Orchestral piano

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Petrushka

Yes - that's one of the "not-quite-a-concertante" parts, the piano very definitely at the forefront (for half the work, anyway) rather than a member of the orchestra with/without a solo.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

A substantial (and difficult) piano part in Tippett's Concerto for Orchestra, which I'm just re-evaluating..

There's a piano in his second symphony too.
And his fourth!

... and in the Slow Movement of the Tippett-infused First Symphony of William Mathias.

[makropulos]

I'm a great fan of orchestral piano parts too. Lots of good ones mentioned already. I'm not sure if these have been:
Britten: Sinfonia da requiem
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
Martinu: Double Concerto (more a concertante part)
A lot of Bernstein including WSS Symphonic Dances and On the Waterfront (and, of course, Age of Anxiety, but that's virtually a concerto)

[ahinton]

Richard B.'s mention of Schre(c)ker's Chamber Symphony reminds me of the use of the piano in the monumental work of the same title by Roslavets, where the "Russian Schönberg" (as once he was dubbed) seems at one point almost to get overtaken by Rachmaninov...

[Barbirollians]

Yes - that's one of the "not-quite-a-concertante" parts, the piano very definitely at the forefront (for half the work, anyway) rather than a member of the orchestra with/without a solo.

Indeed , didn't Peter Donohoe play it on Rattle's CBSO recording ?

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Indeed , didn't Peter Donohoe play it on Rattle's CBSO recording ?

- but not in the coupling of the "Symphony in Three". The pianist there is Elaine Donohoe - whom I wouldn't know of otherwise.

[LeMartinPecheur]

Indeed , didn't Peter Donohoe play it on Rattle's CBSO recording ?

Starting at the wrong end of the thread I thought this post might refer to the Rattle recording of Turangalila with Donohoe. Guess this might count if Petrushka does?

[Pulcinella]

Tamás Vásáry is the pianist on the LSO/Dutoit recording of Petrushka (1911 version).

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

- but not in the coupling of the "Symphony in Three". The pianist there is Elaine Donohoe - whom I wouldn't know of otherwise.

Tamas Vasari is the credited pianist on the DG Dutoit Petrushka, and Leslie Howard for Abbado. No one credited in Stravinsky's own 1960 recording, though.

[rauschwerk]

It's not at all obvious to the listener, but Falla uses a piano in The Three-Cornered Hat. I once played that part in the scenes and dances from Part 1 and it was good fun being a sort of giant guitar. More striking still was hearing what wonderful colours the composer conjures up from his modest size orchestra.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Tamás Vásáry is the pianist on the LSO/Dutoit recording of Petrushka (1911 version).

Very true - and he prefers that spelling, I believe

[Pulcinella]

Very true - and he prefers that spelling, I believe

Prefers it to what?

Oops: I get it! Cross posting.

[Bryn]

Morton Feldman uses an orchestral piano (in addition to the solo piano) in his Piano and Orchestra.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Piano and two-piano parts feature in many of Lutoslawski's scores.

[Alison]

Havergal Brian's Second