Luis Hernández Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Rautavaara's third. "Gift of Dreams". A master piece where the composer creates different superimposed layers or atmospheres, and where tonal and dissonance live together. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkho Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Hard to pick just one but I would go with Mozart's Piano Concerto no. 20 in D minor, one of the few examples of a concerto where I love every movement. Mozart is at his best when he composes in minor keys and strays into Romanticism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Boyd Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I have always been fond of Chopin's concerto's. He did not write much orchestral music which makes those masterpieces all the more wonderous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterthePapercomPoser Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 Finale has a very expressive second theme that is orchestrated cacophenously later on (and it sounds very unique to me harmonically - this happens at around the 29 minute mark): Edited December 16, 2020 by PaperComposer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tónskáld Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Rachmaninoff's 4th, a bit different from his previous three, but rich in harmony and dissonance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seni-G Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) My favorites have always been Rachmaninov's second, and the Emperor Concerto by Beethoven (happy 250th!). Edited December 18, 2020 by Seni-G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theodore Servin Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) I honestly can't list any one piano concerto as my favorite, as I keep finding more that mesmerize me. I love the Beethoven, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff concertos, but most musical people will immediately name those ones. Perhaps I can give my favorite underrated piano concerto. For now, it is Kurt Atterberg's Piano Concerto in B-flat minor. Atterberg's Concerto is a uniquely beautiful Scandinavian piece, full of creative and magical moments, and which to me defies most comparison, though one can hear influences of Blues music, as well as Tchaikovsky like motifs, especially in the last movement. It is a very creative work, which still managed to remain fresh without feeling the need to submerge itself in modernism. Edited December 18, 2020 by Theodore Servin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderart Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Khatchaturian's piano concerto, Tchaikovsky's 1st piano concerto, Beethoven't 1st and 4th piano concertos, and Brahms' 1st piano concerto are some of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aMusicComposer Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 Picking one favourite is an impossible task! One that I like very much is Ravel's Piano Concerto in G: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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