Sit down with a stiff gin and have a look at 7, 12 & 16!
It would be nice to think that Classic FM listeners are not so docile or incurious that they would take these lists as somehow authoritative. But, given the influence of that radio station, I am not altogether confident about this.
I didn't post a link to the list but it is easily found on the internet along with some alternative, more sensible, lists.
The concept of "Twenty best piano concertos of all time" is , in itself, ludicrous given that the majority of composers worthy of the name have contributed at least one concerto to the genre since Bach's time. A far easier option would be to choose twenty piano concertos which, under no circumstances, should be included in such a list and, of the three examples given from the Classic FM list, I can confidently assert that at least one of them would fall readily into that category.
The three examples mentioned by Terry Hopton have left me wondering what other titles have found their way into the Classic FM list....The Yellow River Concerto, Semprini's Mediterranean Concerto, Russ Conway's My Concerto for You ?
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