Edward MacDowell - Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 23 (1885) {Roberto Szidon}

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

This was the composition chosen for me in college competition performance ...I loved MacDowell's music and no other students had heard of him. My Professor said, Do it!, and I did...won the competition, and played it with our Greensboro Symphony Orchestra. Thrilling moment! Still think it rather a unique composition, beautifully crafted for pianists with well rounded technical skills. He loved double arpeggios and octaves...rich harmonies.

[@pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky]

A fantastic rendition of an, unfortunately, rather underappreciated concerto.

[@composeratlarge]

I know of MacDowell from his short piano works, but this is my first time to hear a concerto. The piano parts are brilliant, naturally. That introduction though - it is one of the most sumptuous bits of orchestral writing I've ever heard.

[@bartjebartmans]

I also uploaded his First Concerto. Def. worth a listen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/horXfZt3fJmWm80si=1bGCwvkugo6ihLB5

[@farazhaiderpiano]

Still love this concerto since first listen.

[@syroyid]

It is a very elaborate piano concerto. The opening of the piano reminds a bit the main theme of Grieg's piano concerto

[@vicb4901]

I found bits of Rahmaninov in his music, although MacDowell might be chronological before good old Sergei...

[@bartjebartmans]

MacDowell wrote this concerto when Rachmaninov was 10/11. So yes Rachmaninov sounds like MacDowell at times.

[@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401]

Actually, bits of MacDowell in Rachmaninoff, perhaps?

[@anthonyroberts3591]

This is an even better performance than Van-Cliburn's. And the orchestra are superb,as is the underated conductor Edward Downes!