Is someone keeping track of the votes? It would be interesting to see what the result of this poll is.

 

Left hand for me. Just because it seems more original.
If the G major concerto didn't exist we would have lost a lovely piano concerto.
If the left hand concerto didn't exist we would have lost something more unique.
Love both, though.

 

By the way, on the G major, I have recordings by Argerich, Michelangeli and Roge to hand. Anyone got any preferences on this?
I only have the Roge performance of the left hand concerto, although I prefer it. Does that say something about recording preferences?

 

Oh, I'm just listening to the slow movement of the G major concerto, and it is one of the loveliest things in 20th century music.
But I still think that the left hand concerto is my favourite concerto, in part because so much of Ravel's piano music is among the loveliest things in 20th century music. Most underrated 20th century composer?

 

Here's a recording I absolutely adore of the Ravel Concertos (plus the Debussy Fantaisie which I love, and some Massanet solo piano music which made no impression). Like many recent recordings, it's not mentioned as often as it deserves. It's absolutely competitive with the usual favorites, such as Argerich/Abbado.

 

Perhaps one of the things I love about Ravel is that all these questions about serialism, tonality, aleatoricism, seem meaningless - if you ever thought they had meaning. It's about beauty.

 

A team that got both concertos just right was that of Samson François and André Cluytens, 1959, in a classic EMI recording.,

 

Aha. I think my parents had that on LP! Remember those?