Piano Concerto No. 3, Op. 26
Two Pianos, Four Hands
By Sergei Prokofiev

This is perhaps the only reliable edition of this work available at the moment, with IMC not publishing only publishing the 1st/4th and MCA and Forbergs being increasingly hard to find. The notes themselves are all perfectly fine, Prokofiev himself wrote the reduction. The physical quality of the product...

is certainly not worth the price however. The cover is a cheap plastic which is already showing wear after only a week of use, and the edition is staple-bound. It stays open well enough on some pages, but needs some squishing to function properly. The paper quality is low, blinding white and thin. The print quality is also sub-par with just a few too many gaps in ink. All the authority and notational accuracy is here, I just wish it were encased in a nicer product. Then it would perhaps be worth the incredibly steep price.

I first heard this concerto played by a conservatory students on two piano and (as expected), I didn't find it compelling. Later did I realize that work was not at fault but the interpreters. After hearing it performed live with orchestra, I was hooked. The orchestration is lush and...

the piano writing, exquisite. The print size does not bother me. I can't wait to start studying it.

This is one piece of music that I've always wanted to learn, but it will be a long term project. I would have preferred a different publisher, however, because the notes are very small and difficult to read.

This is a great edition of a great concerto. What else needs to be said? I was surprised by the difficulty relative to how it sounds, but once you get the notes under your fingers, they stay there.