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Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
I. Allegro molto moderato
II. Adagio
III. Allegro marcato 

Artur Rubinstein, piano
London Philharmonic Orch.
André Previn, cond. 

Grieg’s celebrated Piano Concerto was premiered in Copenhagen on 3 April 1869, with Edmund Neupert at the keyboard. The reception was tremendous, and enthusiasm for the work continued to grow in the XX Century; it was a favorite of Grieg’s friend Percy Grainger, who introduced the work in performances to much of the world outside of continental Europe. 

Both the distinctive opening, surely one of the most instantly recognizable and familiar snippets of classical music in existence, and the overall key scheme and emotional progression of the work are strongly reminiscent of Schumann’s Concerto in A minor, a fact often pointed out by musicologists. Schumann’s legacy was still palpable during Grieg’s years at the Leipzig Conservatory, and here Grieg appears to have used that legacy as a basis or vehicle for his own uniquely Scandinavian expression.

Liszt also received the work enthusiastically when he met Grieg in Rome in 1870, and even offered some advice on orchestration, including the use of a trumpet to introduce the second theme in the first movement. 

The work continues to please audiences today, and is one of a handful of popular “entry-level” Romantic and post-Romantic concertos studied by advanced piano students worldwide.