Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1888 version, most often performed)

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Note: This work ID used to be for the 1874/75 version of the work, prior to 2025-02-25. All or nearly all recordings added to this work were actually of the 1888 version, so this work was changed; external references may need updating. See here for details.

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composer:Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer) (from 1874-11 until 1875-02)
referred to in medleys:Comedy in Music, Part I
part of:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 (1888 version, most often performed) (movement) (order: 1)
is the basis for:AMERICA (STAGE 1) (City Connection)
Concerto
Tonight We Love (Freddy Martin 1941 hit)
第一惑星「ウル星」のテーマ(クライム・オブ・センチュリー) (Parodius)
revision of:Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (1879 version, rarely performed)
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso (original 1874/75 version, rarely performed)
arrangements:Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto (Glenn Miller arrangement)

Recordings

DateTitleAttributesArtistLength
recordings
1931Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 B-moll, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoSolomon, Hallé Orchestra, Hamilton Harty18:08
1932-02-05 – 1932-02-06Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: Allegro non troppo – Allegro con spirito [excerpt, bars 375–579]partialVladimir Horowitz, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Fritz Reiner5:56
1932-02-05 – 1932-02-06Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: Allegro non troppo – Allegro con spirito [excerpt, bars 605 to end of movement]partialVladimir Horowitz, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Fritz Reiner1:50
1932-06-09 – 1932-06-10Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoArthur Rubinstein, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli17:48
1936-10-06Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso — Allegro con spiritoJosef Lhévinne, Worcester Festival Orchestra, Albert Stoessel15:40
1940-03-31Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoVladimir Horowitz, New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli19:00
1941-04-19Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoVladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini17:42
1941-05-06 – 1941-05-14Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoVladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini17:30
1941Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 b-moll, Op. 23: Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoVladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini17:38
1943-04-25Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoVladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini17:38
1943-04-25Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveVladimir Horowitz, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini19:21
1943-10-17Popular Melodies from the First Movement of Tchaikovsky's Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minormedley and partialSimon Barere6:25
1945 – 1946Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoEmil Gilels, Moscow Radio Symphonic Orchestra, Nikolai Golovanov19:38
1946-11-16Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoArthur Rubinstein, Minnesota Orchestra, Dimitri Mitropoulos19:14
1947-12-12Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoOscar Levant, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy18:23
1948-03-27Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoLev Oborin, USSR State TV and Radio Orchestra, Alexander Gauk19:19
1949-03-15Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveЭмиль Григорьевич Гилельс, USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Кирилл Петрович Кондрашин18:59
1949-03-17Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoEmil Gilels, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin19:02
1950-07-29Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoNibya Mariño, Orquesta Sinfónica del Sodre, Juan José Castro19:05
1951-02-01Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 1 en si bémol mineur, op. 23 : I. Allegro non troppo e molto espressione – Allegro con spiritoAldo Ciccolini, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens18:48
1951-11Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 b-Moll op. 23 – I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoShura Cherkassky, Berliner Philharmoniker, Leopold Ludwig20:03
1951Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoЭмиль Григорьевич Гилельс, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Константин Константинович Иванов20:42
1953-01-12Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoliveVladimir Horowitz, New York Philharmonic, George Szell18:28
1954-04-04Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveMaria Yudina, Ukrainian State Symphony Orchestra, Natan Rakhlin19:38
1954-06-05 – 1954-06-06Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in B flat minor op. 23: I. Andante ma non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoSviatoslav Richter, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Karel Ančerl20:01
1955-02-25Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso — Allegro con spiritoMark Hambourg17:52
1955-03Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, TH.55: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso: Allegro con spiritoPaul Badura‐Skoda, London Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult18:28
1955-10-29Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoEmil Gilels, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner20:20
1955-12Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, TH.55: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso: Allegro con spiritoJulius Katchen, London Symphony Orchestra, Piero Gamba18:09
1955Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito (B flat minor)Эмиль Гилельс, Fritz Reiner & Chicago Symphony Orchestra20:24
1957-04-06 – 1957-04-12Concerto no. 1 pour piano en si bémol mineur: I. AllegroGeorges Cziffra, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Pierre Dervaux18:54
1957-11-29 – 1957-12-01Concerto pour piano et orchestre no. 1 en si bémol mineur, op. 23 : I. Allegro non troppo e molto espressione – Allegro con spiritoAldo Ciccolini, Orchestre national de la RTF, Constantin Silvestri19:46
1958-05-30Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveVan Cliburn, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Kiril Kondrashin20:44
1958-07-24Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoSvjatoslav Richter, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Mravinsky20:29
1958-09-29 – 1958-09-30Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23. I: Allegro no troppo e molto maestosoGeorges Cziffra, Philharmonia Orchestra, André Vandernoot20:58
1958-10-14 – 1958-10-17Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoWiener Philharmoniker, Georg Solti, Clifford Curzon20:51
1958Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso — Allegro con spiritoVan Cliburn, Академический симфонический оркестр Московской филармонии, Кирилл Петрович Кондрашин20:56
1959-02-03Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor for Piano & Orchestra, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveEmil Gilels, Orchestra sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Fernando Previtali18:47
1959-04-12 – 1959-04-19Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoEugene Istomin, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy20:18
1959Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoSviatoslav Richter, The Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeny Mravinsky20:35
1960-04-18 – 1960-04-19Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoClaudio Arrau, Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera21:24
1960-06Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoByron Janis, London Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Menges18:54
1961-05-16Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppoArthur Rubinstein, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini19:14
1961-08-28Concerto N. 1 in Si bemolle minore per Pianoforte e Orchestra Op. 23: 1 Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso, Allegro con spiritoVan Cliburn, Deutsches Symphonie‐Orchester Berlin, István Kertész19:16
1961-08I Koncert fortepianowy b-moll, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoWitold Małcużyński, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej, Witold Rowicki19:56
1961-10-09Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoPhilippe Entremont, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein21:17
1962-09-24 – 1962-09-26Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoSviatoslav Richter, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan22:09
1962-12-17 – 1962-12-18Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoJohn Ogdon, Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli19:23
1963-03-05Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppoArthur Rubinstein, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf19:22
1963-04-06 – 1963-04-07Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoVladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel20:57
1963-04-06 – 1963-04-07Piano Concerto no. 1: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoVladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel20:46
1963-04Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat MinorpartialVladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel9:09
1963-05-31Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Andante non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoliveJohn Ogdon, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Monteux20:18
1963Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoСвятослав Рихтер, Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan22:03
1966-01-15Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso — Allegro con spiritoSidney Foster, Utah Symphony, Maurice Abravanel20:24
1966Konzert für Klavier und Orchester Nr. 1 b-moll op. 23, 1. Andante non troppo e molto maestosoГосударственный Академический Симфонический Оркестр России, Neeme Järvi, Григорий Соколов?:??
1968-01-30Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maestoso Allegro Con SpiritoShura Cherkassky, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti19:56
1968-02-20Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppoElena Gilels, State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov20:49
1968-04Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoSviatoslav Richter, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin20:45
1968-05-22 – 1968-05-27Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoNelson Freire, Münchner Philharmoniker, Rudolf Kempe18:31
1969-01-24 – 1969-01-25Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoGary Graffman, The Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell19:52
1969-02-18Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso: Allegro con spiritoNelson Freire, Orchestre Philharmonique de l’ORTF, Kurt Masur18:45
1970-02-09 – 1970-02-11Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoAlexis Weissenberg, Orchestre de Paris, Herbert von Karajan23:18
1970-06Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoWerner Haas, Orchestre National de l’Opéra de Monte‐Carlo, Eliahu Inbal20:01
1970-12Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoMartha Argerich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit21:14
1970-12Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, TH 55: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosopartialMartha Argerich, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit3:38
1970Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoEmil Gilels, Grand Symphony Orchestra of Radio and Television, Evgeny Svetlanov19:58
1971-03-30Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoliveEmil Gilels, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Evgeni Mravinsky20:59
1972-10-11 – 1972-10-17Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoEmil Gilels, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel20:06
1973-03-12Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 23. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoAndré Watts, New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein22:29
1974-08Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor: I. Allegro non troppoRotterdams Philharmonisch Orkest, Edo de Waart, Rafael Orozco20:13
1974Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: i. Allegro non troppoSymfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK18:47
1975-05-31Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveMikhaïl Faerman, Symphony Orchestra of the BRT, Irwin Hoffman19:20
1975-11-17 – 1975-11-18Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoLazar Berman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan21:59
1975-11Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro (excerpt)partialLazar Berman, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan3:48
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 1st Movement: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoHoracio Gutierrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn20:17
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 1partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn2:19
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 2partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:50
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 3partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:58
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 4partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn2:12
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 5partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:52
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 6partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:54
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 7partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn1:55
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 8partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn2:04
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 9partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn2:06
1975-12-11 – 1975-12-13Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spirito, Pt. 10partialHoracio Gutiérrez, London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn2:06
1979-04Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoClaudio Arrau, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis21:41
1979-07-04 – 1979-07-05Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoAndrei Gavrilov, Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti22:33
1979-11Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito (live, 1979: Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY, USA)liveEmil Gilels, New York Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta21:13
1980-02-07 – 1980-02-08Piano Concerto no. 1: I. Allegro con spiritolive and partialMartha Argerich, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kirill Kondrashin15:06
1980-02-07 – 1980-02-08Piano Concerto no. 1: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso -live and partialMartha Argerich, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kirill Kondrashin4:09
1980-02Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoliveMartha Argerich, Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kirill Kondrashin19:13
1980-10-01Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoliveMartha Argerich, Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Narodowej, Kazimierz Kord19:06
1982-10-24Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoViktoria Postnikova, Wiener Symphoniker, Gennady Rozhdestvensky22:52
1984-01-22 – 1984-01-23Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: Allegro con spiritopartialPhilip Fowke, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilfried Boettcher16:17
1984-01-22 – 1984-01-23Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: First Movement: Allegro non troppo e molto maestosopartialPhilip Fowke, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Wilfried Boettcher4:34
1985-06Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoIvo Pogorelich, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado23:20
1985-10Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-Flat minor, op. 23, TH 55: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso: Allegro con spiritoAndrás Schiff, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti19:59
1985-12-02 – 1985-12-03Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 23: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoJon Kimura Parker, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn21:35
1986-02-14 – 1986-02-15Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoKazune Shimizu, London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas20:36
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