Search results
Sep 13, 2021 · Pianist Franz Rummel and the New York Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Damrosch performed its Carnegie Hall premiere in 1892. Listen to Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 No. 3: R. Schumann’s Piano Concerto in A Minor (187 performances)
- Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2. This colossus of the piano repertoire topped the annual Classic FM Hall of Fame for the first time in 2001 and hasn’t strayed far since, reaching that No.1 spot an impressive eight times so far, since the chart began in 1996.
- Beethoven – Piano Concerto No.5 (‘Emperor’) We all know you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but in this case you absolutely can: Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No.5 absolutely lives up to its imperial nickname.
- Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor. The great Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg only completed one piano concerto during his lifetime, and it has become one of the most recognised in the world (thanks, in part, to the iconic comedy sketch by Morecambe and Wise, and the late André Previn).
- Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No.2. Shostakovich himself downplayed this concerto, saying it had “no redeeming artistic merits”, but audiences have always begged to differ.
At 12, Cliburn won a statewide piano competition, which led to his debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra. He entered the Juilliard School in New York City at 17 and studied under Rosina Lhévinne, who trained him in the tradition of the great Russian romantics.
People also ask
What is the Best Piano Concerto?
Who wrote the most popular piano concertos?
Who wrote the Piano Concerto in a minor?
Who played Beethoven's 'Emperor Concerto'?
Feb 22, 2024 · 65. Yunchan Lim performing Chopin’s complete piano études at Carnegie Hall on Wednesday. Chris Lee. By Zachary Woolfe. Feb. 22, 2024. Yunchan Lim. NYT Critic’s Pick. It was that rare occasion on...
- Jessica Duchen
- 21 min
- Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 – and No. 5 too. Composers have been trying to beat Beethoven for 200 years. Few succeed. Choosing the best of his five piano concertos is an unenviable task – and so I suggest both his Fourth and Fifth concertos as equal crowning glories of the repertoire.
- Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2. Come on, don’t be mean – this concerto is perfect. It’s almost impossible to fault one page, one phrase, one note in one of the greatest piano concertos.
- Mozart: Piano Concerto In C Minor, K491. Mozart’s 27 piano concertos comprise the largest body of piano concertos that are regularly heard in concert halls, although (scandalously) a relatively small handful are regularly performed.
- Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1. This concerto took two different forms – symphony, then two-piano sonata – before settling down as a concerto. It was profoundly affected by the fate of Robert Schumann.
Feb 9, 2018 · The pianist Leif Ove Andsnes performing Britten’s overlooked Piano Concerto with Antonio Pappano and the New York Philharmonic. Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times. New York...
Noted for its classic, lavish interior and superior acoustics, it had played host to the New York Philharmonic and to many celebrity performers including Charles Dickens, who delivered readings of his works there in 1867 (to a sold-out house). It was the place to experience Steinway Pianos in New York. In 1877, audience even witnessed a ...
