The "Wow, I wish I'd heard this before" thread

[George K]

@jon-nyc 's comment about the Gershwin piano concerto got me to thinking.

A few years ago, at the Chicago Symphony, I heard the Ravel piano concerto for the left hand. Being the Neanderthal I am, I'd never heard it before.

I was flabbergasted.

What a masterpiece.

Is there any "classical" piece that you know is in "the repertoire," but have never heard before and loved?

[Axtremus]

Not sure if I understand, are you looking for:

1. Classical pieces we know exist in the repertoire …
2. But have never heard until well into our adulthood …
3. And loved them after we have heard them?

[George K]

@Axtremus exactly.

The Ravel piano concerto (left hand) just blew me away when I heard it for the first time. It was live.

[jon-nyc]

The first Rachmaninoff Sonata is one of mine.