Talk:Piano Concerto No. 3 (Prokofiev)

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From Prokofiev article

In order to celan up the trivia section of the prokofiev article, I tried to move this bit of information here, but it seems to contradict with the rest of the article.

"Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major was performed in Prague in 1926 for the first time ever (Ilona Štěpánová-Kurzová, Václav Talich, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra). This concert was featured in the 1980 movie The Competition starring Richard Dreyfuss, Amy Irving, and Lee Remick. Amy Irving wins the competition over Richard Dreyfuss by deciding to play the Prokofiev concerto at the last minute instead of the Mozart piano concerto she had planned to play."

--Wormsie 13:48, 3 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Modern Version Versus Original Version

Who was the first pianist to add the more powerful modern ending to the concerto? I listened to Prokokiev's own recording in 1932, which does not have that ending. I like Prokofiev's version better than the modern version because the focus seems to be on the music instead of being on the technical ability of the pianist; it evokes more emotion in me. I do, on the other hand, also like the powerful modern ending, which focuses on the technical ability of the pianist. In fact, when I listen to the modern version, I just skip to the last two minutes of the concerto. 7Jim7 (talk) 10:14, 29 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Do you mean this recording? It's exactly the same as in every "modern" version.-- megA (talk) 21:36, 11 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]