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The piano concerto emerged from the 18th century keyboard concerto as a display vehicle for the new instrument - the fortepiano, and the new breed of virtuoso pianist-composers who wrote concertos for their own use. Mozart took the form to heights never dreamed off by his contemporaries, and his 27 concertos paved the way for the piano concertos of the next 100 years. Some of the works of by his contemporaries could be performed with just a few instruments accompanying the soloist. For Mozart, the interplay between the piano and a full orchestra's textures and colours were important. The modern piano concerto had been born. Beethoven took the 18th century virtuoso concerto (Mozart's 20th and 2Fourth being his models) and with his Third, Fourth and Fifth concertos created the romantic concerto. The piano had developed rapidly in the early years of the 19th century, and Beethoven's works exploit the greater range and power of the new instrument, and are symphonic in style. Brahms took this a stage further composing 2 huge concertos, which are almost symphonies with piano. One critic called his titanic First concerto 'a concerto for piano against orchestra'! However, the tradition of the virtuoso display concerto continued with Chopin, Liszt and Mendelssohn. Their concertos combined the Mozartian refinement with romantic gestures, and, in the case of Liszt extraordinary virtuosity with thunderous and dazzling effects. He also transformed the structure of the concerto from the traditional 3 - movement form to a cyclical multi-section one-movement work. The epitome the 19th and early 20th romantic century piano concerto are those of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. Both composers wrote concertos that have remained the most popular in the repertoire since their premiers. The image of the virtuoso pianist has proved to be an enduring one, and this collection contains some of the greatest piano concertos, and is a superb introduction to the exciting world of classical music.Other information * An ideal gift for someone venturing into classical music for the first time * Includes great artists such as Alfred Brendel and Nelson Freire

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Notes: Composition written: 1784.
Running Time: 24 min. 15 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1784

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 11 in F major, K 413 (387a)

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Notes: Composition written: 1783.
Running Time: 22 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1783

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Running Time: 24 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1786

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Running Time: 28 min. 21 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1785

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 1 in F major, K. 37

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Notes: Composition written: 1767.
Running Time: 15 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1767

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Running Time: 34 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1786

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15

Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Conductor: Willfried Boettcher
Running Time: 38 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19

Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Running Time: 30 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1788-1798

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37

Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Running Time: 34 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1800-1803

Beethoven, Ludwig van : Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58

Performer: Alfred Brendel (Piano)
Conductor: Heinz Wallberg
Running Time: 32 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Concerto
Written: 1805-1806

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
Running Time: 18 min. 54 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 10/1831

Mendelssohn, Felix : Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
Running Time: 21 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: circa 09/03/1837

Mendelssohn, Felix : Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, Op. 22

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
Running Time: 11 min. sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 05/18/1832

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11

Performer: Paolo Giacometti (Piano)
Conductor: Arie van Beek
Notes: Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands (06/26/1998-06/27/1998)
Running Time: 40 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1830

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) : Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21

Performer: Paolo Giacometti (Piano)
Conductor: Arie van Beek
Notes: Muziekcentrum Vredenburg, Utrecht, The Netherlands (06/26/1998-06/27/1998)
Running Time: 32 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1830

Liszt, Franz : Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124

Performer: Nelson Freire (Piano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 15 min. 17 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1835-1856

Liszt, Franz : Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125

Performer: Nelson Freire (Piano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 11 min. 7 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1839

Liszt, Franz : Totentanz for Piano, S 525

Performer: Nelson Freire (Piano)
Conductor: Michel Plasson
Running Time: 14 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1847-1862

Liszt, Franz : Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. posth

Performer: Stephen Mayer (Piano)
Conductor: Tamás Vásáry
Notes: Composition written: 1836-39.
Running Time: 14 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1836-1839

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Performer: Klára Würtz (Piano)
Conductor: Vladimir Sirenko
Running Time: 32 min. 49 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1900-1901

Schumann, Robert : Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54

Performer: Klára Würtz (Piano)
Conductor: Arie van Beek
Running Time: 30 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1841

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Running Time: 32 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1874

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich : Concerto for Piano no 2 in G major, Op. 44

Performer: Derek Han (Piano)
Conductor: Paul Feeman
Running Time: 36 min. 30 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1880

Brahms, Johannes : Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83

Performer: Karin Lechner (Piano)
Conductor: Eduardo Marturet
Running Time: 49 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Concerto
Written: 1881

Brahms, Johannes : Pieces (4) for piano, Op. 119

Performer: Karin Lechner (Piano)
Running Time: 15 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Written: 1892

Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

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