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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Concerto, composed 1875. 749 recordings in this catalogue, from 1931 to 2025. Scored for Piano.

Most recorded performers

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London Symphony Orchestra

Orchestra · 59 recordings

Emil Gilels

Soloist · 38 recordings

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 37 recordings

Philharmonia Orchestra

Orchestra · 36 recordings

Kirill Kondrashin

Conductor · 33 recordings

Vladimir Horowitz

Soloist · 33 recordings

Sviatoslav Richter

Soloist · 31 recordings

Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Orchestra · 27 recordings

Most reissued catalogue entries

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Anton Nanut, Bystrík Režucha, Slovak Philharmonic
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1987 · on 33 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Charles Dutoit, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Martha Argerich
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1970 · on 19 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Herbert von Karajan, Vienna Symphony, Sviatoslav Richter
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1962 · on 16 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Kirill Kondrashin, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Van Cliburn
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1958 · on 14 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, London Symphony Orchestra
candidate grouping · catalogue year 1963 · on 11 albums
Low-confidence candidate · 3 catalogue recordings
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Recordings (749)

Conductor

Kirill Kondrashin33 Herbert von Karajan22 Arturo Toscanini19 Charles Dutoit18 Kurt Masur17 András Ligeti16 Vladimir Ashkenazy15 Yuri Temirkanov13 Bystrík Režucha11 Daniel Barenboim11 Lorin Maazel11 Fritz Reiner10

Orchestra

London Symphony Orchestra59 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra37 Philharmonia Orchestra36 Saint Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra27 Berlin Philharmonic22 NBC Symphony Orchestra19 New York Philharmonic19 State Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Russian Federation18 Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra17 Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra17 Czech Philharmonic15 Philadelphia Orchestra14

Label

Sony Classical69 Deutsche Grammophon53 Decca Classics49 EMI Classics48 Warner Classics43 RCA Red Seal37 Philips29 Brilliant Classics24 Decca Records21 Мелодия21 Marston Records20 Philips Classics18

Decade

1930s16 1940s37 1950s69 1960s73 1970s56 1980s99 1990s129 2000s98 2010s60 2020s6

Credited instrument

Piano555

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers	Year	Label
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro con fuocoVan Cliburn	-	Time–Life Music	6:55
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: Andantino simpliceVan Cliburn	-	Time–Life Music	7:04
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 23: II. Andantino sempliceLadislav Slovák, State Philharmonic Košice	-	Columns Classics	7:31
Piano Concerto No. 1 (excerpt from 1. movement)Carl Bamberger, Orchestre de Paris, Sondra Bianca	-	-	8:16
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestosoLadislav Slovák, State Philharmonic Košice	-	Columns Classics	20:11
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat major, op. 23: III. Allegro con fuocoLadislav Slovák, State Philharmonic Košice	-	Columns Classics	6:52
Concierto para piano nº 1, 1er movimientoPhilharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg	-	-	9:04
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: II. Andante semplice - Prestissimo - Tempo IRafael Frühbeck de Burgos, London Symphony Orchestra, Ayako Uehara	-	EMI	7:29
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spiritoRafael Frühbeck de Burgos, London Symphony Orchestra, Ayako Uehara	-	EMI	21:53
Part 1Alexander Sladkovsky, Alexander Malofeev	-	Sony Classical	-
Part 3Alexander Sladkovsky, Alexander Malofeev	-	Sony Classical	-
Part 2Alexander Sladkovsky, Alexander Malofeev	-	Sony Classical	-
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23, Andantino semplice. PrestissimoArturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Horowitz	-	Membran	5:50
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B‐flat minor, op. 23, TH 55: Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso – Allegro con spiritoVassily Sinaisky, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Denis Kozhukhin	-	Pentatone	20:53
Piano Concerto No. 1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23: Allegro Con FuocoNeville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Ivan Moravec	-	Hänssler Classic	6:59
Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor: AndantinoClaudio Arrau	-	Decca Records	3:58
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 2nd Mov.: Andantino sempliceWillem van Otterloo, Residentie Orchestra, Alexander Uninsky	-	Philips	-
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 1st Mov.: Allegro non troppoWillem van Otterloo, Residentie Orchestra, Alexander Uninsky	-	Philips	-
Piano Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23: 3rd Mov.: Allegro con fuocoWillem van Otterloo, Residentie Orchestra, Alexander Uninsky	-	Philips	-
Klavierkonzert nr 1 B-moll Op. 23: III. Andantino sempliceBudapest Philharmonic Orchestra	-	Classical Disk Company	7:04

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