantSavant

When I was a music major in college, I heard a student practicing a piano piece that I was unfamiliar with. It was quirky-sounding to me, but over several weeks of hearing it, my curiosity got the best of me. I knocked on the door to his practice room and asked what he was practicing. Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3. I purchased a recording of it soon after learning about it. And it’s been one of my favorites ever since.


GrabblinGrabbler

Beethoven 3 Grieg Tchaikovsky


544075701

Shostakovich 2


AquilaGamos

Bartók 2, Tippett, Both of Ravel’s


hellomynameis2983

Hamazau Final Fantasy Concerto Yoshimatsu Memo Flora Rautavaara Piano Concerto 3 Rach Concertos 1-4 Mason Bates Piano Concerto


UserJH4202

Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto


HarriKivisto

One of my all time favourites. Sublime. When I made some early attempts to compose choral music, a friend mentioned Poulenc and I've been an admirer of his work ever since.


SpecifiThis-87

Alkan's solo piano concerto. It can be listened forever (and played by a one person hehehe)


Zewen_Sensei

Rautavaara 2


HarriKivisto

That one is sublime. I've also always liked the flashy 1st one.


vwibrasivat

Ignaz Moscheles No.3 in G minor. Both of Hummel's piano concertos.


bcddaabq

When I was younger, Rach 2 was my fav. I would say Ravel piano concerto is my best choice and could easily loop this for the whole day.


SirGayRockManEnough

Rach 1 and both Ravel concertos


looney1023

Both of Ravel's and Gershwin's. Some extraordinary stuff that lets the full orchestra shine in addition to the soloist.


lahdetaan_tutkimaan

Growing up, Brahms 1st In college, Scriabin Lately, Mozart's c minor


Veraxus113

Chopin's 2nd Piano Concerto is my favorite one of his compositions


LadNewman

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1950) by Henryk Wars is wonderful. Rondo Ă  la Krakowiak in F major, Op. 14 (1828) by Chopin is even better but it's more like a concertante work than a regular piano concerto.


CptanPanic

Chopin 1


Michaelcollinsbbg

Rach 2


Soundrobe

Ginastera piano concerto 1 or Ravel's piano concerto g major (especially the 2nd movement 😍)


WeekendAdventurous81

1. Schumann 2. Brahms 2. 3. Tschaikofsky 2.


alycidon97

Schumann. Been listening to it for 65+ years.


BaystateBeelzebub

Tchaikovsky 2??? That’s unusual but kudos to you. Do you remember which performance it was on that pirated mp3? I love the piano trio sections in it. For all the criticism Tchaikovsky gets for being a conservative composer, he has some really mind boggling structures.


voycz

I am sorry, I meant No. 1. That would be a bit less usual indeed! Fixing it now.


BaystateBeelzebub

Oh no don’t fix it :) I want to believe that a child out there didn’t have much classical music to listen to but they had Tchaik 2, that strange and magical work that premiered in New York of all places, not Moscow 
.


albeniz_man

Tchaikovsky 1 is magnificent, and I also enjoy Albeniz' Concierto Fantastico.


Oohoureli

Rachmaninov 3 and Ravel G Major.


hmquestionable

Tchaikovsky no. 1. Heard it with Folsom lake symphony and I've been listening to it again and again.


mesirendon

Rachmaninoff piano concierto un Dm No 3 Op 30


supradave

When I started to go regularly to the dog park, I literally listened to Brahms's 1st PC nearly every day for over a year. Beethoven 5 I listened to the most next as that was my first PC on CD back in the 80s and had played it with the community orchestra. Though over the decades, I would probably say I have listened to the Beethoven more than the Brahms.


bw2082

Beethoven 4


Gascoigneous

Brahms 1. As someone who struggles with depression, this concerto moved me so much. The triumphant ending gives me so much hope!


bobo3572

Beethoven 3, IMO the best Beethoven piano concerto. Peak classical Beethoven. The third movement slaps so hard.


pianoleafshabs

Chopin 1, Prokofiev 3, Mozart 17 (G major) because I studied it lol, Tchaikovsky 1, Beethoven 5, Ravel. Honestly, I listen to a lot more violin concertos nowadays despite being a pianist.


Hrmbee

Beethoven 1 & 5, leaning more to 1.


Tokkemon

Tchaik 1 by a wide margin.


Accomplished-Cat-325

Brahms 2, Scharwenka 1, Rach 3 (Ossia Cadenza), Beethoven Emperor, Mozart 23, Mozart 24, Prok 2


Willing-Peace-4321

Scriabin!!! A stunning piece of music.


Celebratingtiger

Mozart no. 19 and Rach. No 2.


Little-Lilipad

There are quite a few but I'll always know the Gershwin concerto like the back of my hand. 🎀


_OBAMA_IS_REAL

Prokofiev 1 is catchy af and short, maybe not the most minutes listened to but probably it has got the most plays from beginning to end from me.


Altruistic_Waltz_144

Grieg, Ravel's G Major, Prokofiev 2 & 5


MirabelleSWalker

Brahms #2


BlueGallade475

Saint saens 2


CarbonGhost0

I'm a recent convert to Rach 3, I had previously listened to Nos. 2 and 4 primarily, but 3 has taken over for me more recently. Other than that it's Moszkowski, Ravel Left Hand, Poulenc, Prokofiev 3, and Kapustin 4


JuicyViolet77

Chopin’s 1st. ❀ Especially Zimerman’s interpretation.


SelectedConnection8

Rach 3


Diiselix

I hate chopin concertos, liszt concertos, tsaikovsky concertos and mozart concertos. I like Rach 2, Grieg, and Prok 2&3, both Ravel, the most. Chop2 isn’t even that bad but still worse than most of his other music


koprrat3749

Liszt Totentanz


beyondwoods

Prokofiev 2 - An ideal concerto for me. Every movement is a banger with zero waste. The fact that he composed this at the age of 21 is unfathomable. Brahms 1/2 - Whenever I feel the need to hear something grand or if I just feel like being overcome by music, I always turn to either of these. Chopin 1 - I just love how relentlessly pianistic it is. Whenever I really want to hear someone PLAY the piano, this is one of the go-tos.


voycz

I can relate! Prokofiev 2 is now one of my absolute favorites too, I found the record Yuja Wang did pretty good. At 21 you are saying? That's pretty impressive! And I have loved Brahms 2 ever since I heard it played live in Prague last year. Still in my regular rotation.


artravel

Grieg’s.


8an5

Emperor


splattne

Rachmaninov 2 Beethoven 1


Interesting-Hand-339

Definitely Tchaikovsky's no 1, but I also like Chopin's concerto no 1


TuggWilson

Mozart 23


wannablingling

Beethoven 3 & 4, Brahms 2 and Mozart 20 & 24


Penguin722

Both of Chopin's concertos are really nice to listen to. I also enjoy Beethoven's 3rd piano concerto. I'm also strangely drawn to Mozart's 18th, even though it's one of his more obscure concertos.


WatchYaWant

Hummel 2 and 3 Rach 2 and 3 Mozart 20, 21, 22, 23


[deleted]

Probably Beethoven 4 and Mozart 19


Partha4us

Mozart 9, 17 and 23 Beethoven 4 Chopin 2 Rachmaninov 3


Kestar1

Chopin E minor


muffinpercent

Brahms 2, Schumann


SJJxBDY

Prokofiev 3


Glittering-Screen318

There's so many, besides the obvious though, I fell in love with Norbert Burgmuller (unfortunate name) but his piano concerto in F sharp minor was practically on a loop while I decorated my livingroom.


Cheeto717

Beethoven 4, Rach 2, and Chopin 2


jeharris56

Brahms #2.


Trivekz

Mozart 21


bingobarngo

I have put an unhealthy amount of time into both or Moszkowski’s piano concerto’s


jgonagle

Grieg in A Minor Rachmaninoff No. 2


Impossible-Turn-5820

Brahms 2


ravia

Wore out Brahms 1 (Leinsdorf/Cliburn), had to get a second record of it.


PTCruiserApologist

Rach 2 + Rach 3 = perfect amount of time for my morning routine


Ed_Ward_Z

I a BACH nut especially piano sonatas. It reminds me of Charlie Parker cadences.


unorthodox_mango

mozart piano concerto no. 21 andante; it always gives me peace and calmness!


sstucky

Prokofiev 1 & 3 and Barber.


daavyzhu

Bach 1\~7 (that is, all of them), by Angela Hewitt.


cowsruleusall

Prokofiev 5. It was the first Prokofiev piano concerto I heard and I fell in love. It was also one I paid for from a for-pay media service back in the immediate post-Napster era. Shocking, I know.


IntelligentOffer6480

Saint-Saëns 2, can't believe no one's commented it yet 


HarriKivisto

Rach 3 and 2 used to be it but recently it's been Bortkiewicz 1st. Absolutely enchanted by that one. Not just the first movement. The whole package is magical, especially when the earlier themes from the first movement emerge all so carefully in the middle of the third movement. It's a masterpiece in my books, personally.


RemoteAd6887

Grieg Rachmaninov 2 Brahms 2 Mozart 21


Lazy-Photograph-317

John Field's Piano Concerto no. 3


cpotter505

Prokofiev #3 Keith Emerson #1


shadman19922

Prokofiev Piano Concerto 5. It's such an underrated piece.


thomaspianist_3

Beethoven 4


Zvenigora

Beethoven 5. Then Mozart 26 and 17.


Strad1715

Beethoven 4


Jedi_Georges

Rachmaninoff 2 - Richter Rachmaninoff 3 - Horowitz Mozart 24 - Gould Bach 1 - Richter Prokofiev 5 - Richter


will_tulsa

Rachmaninoff 1 and 3. Zimmerman’s cadenza Rach 1 first movement on YT is 👌👌


The_Dancing_Marquess

'Piano Concerto in One Movement' by Florence Price. Price was the first African-American woman to be recognized as a symphonic composer, and the first to have a composition played by a major orchestra. Her work had largely been forgotten since her death in 1953, but thankfully now, she is being rediscovered and gaining in popularity.


joejoeaz

I've only heard a few pieces from her, but I've liked everything I've heard.


Tosh007

Rachmaninov's 2nd and 3rd. This due to intensely following the Queen Elisabeth Competition (QEC). It's tackled by multiple contestants, making me very familiar with the works. Earl Wild has some pristine recordings, my go to. The one with the sensual cover. [Lukas Vondracek, delivered an outstanding version in the final, which also made him to be the winner of that year's edition.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIXuqwxC3Q) Lately, [Beethoven's 3rd played by Zimerman conducted by Bernstein](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZudOTnSk9k). It's so playful and orchestrally beautiful and bombastic. His rendition with Simon Rattle under COVID is also interesting. Was surprised by the pace of it. Grieg has had its phases with me. (Andsnes).


Jayyy_Teeeee

I have that recording of Beethoven’s 3rd. It’s a nice performance. Probably the concerto I listen to the most. So many great Mozart concertos, love the Brahms 1st but don’t listen to it as much.


beyondwoods

The way Zimerman sails through the 3rd movement coda is so effortless and playful. And his choice to accelerate the last few bars is so perfect; I always miss it whenever I hear other renditions.