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Danny Tan writes:
>I read with great interests, the mountains of violin concerti that has been
>recommended by list members. What about some famous and "not to be missed"
>piano concerti?
Danny lists some favorites, asks for more. Two great nineteenth century
omissions: Schumann and Grieg. Moving to the twentieth century,
Medtner: Two concerti. If you like Rachmaninoff you may like these,
but I don't mean to imply that they are just copies.
Bartok: All three are wonderful, in different ways.
Prokofiev- wrote 5, I believe. The second is a favorite of mine.
The NAxos set has received high praise.
Schoenberg. Yes, THAT Schoenberg. A very powerful work.
Schnittke - Concerto for Piano and Strings
Rautawarra - I have not heard the one just recorded by the dedicatee,
Ashekanozi, but the earlier ones are very good- perhaps his best
work, IMHO.
Busoni- unique- complete with chorus!! If you don't like minimalism,
try this - it is maximalism at work.
Viila Lobos - Choros # 11. A gigantic piano concerto- or is it three
piano concerti? I am indebted to a member of this community, Achim
Breiling, for bringing it to my attention.
Professor Bernard Chasan
Physics Department, Boston University
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