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Level. The level refers only to technical difficulty. The musical difficulty is not rated, but could well be very high even if the technical difficulty is very low.
The assumption here is that you are an advanced amateur or pre-professional pianist. “Accessible” means that you should have no technical difficulties with this work. “Advanced” means that you might find the work technically challenging. “Professional” means you can probably can play this only if you are very, very advanced (or professional).
Short. Designates works estimated at less than 15 minutes playing time. For some concertos we just don’t have the information. Feel free to email us if you can help fill in this list.
Long. Designates works estimated at over 40 minutes playing time. Again, we don’t always know, so please share what you know.
Two pianos. Works requiring two (or more) pianos have been omitted.
| Composer | Concerto | Level | Notes |
| Anton Arensky | Piano Concerto (1882) | advanced | |
| Anton Arensky | Fantasia (1899) | advanced | |
| Babadjanyan | Piano Concerto (1944);Ballade(1950) | advanced | |
| Bach, CPE | Keyboard concertos | accessible | about 50 of these; mostly short |
| Bach, JC | 6 Keyboard concertos | accessible | mostly short |
| Barber | Piano Concerto Op. 38 | not rated | |
| Beach, Amy | Piano Concerto Op. 45 | not rated | |
| Bliss, Arthur | Piano Concerto Op. 38 | not rated | |
| Britten | Piano Concerto Op. 13 (1938) | not rated | |
| Busoni | Piano Concerto Op. 39 | not rated | very long; requires chorus |
| Busoni | Koncertstucke; Indian Fantasy Op.44 | not rated | 1890;1915 |
| Chaminade | Koncertstucke | not rated | 1896 |
| Chopin | Op.13 Fantasy on Polish Airs | advanced | |
| Chopin | Op.22 Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Brillante | advanced | |
| Chopin | Op.14 Krakowiak | advanced | |
| Czerny | Concertos #1 - #6 | not rated | #4 for four hands |
| Czerny | 2 concertinos;Divertimento de Concert | not rated | |
| Debussy | Fantasy | not rated | 1890; 24 minutes |
| Dohnanyi | Piano Concertos #1,#2 | not rated | 1897;1946 |
| Dohnanyi | Var. on a nursery song Op. 25 | not rated | |
| deFalla | Nights in the Gardens of Spain Symphonic Impressions Harpsichord Concerto |
not rated | |
| Farrenc, Louise | Piano Concerto #1;Fantasie | not rated | |
| Franck | Piano Concerto #1; #2 | not rated | 1834;1835 |
| Franck | Variations Brillantes Les Djinns (1884) |
not rated | |
| Gade, Niels | Symphony No.5 for piano and orchestra | not rated | |
| Ginastera | Piano Concerto Op.28 | not rated | |
| Glazunov | #1;#2 | not rated | 1910;1917 |
| Hiller,F. | Op.5;Op.69;Op.170 | not rated | 1831;1842;1874 |
| Hindemith | Piano Concerto Op.36 | not rated | |
| Hummel | Concertos:Op.37a;85;89;110;113 | advanced/ professional |
1811;1816;1819;1824;1827 |
| Hummel | S4;S5;Rondo Brillant Op.56 and Op.98;Op.post.1; | not rated | 1796;1797;1814;1824;1833 |
| Hummel | Concertino Op.73;Theme & Var. Op.97;Rondo op.117;for pf & vl | not rated | 1816;1820;1829 short;1805 |
| Hummel | L’Enchant. d’Oberon op.116;Le Retour à Londres op.127 | advanced | 1829;1833 |
| Kabalevsky | Piano Concertos #1 - #4 | not rated | 1928;1935;1952 short;1963 |
| Khataturian | Piano Concerto #1 | not rated | 1936 |
| Lalo | Piano Concerto #1 | not rated | 1888 |
| Liszt | Malediction Totentanz |
advanced | short |
| MacDowell | Op.15;Op.23 | not rated | 1882;1884 |
| Martinu | Fantasia concertante | not rated | |
| Martucci, G. | Op.40;Op.66 | not rated | 1878;1885 |
| Massenet | Piano Concerto | not rated | 1878;1885 |
| Medtner | Piano Concerto Op.33 | not rated | 1914-1918 |
| Mendlessohn | Early concertos: A minor, D minor | not rated | 1822,1823 (with violin) |
| Mendlessohn | Capriccios brilliant: B minor | Advanced | 1824 |
| Mendlessohn | Rondo brilliant;Serenade;Allegro gioccoso | not rated | 1831,1837,1838 |
| Mendlessohn | Concerto #3 (partial) | not rated | 1842-- 2 movements |
| Menotti | Piano Concerto | not rated | |
| Milhaud | Poème sur un cantique de Camargue Op.13 Ballade Op.61; 5 Etudes Op.63; 3 Rag Caprices Op.78 |
not rated | 1913,1920,1920-9m,1922 |
| Milhaud | Le carnaval d’Aix Op.83b Fantaisie pastorale Op.188 Suite concertante Op.278a |
not rated | 1926,1938-8m, 1946 |
| Milhaud | Concerto No. 1 Op.127; No. 2 Op.225 No. 3 Op.270; No. 4 Op. 295; No. 5 Op.346 |
not rated | 1933,1941,1946,1949,1955 |
| Milhaud | Suite concertante Op.278a Concert De chambre Op. 389 |
not rated | 1947,1961 |
| Moszkowski | Piano Concerto #1 | not rated | 1897 |
| Novak, V. | Piano Concerto #1 | not rated | 1895 |
| Paderewsky | Piano Concerto Op.17 | not rated | |
| Pierne, Gabriel | Piano Concerto | not rated | 1887 |
| Pierne, Gabriel | Fantaisie-Ballet;Scherzo;Poeme | not rated | 1885,1890,1903 |
| Piston, Walter | Concertino | not rated | short-13min |
| Poulenc | Piano Concerto;Aubade | not rated | 1949; |
| Reger, Max | Piano Concerto Op. 114 | not rated | 1910 |
| Reinecke,Carl | Concertos Op.72, 120,144,254 | not rated | 1860,1872,1877,1901 |
| Ries, Ferdinand | Concertos Op.42,55,115,120,123,132,151,177 | not rated | 1808,1812,1809,1816,1816,1823,1826,1832 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Piano Concerto | not rated | 1884 |
| Rubenstein, Anton | Piano Concertos: #1 - #5 | not rated | 1850,1851,1853,1864,1874 |
| Rubenstein, Anton | Fantasia; Concertino;Caprice | not rated | 1869;1889;1878 |
| Saint-Saens | Rhapsodie D’Auvergne Op. 73; Africa Op 89; | not rated | short |
| Scharwenka, Xaver | Concertos #1 - #4 | not rated | 1876;1881;1898;1908 |
| Schnabel Artur | Piano Concerto | not rated | |
| Schoenberg, A. | Piano Concerto Op. 42 | not rated | |
| Schumann, Clara | Piano Concerto | not rated | 1836 |
| Schumann, Robert | Concert-allegro Op. 134 Intro & allegro appass Op. 92 |
not rated | short |
| Scriabin | Piano Concerto Op. 20 | not rated | 1896 |
| Shostakovitch | Assault on Beautiful Gorky | not rated | 1951 |
| Strauss, Richard | Penathenaenzug Parergon Zur Sinfonia Domestica |
not rated | for left hand 1927; 1924 |
| Tchaikovsky | Concertos Op.44, 75 Fantasie Op. 56 |
not rated | |
| Thuille, Ludwig | Piano concerto | not rated | 1881 |
| Turina, Joaquin | Rapsodia Sinfonica | not rated | 1931 short |
| Villa Lobos | Bachianas brasileiras #3 Momoprecoce |
not rated | |
| Weber, C. M. | Op.11;Op.32 | not rated | |
| Weber, C. M. | Konzertstuck Op. 79 Polonaise brillante op.72 |
not rated | short |
| Widor, Charles | Piano Concerto #1, #2 Fantasie |
not rated | 1876;1906;1889 |
| Wieniawaski | Concertino | not rated | |
| Ysaye | #1,#2 | not rated | 1904;1909 |
| Zelenski Wladyslaw | Op.60 | not rated | 1930 |