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Background:

• Prokofiev wrote five piano concertos between 1911 and 1932.
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-flat major, Op. 10 (1912): A single-movement, high-energy graduation piece that won Prokofiev the Rubinstein Prize.
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 (1913, rev. 1923): A massive, emotionally intense work featuring a famously demanding first-movement cadenza and a grotesque march.
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 (1921): His most popular and frequently performed concerto, balancing lyrical beauty with sparkling motoric rhythms.
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 53 (1931): Written for the one-handed pianist Paul Wittgenstein; it is concise and experimental.
• Piano Concerto No. 5 in G major, Op. 55 (1932): A quirky, five-movement piece focused on jagged rhythms and complex structures.

Recordings:

• Piano Concertos Nos. 1 – 5.
  Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  BBC Philharmonic.
  Gianandrea Noseda.
  Chandos.
  Gramophone Awards (2014): Winner Concerto.
  Gramophone Magazine (2014): Disc of the Month.
  Presto Recordings of the Yewar (2014): Finalist.
  Radio 3 Building a Library (2017): Recommended.

• Piano Concertos 2 & 3, Sonata No. 2.
  Freddy Kempf.
  Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
  Andrew Litton.
  BIS.
  Gramophone Awards (2010): Finalist Concerto.
  Gramophone Magazine (2010): Editor’s Choice.

• Ravel, Prokofiev, Schlime Piano Concertos & 3 Improvisations.
  Piano Concerto No. 5.
  Francesco Tristano Schlime.
  Russian National Orchestra.
  Mikhail Pletnev.
  Pentatone Classics.
  Gramophone Magazine (2006): Editor’s Choice.

• Silver Age: Scriabin, Stravinsky, Prokofiev.
  Piano Concerto No. 2, Sonata No. 8, Sarcasms Op. 17.
  Daniil Trifinov.
  Mariinsky Orchestra.
  Valery Gergiev.
  Deutsche Grammophon.
  Presto Recording of the Week (2020).
  Presto Recording of the Year (2020): Finalist.
  BBC Music Magazine (2021): Recording of the Month.
  Opus Klassik (2021): Instrumentalist of the Year.

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