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It is one of the easier concertos and is also a wonderful piece of music. The slow movement is quite beautiful and its second subect is actually the main subject of the first movement slightly altered.
- Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor. With 27 to his name, it's a bit tricky to isolate one piano concerto to start with, but no. 24 is as good a place as any.
- Clarinet Concerto in A major. This is probably the most famous of all Mozart's concertos, and the only one he wrote for the clarinet. The piece is probably responsible for the clarinet still being so popular today, seeing as it was a fairly young instrument at the time with little repertoire.
- Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major. Yep, it's that one with the bouncy-sounding finale. While the final movement of this horn concerto might get all the attention, there's plenty more to explore in the first two movements as well.
- Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major. Incredibly, Mozart wasn't even 20 years old when he wrote this concerto. The violin is firmly centre stage and you get to really appreciate how clever Mozart’s melodies were without all the orchestral stuff getting in the way.
For a long time relatively neglected, Mozart's piano concertos are recognised as among his greatest achievements. They were championed by Donald Tovey in his Essay on the Classical Concerto in 1903, and later by Cuthbert Girdlestone and Arthur Hutchings in 1940 (originally published in French) and 1948, respectively.
- Kabalevsky Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Major (First Movement) a huge fan of the Kabalevsky piano concerto. It’s written D major, so it’s a fairly easy key signature to process for young pianists.
- Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 In G Major (First Movement) This piano concerto has a much lighter character than Kabalevsky’s and to a degree might be considered even easier.
- Haydn Piano Concerto No. 11 In D Major Concerto (Second Movement) second movement of the Haydn piano concerto No. 11 is a great starter piano concerto.
- Bach Piano Concerto No. 5 In F Minor BWV 1056. you are seeking out a short piano concerto, then look no further than the Bach Concerto In F minor. Just like Haydn’s concerto, it was also originally written for harpsichord.
- 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.
Mozart Piano Concertos, compositions by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart not only numerous in quantity and excellent in quality but also standing very early in the existence of the genre and, indeed, of the piano itself. Mozart’s 27 concerti for solo piano and orchestra, composed between 1767, when he was.
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Jun 5, 2020 · Here's a quick rundown of some of the major sets of Mozart piano concertos. Each offers good to great playing and good to great engineering, but there are some important differences that are...
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