If You Had To Be Stuck On An Island W/One Piano Concerto...

[Alan Howe]

Regrettably, the Perreur-Lloyd PC to which Joe refers lies beyond the stylistic bounds of UC. Not a very 'grateful' composition anyway. I greatly prefer Townley in C minor!!

[J Joe Townley]

I cannot locate the unknown concerto by Moszkowski. All that turns up is his Opus 59. If you had a link to a recording, that would be great, thanks much.   

[Alan Howe]

Joe: you may like to follow this previous thread:
http://www.unsungcomposers.com/forum/index.php/topic,1933.0.html

[J Joe Townley]

>>>>>Regrettably, the Perreur-Lloyd PC to which Joe refers lies beyond the stylistic bounds of UC. Not a very 'grateful' composition anyway. I greatly prefer Townley in C minor!!

@ Alan: Thank you so much, Alan. I have a "real" fan of the concerto now. If you happen to have...oh....a million friends and acquaintances or so, please pass the concerto along to them ;-)

Re the Moszowski. It appears to be just rumor now. Nothing material. We shall wait and hope.

[Alan Howe]

No, it's not rumour. Do look at my previous post and follow the link, Joe.

And I do genuinely like your PC 2 and hope to hear it performed and/or recorded one day.

[jerfilm]

Moszkowski E Major is my first choice.  And sorry, Scharwenka fans, but a close second is his 3rd......

Jerry

[Revilod]

If Medtner's concertos still count as unsung, then it would have to be his third.

[Gounod21]

I agree with jerfilm, but in reverse order of choice: Scharwenka 3 (a masterpiece of cyclic compression, and melodic beauty)and then Moszkowski(E major!) for poignancy, beautiful, idiomatic piano writing and a bitter-sweetness,a  sort of "it must be so" I cannot (quite) put into words!(the end of the finale, with its despairing slow theme followed by a perfunctory ending). Steve

[Derek Hughes]

Hummel A minor.

[jerfilm]

Yes, Steve, and the romp in the Finale ALWAYS gives me goosebumps......

Jerry

[Gounod21]

Yes, a sort of sad romp, despite everything type romp lol; I like a good (musical!) romp; that's why I love Ponti, eg in finale of the Raff PC

[semloh]

Thank goodness I will never actually be stuck on an island with just one piano concerto! Whichever  I chose, I would always regret not choosing a different one. 

[jerfilm]

Yes, that really IS a dreadful thought.  Only one piece of each genre.  Gives me a headache even to think about it......

J

[Dave]

I'm picking Zygmunt Stojowski's Piano Concerto no. II. It's an amazing piece and the theme et variations last movement is among the best written.
I agree with the Svetlanov and Medtner (Third Concerto) mentioning.

[LateRomantic75]

Man, tough choice between Atterberg, Bortkiewicz 1, Alnaes, and Medtner 2 and 3. They're all equally fantastic works in my opinion. The first three have tunes and bravura that give Rachmaninoff a run for his money and the two Medtner have a melancholic depth that is very moving.