100. Gershwin Variations on “I’ve Got Rhythm” (1934) 0:05 99. Shostakovich Concerto No.2 (1957) 0:27 98. Saint-Saëns Concerto No.2 (1868) 0:53 97. Grieg Piano Concerto (1868) 1:31 96. Ustvolskaya Concerto (1945) 2:07 95. Saint-Saëns Concerto No.1 (1858) 2:39 94. Cramer Concerto No.8 (1825) 3:08 93. de Falla Nights in the Gardens of Spain (1916) 3:32 92. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.5 (1721) 3:59 91. Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1924) 5:04 90. Poulenc Concerto (1949) 5:51 89. Gershwin Concerto in F (1925) 6:21 88. Saint-Saëns Concerto No.4 (1875) 7:10 87. Mozart Concerto No.20 (1785) 7:50 86. Beethoven Concerto No.5 (1811) 8:22 85. Massenet Concerto (1902) 9:00 84. Hahn Concerto (1930) 9:39 83. Saint-Saëns Concerto No.5 (1896) 10:04 82. Reinecke Concerto No.1 (1860) 10:29 81. Mozart Concerto No.27 (1791) 11:10 80. Mendelssohn Concerto No.1 (1837) 11:29 79. Sgambati Concerto (1880) 11:56 78. Reinecke Concerto No.2 (1872) 12:29 77. Thalberg Concerto No.1 (1830) 12:50 76. Franck Symphonic Variations (1885) 13:24 75. Debussy Fantasia (1890) 14:01 74. Arensky Concerto (1882) 14:28 73. Ravel Concerto in G (1931) 14:59 72. Cras Concerto (1931) 15:29 71. Beethoven Concerto No.4 (1806) 16:03 70. Liszt Concerto No.2 (1857) 17:10 69. Weber Konzertstück (1821) 17:43 68. Schumann Concerto (1841) 18:07 67. Chopin Concerto No.1 (1830) 18:43 66. Beach Concerto (1899) 19:39 65. Alkan Concerti da camera (1837) 20:07 64. Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy (1884) 21:06 63. Xinghai - Yellow River Concerto (1969) 21:47 62. Liszt Concerto No.1 (1849) 22:49 61. Rimsky-Korsakov Concerto (1883) 23:23 60. Chopin Variations on “La ci darem la mano” (1827) 24:08 59. Vaughan-Williams Concerto (1931) 24:44 58. Bartok Concerto No.3 (1945) 25:10 57. Rachmaninov Concerto No.2 (1901) 25:43 56. Ravel Concerto for Left Hand (1929) 26:37 55. Scriabin Concerto (1896) 27:02 54. Tchaikovsky Concerto No.2 (1880) 27:58 53. Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini (1934) 28:31 52. Macdowell Concerto No.2 (1885) 29:34 51. Czerny Piano Concerto (1829) 30:19 50. Hindemith Concerto (1945) 30:53 49. Liszt Totentanz (1859) 31:29 48. Lyapunov Concerto No.2 (1909) 31:51 47. Prokofiev Concerto No.5 (1932) 32:46 46. Busoni Indian Fantasy (1914) 33:07 45. Tchaikovsky Concerto No.1 (1875) 33:32 44. Rubinstein Concerto No.4 (1864) 34:17 43. Moszkowski Concerto No.2 (1898) 34:48 42. Khachaturian Concerto (1936) 35:51 41. Rachmaninov Concerto No.1 (1917) 36:21 40. Hummel Concerto No.2 (1816) 37:14 39. Prokofiev Concerto No.3 (1921) 38:37 38. Copland Concerto (1926) 39:10 37. Chen - Er Huang (2009) 39:50 36. Atterberg Concerto (1936) 40:47 35. Scharwenka Concerto No.4 (1908) 41:20 34. Brahms Concerto No.1(1858) 41:58 33. Henselt Concerto (1846) 43:43 32. Prokofiev Concerto for Left Hand (1931) 44:22 31. Medtner Concerto No.3 (1943) 44:43 30. Marx Concerto (1920) 45:36 29. Stravinsky Concerto for Piano and Winds (1924) 46:15 28. Ireland Concerto (1930) 46:52 27. Bliss Concerto (1938) 47:22 26. Bortkiewicz Concerto for Left Hand (1924) 47:57 25. Kapustin Concerto No.6 (1996) 48:34 24. Korngold Concerto for Left Hand (1923) 49:17 23. Strauss Burleske (1886) 49:44 22. Scriabin Prometheus: The Poem of Fire (1910) 50:13 21. Bartok Concerto No.1 (1926) 50:41 20. Rachmaninov Concerto No.3 (1909) 51:17 19. Brahms Concerto No.2 (1881) 52:24 18. Schnittke Concerto (1979) 53:22 17. Britten Diversions for Left Hand (1950) 53:49 16. Prokofiev Concerto No.2 (1913) 54:22 15. Berg Chamber Concerto (1925) 56:40 14. Rautavaara Concerto No.1 (1969) 57:09 13. Reger Concerto (1910) 57:48 12. Messiaen Exotic Birds (1955) 58:33 11. Busoni Concerto (1904) 59:02 10. Barber Concerto (1960) 1:00:30 9. Schoenberg Concerto (1941) 1:00:57 8. Ligeti Concerto (1988) 1:01:20 7. Rautavaara Concerto No.2 (1989) 1:01:55 6. Feinberg Concerto No.1 (1932) 1:02:33 5. Lutoslawski Concerto (1987) 1:04:15 4. Bartok Concerto No.2 (1931) 1:05:06 3. Messiaen From the Canyons to the Stars (1974) 1:06:55 2. Corigliano Concerto (1968) 1:07:40 1. Ginastera Concerto No.1 (1961) 1:08:55 Which concerto on this list is your favorite?

55:51 "Conversation between two super sarcastic teenagers" is the most evocative description I have ever come across of this section.

Came for the music, stayed for the Paul Wittgenstein shade

32:13 has got to be the most heartfelt playing of the piano I've ever heard; it's so far away and longing, like a gust of cold air in a calm orange autumn afternoon. Such glamor from a forgotten time ❤

Man I really like the humourous commentary you left there, so much thats notable, awesome work with unimaginable amounts of effort

I wasn't planning on watching the whole video, but the amazing pieces and your commentary (+ very knowledgeable, hilariously creative) made me enjoy and laugh throughout the video :) Great job!

UNbelievable work Caleb!!! Thanks a ton... glad to see you have both Rautavaara concertos!

Thanks for posting this! I found a few new concertos that I really like here!

I love the dedication you have put in these two videos. The personal taste and oh,the comments too(such a huge sense of humor)! Love it all bro. It's just mesmerising. I love the Brahms 1st too😂😂😊😊😊

Excellent selections! Thank you.

You put a lot of work into this, thanks. Hilarious commentary; the description of Max Reger's music is spot on.

40:47 That passage of Atterberg's concerto always marveled me. Great video!

54:22 recently performed this in a competition. Besides being tremendously demanding mentally, I can speak with certainty that this has been one of the greatest enjoyments I've had in years. Best wishes to anyone who is willing to learn this masterpiece

Ah, nice selection of concertos that I will enjoy listening to in full. Thanks!

I'm so happy to find the 5th of Prokofiev! That concerto is SOOOO GOOD, was the first I played and I fell in love with it, easily in my top 10 favorite pieces to play

Amazing video! You got almost all my favorite concerti here, perhaps Medtner's first or second are missing. I was going to comment that you left out Ginastera's but I was happy to see it in the list as well. A lot of concerti I didn't know are here also! Other two of my liking are Ludwig Thuille's and Gioacchino Raff's. While I was watching I was also thinking "he must put Hummel's 2nd here, and focus on the coda of the 1st movement" and indeed, that's what you did! I thoroughly enjoyed your video and can't wait for the next one. Also, commentary was hilarious!

I’m so glad you included Rubenstein’s fourth concerto - that’s a great concerto often overlooked!

That was inspiring. You touched on all the ones I liked too💯

Absolutely worshipped this! I am an 84 your old non-prodigy pianist who dreams of these pieces but who never could even come close to performing the difficult ones. Loved your selection, your fabulous commentary, and the humor that makes the absurd difficulty of some of these other-worldly piano concertos approachable. Loved learning about some unknowns and others that I will avoid like the plague. I have one very small quibble: present the title and composer and performer in parenthesis. I had to "skirt around" to find the name and missed the excerpt completely.

One of the greatest videos ever created, this is amazing work. Legendary.

Prokofiev #2 's cadenza is a beast and when the orchestra is coming back at 55:27 I get so excited ! #epic

Great work! Fantastic list and many works to discover...Ginastera is really worth this position...mindblowing difficult and fantastic piece as well! But there is a lot of contemporary stuff that really brake your fingers...

From one piano nerd to another: thank you very much for posting this and other videos in your series. Done with humor and thought!

Glad to find so many underrated pcs in this video, thank you. Though I think Medtner's 3rd is the least technically demanding among his pcs, IMO.

Amazing - listened to the first few, wondered if the Lutoslawski would make an appearance, skipped to the end to have a look at the big ones and landed right in the middle of it!

These lists are amazing! This and your piano solo edition video are great and must have taken hours and hours. I would love to see a list for solos/concertos of your personal favorites, or attempt to make a "best" list, that aren't necessarily just the most difficult. I know that the subjectivity goes through the roof in that category, but it would be a great reference for pianists looking for challenging/amazing/beautiful pieces to listen to and play

Incredible, man!

thank you for all edition! and for the mention of Bortkiewicz

Thanks for making this list and the other one. I like it a lot.

Excellent work and helpful commentary! I don't agree with everything, but that's not the point, no two people are ever going to fully agree on something this complex. But I was happy enough with it to subscribe to your channel.

This is an enormous inspiration for piano listeners!

You ommited some wonderful perfect piano concerto and I disagree with the order (if it's by order), but thank you for whetting my appetite to explore new concertos I heard here first!

this is incredible

Moszkowski’s 2nd Piano Concerto will always have my heart. One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written

As someone learning Ravel's left hand concerto, I can say, good job spotting the hardest part. It shows up again later (transposed and with a few other differences), and then there's also the cadenza, but that's more than difficult to play softly, not so much to play the notes themselves with clarity.

Medtner's piano concertos are the best! And I think that his 1st and 2nd piano concertos should be on the list too!!

Wow!!. Excelente, es increíble estas composiciones!!.

The Scriabin deserves to be part of the standard repertoire, imo... Early Scriabin may be "immature" but c'mon, that concerto is just exquisite (late Scriabin's pretty cool too)

this video is literally a gold mine of melodies lmao. i think it might be the most lyrical out of all the 100 list videos lul

I don't know why all the hatred for Wittgenstein, someone should really give him a hand.

Fantastic compilation.So much wonderful music from which I didn‘t even know the name of the composer

Hi I appreciate the fun facts/tidbits + video itself is great! Thanks footnote: Bach is the GOAT

Great list - surprised we didn't see Hummel 3, Villa Lobos 5, Ornstein (IMSLP), or Medtner 1 & 2. I love this format and watching these videos though, because you're digging up so many underrated gems and also pieces to which I've never listened. Just a thought, maybe if you run out of forms you could do videos on difficult kinds of passage elements, cadenzas, etc...

Finally thank you so much

Great list! A bit sad not to see Wiklund 1 on it, though, such a gorgeous concerto.

36:21 I saw Simon Trpčeski live in Dublin in February this year. I was lucky to see him before Covid shut everything down.

Really enjoyed this compilation you made! I wonder where Tippett's piano concerto would place on here, as it seems quite difficult.

Thank you very much

Great commentary :-)

I can play every piece in this list. Only takes 1 hour and 10 minutes.

42:40 one of the best chorales I've ever heard along with the one in Huguenots, Chopin's Op.49, Consolation #4, and many more!!!

Love this vid and I can’t help but agree with most of it. I wonder where Dvorak/Britten concertos would place. Richter said he had far more difficulty with Dvorak than Bartok 2 (he’s probably alone on that one; but still the Dvorak looks insanely difficult)

1:07:14 Let’s play a game called “how many times you can change the tempo on one page”

55:28 I view that baleful blare of horns as the most epic orchestral reentry after a cadenza.

You, sir, are a genius! Also, you are a master musicologist, and historian, possess the wit of Mark Twain and Oscar Wilde, and are a musical George Carlin! A thousand thanks for assembling this great collection with such great and knowledgeable commentary, and SUPER LAUGHS along the way! Just amazing! / By the way, did you know that Bruno Walter became so pissed off by Wittgenstein that he renamed him......."Shitinstone!" 💣--- I know!

The end of the Ginastera concerto may be the most exciting minute of music ever written.

Heck what an interesting video.

rhapsody in blue was so fun i played it in concert 2 weeks ago it is a good first one to play. I am 17 and it was a good skill level for me.

Bravo for including Moszkowski!

I haven't heard the Hummel concerto (37:13) before. It sounds like a lot of fun - the ending is ridiculously over the top, lol.

Reger's Piano Concerto has always reminded me of a giant noisy steel mill belching black smoke into the air. Industrial strength.

Amazing

This channel is amazing

it still astonishes me that the recording you used for ginastera's concerto is on the tamer side

this video finally hit 100k 🎊🎊

Seeing the piano part for 'Er Huang' split into five staves makes my eyes cramp.

The 1st mvt of Fumio Hayasaka's Piano Concerto is come great writing as well. Stongly recommend.

I had a good time reading those captions 😂

Good list! So divers and interesting. Honestly i didnt expect rach 2 to be before his paganini variations. And i thought that alkans solo-piano-concerto would have a spot (since you also included solo piano pieces like totentanz).

I probably would have added the craziness of Messiaen's 'Turangalila' into it. Not exactly a concerto, but with solo piano part hard enough to warrant a GOOD soloist.

So happy to see shostakovichs 2nd!!! Hardest thing I’ve ever played

the contrast between 52:53 and 53:23 is hilarious

Another great list. Kinda surprised not to find Litolff on here. A couple of other concertos worth considering are the second by Kevin Volans ('Atlantic Crossing') and 'The Quest' by Radulescu (not perhaps the most difficult, but strangely magnetic).

Ok btw, the subtitles for the 2nd Concerto of Tchaikovsky are absolutely HILARIOUS! hahahaha

Reger’s PC is very dense and challenging, and Schwarenka’s PCs are definitely for advanced pianists too!

very epic

54:22 My favorite concerto all the times

1:01:00 "at first listen it might sound like a special kid banging his head on the piano" rofl fucking hilarious

Prokofiev 2 par Gutierrez. Une cadence inouïe et un orchestre titanesque

52:24 I'm currently playing Brahms 2. Such a beautiful piece. IMO not quite as bad as people say it is, but still very difficult.

and great commentary, too

Wow man I didn't even know there were a hundred piano concertos!!

Bewonderingswaardig initiatief!

Geez you are so funny. All the smart music allusions ("leck mich im Arse" misapplied) combined with modern colliquialisms, jokiness and sarcasm (and freakish encyclopedic knowledge of the repertoire) . You must be a hoot to drink with.

I discovered so many new pieces from this list, really thank you. Where do you think Mozart concerto 25 would rank? Hummel considered it the hardest concerto of Mozart.

28:11 es verdad! Yo no sabía que tenía otro concierto para piano! ... xD

Fine selection! I am especially happy about one of my favourites, the Romantic Concerto by Joseph Marx. There are three recordings I know: Hamelin, Lively and - no official production - Bolet. Are there any further? - I don't think so.

My favourite is probably Rachmaninoffs 1st, especially the cadenza! Where is his 4th though? Really like that one.

I confess I find Messiaen's birdcalls irresistible.

Listening to this reminds me of the first time I ate Roquefort cheese. I couldn't believe people actually enjoyed it. But like Roquefort, one can develop the taste and preference for modern music over time.

I believe Bortkiewicz's 3rd concerto should have made it in this list. The end is also very reminiscent of Rach 2

God, the second movement of Prokofiev's second gives me nightmares

I’d like to see a top of the most underrated piano concertos, regardless of difficulty. So many lesser known composers have stunning piano concertos. I discovered Norbert Burgmuller’s one recently.

Ravel. Could gave been written last week...Still stands out in originality.

34:21 - otherwise known as the 'Sledgehammerklavier' Concerto.

54:22 a beginning of an excerpt of an epic concerto but also the end of talks about Paul Wittgenstein, rip!

i like serial and atonal music, may sound shokingly strange at first, but also warm and beautiful in its way

Duuuuuuudddeeee i know i should have pursued piano performance TT honestly these videos are so well made! if only i have more time to practice and appreciate all these pieces you've listed. unfortunately my parents were too focused on other things, unintentionally manipulated me and causing me to go into law school. by the time i know i would be far far more happy if i continue to pursue piano seriously, it's already too late. i'm so mad because since at a young age people keep telling me "wow i'm so gifted and talented" but i was not given the opportunity to excel and upgrade my skills, i was not supported into making my enjoyment into a committed passion, not even my parents. what's the point of having the "talent" if i cannot achieve much more better? i was not trained correctly from the very start, the teachers i've had were not serious either to teach me the discipline. it was not until age around 16-17 when i had very brief classes with an actual serious teacher (the type that would coach student for intl competitions, not just for exams) to realize that there's so much more to discover in the world of piano playing, and to the realization that i would very much enjoy them. i am so envious of those who are confident enough to decide to go to music school, or have good teachers or good support from family. my opportunity are unfortunately wasted by those around me...but i dont want to give up on improving. i still practice, even more serious than before and simply for the sake of playing the pieces i want to. the obstacle so far is i dont have enough time and energy to practice consistently, and also "real life" is just super hard to even relax and just practice for fun while living in a toxic environment... sometimes i do wonder if i did pursue music, would i really be happy? either way i will have to make do with what i have right now... my next goal is to at least get a diploma(?) in music performance, eg. ACTL type of exams. anyway, sorry for long rant, time to practice now XD

I disagree about Yuja and Gersh. She's perfect for Gershwin. Her sense of rhythm and pulse is second to none. Awesome compilation and commentary, btw.

I love how when Ginastera piano concerto ends some people in the audience just scream