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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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 Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:04 pm
Who's the resident expert?
I agree with Wings. Chopin's Piano Concertos, while very lovely, are often just the soloist playing with a bit of strings underneath.
If you're asking who wrote the best Piano Concertos, from a purely analytical view point, I would say Mozart. He wrote great Concertos. However, Brahms also wrote two incredible works, Schumann one and Grieg one - just to name a couple. And then Rachmaninoff wrote 4 great ones (but only the 2nd and 3rd are held in really high regard).
So, I think that the best Concertos were written by Mozart. The best Piano Concertos of his are probably the no. 20, no. 21, no. 23, no. 24, no. 26, no. 27...Especially 20, 23 and 24...But all of them are beautiful!
However, a lot of people do think that Brahms' were better. I disagree.
By the way, please don't mix this up with my favourite Concertos. I love the Chopin Concertos, and my absolute favourite is Rachmaninoff's 3rd.
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 6:54 pm
Yes, who's the resident expert?
I agree with both of you as well. I was just curious to see that you [le aristocrat] didn't mention any of the impressionistic concertos.. er.. just Ravel's. :3
As stated, I don't like his left handed concerto, but his G major concerto, i think has a magnificent quality to it that it's actually far better than some of Mozarts. (In my opinion, of course)
With my weak knowledge of theory, that's all what I can say.
I just killed my own topic.
Sad .
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Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 10:42 pm
I was refering to Le Aristocrat, actually, since he is the one among us who pays more attention to structures of pieces. XD
Speaking of concertos, in collab piano class today, I was assigned to play the piano accompaniment of Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto No. 2. I'm hearing a bit of it on YouTube right now...it sounds terrific! I can't wait to start working on this next term. ^_^
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:08 am
Aw! *feels honoured*
Ah, but you said structurally, and if you're looking for musical perfection, it's usually Mozart that pops up as having written flawless Concertos. Ravel's Concerto in G is wonderful, but it isn't as structurally magnificent as the later Mozart Concertos.
@Wings: *goes to listen to Bottesini...*
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 8:28 am
Hehe. *not interested in the Bottesini concerto* XD
Wait, you consider late Mozart concertos from ... 19 or 20? neutral
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 7:11 am
[Asian Trix] Hehe. *not interested in the Bottesini concerto* XD Wait, you consider late Mozart concertos from ... 19 or 20? neutral Actually, from earlier than that...I would say that the great piano concertos of Mozart are the final 13 - from the no. 14 in E flat to the no. 27 in B flat. Those are all written in his so called "late" period, I think.
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Le Aristocrat Vice Captain
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Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 8:22 pm
Oh, I see.
For this year's Christmas recital, me and my brother are playing from Rachmaninoff's 6 Morceaux, No. 6, Slava. It's SO beautiful. Unfortunately, I get the Secondo part.. as usual. D: Only because my brother's graduating, most likely.
smile You should listen to it! I don't even think it sounds like Rachmaninoff that much. (well, to me it doesn't.) XD
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