Piano Concerto in C Major - I. Toccata - Allegro Moderato (C大调钢琴协奏曲 - 第一乐章 托卡塔 - 有节制的快板)-Vernon Handley/Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Piers Lane

The concerto begins with driving, energetic music from the soloist set against a threatening, rising theme in the orchestra. A faster, more scherzo-like idea, shared out equally between piano and orchestra, soon contrasts against the opening music. These two blocks of music alternate, forming the basis of the entire movement. It is as though the traditional dialogue between soloist and orchestra has been supplanted by a more generalised dialogue of musical types. At the movement's climax, a brief and thunderous piano solo is joined by the full orchestra. However, the orchestra suddenly cuts off to leave the piano musing alone in a short lyrical cadenza. This leads without a break into the slow movement.