Top 10 Concertos

[antongould]

As we seem to be in a short spell of list mania, yes I take the blame, here is a place to post your favourite Concertos - shall we say one per composer?

[Petrushka]

One per composer's much more tricky when it comes to concertos. For example, having to choose the Clarinet Concerto over the 27th Piano when it comes to Mozart. With that in mind and in no particular order:

Beethoven: Violin
Tchaikovsky: Piano 1
Prokofiev: Piano 3
Dvorak: Cello
Mozart: Clarinet
Rachmaninov: Piano 2
Berg: Violin
Shostakovich: Cello 1
Brahms: Violin
Elgar: Violin

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

One per composer:

Elgar Cello
Rachmaninoff Piano 2
Tchaikovsky Piano 2
Brahms Piano 1
Beethoven Piano 4
Mozart Piano 20
Strauss Oboe
Mathias Oboe
Bach Double Violin
Sibelius Violin

[makropulos]

Mozart C minor Piano Concerto K491
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1
Mendlessohn Violin Concerto
Schumann Piano Concerto
Brahms Violin Concerto
Bartók Violin Concerto No. 2
Berg Violin Concerto
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 3
Ireland Piano Concerto
Walton Cello Concerto

[salymap]

Off the top of my head, not necessarily my favourites...

Mozart Piano no 17 K.453
Brahms Double
Herbert Murrill Cello concerto [the one containing Casals' Song of the Birds]
Beethoven PC no 2
Dvorak Cello Concerto
Tchaikovsky violin
Handel organ concerto op 4 no 4
Elgar Cello
Mendelssohn PC no 1
Rachmaninov no 2
Ireland Piano concerto
Sibelius violin

[Suffolkcoastal]

Quite difficult this one and probably a little more conventional.

Barber Piano Concerto
Beethoven Piano Concerto No 4
Elgar Violin Concerto
Hanson Piano Concerto
Moeran Violin Concerto
Piston Violin Concerto No 1
Shostakovich Cello Concerto No 1
Sibelius Violin Concerto
Vaughan Williams Piano Concerto (except when by played by A Wass)
Walton Viola Concerto

[antongould]

Beethoven Piano 1
Elgar Cello
Finzi Cello
Gershwin RIB ??
Grieg Piano
Mozart Piano K491
Prokoviev Violin 2
Rachmaninov Piano 2
Sibelius Violin
Tchaikovsky Violin

[Nick Armstrong]

Mozart Piano 9 & 17 (and and and... )
Beethoven Piano No 5
Chopin Piano No 1
Brahms Piano No 1
Rachmaninov Piano No 3
Poulenc Piano
Ravel Piano in G major and Left hand
R Strauss Horn No 2

[Roehre]

Today's list (will be different tomorrow ):

Bartok piano 1
Berg violin
Brahms piano 2
Feldman piano and orchestra
Keuris violin 2
Petterson violin 2
Rihm Gesungene Zeit (violin)
Saint Saens violin 3
Sibelius violin
Szymanowski violin 1

[Suffolkcoastal]

Perhaps we could also try producing a top 10 concertos that doesn't include concertos for Piano, Violin or Cello.

My choice at the moment would be:

Copland Clarinet
Krommer Oboe
Martinu Oboe
Nielsen Flute
Piston Viola
Rodrigo Flute
W Schuman Three Colliques for Horn & Orchestra
Tubin Double Bass
Vaughan Williams Oboe
Walton Viola

[Mahlerei]

Aho: Contrabassoon Concerto
Arnold: Guitar Concerto
Beethoven: 'Emperor' Concerto
Brahms: 1st Piano Concerto
Eben: Organ Concerto No. 1 'Symphonia Gregoriana'
Gregson: Trombone Concerto
Prokofiev: 1st Piano Concerto
Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
Shostakovich: 2nd Piano Concerto
Strauss: Horn Concerto No 1

[antongould]

have you done symphonies?

[Mahlerei]

i have now :)

[antongould]

Star

[Petrushka]

Perhaps we could also try producing a top 10 concertos that doesn't include concertos for Piano, Violin or Cello.

Very difficult, SC, but here goes (again in no particular order):

Mozart: Flute/Oboe K314
Strauss: Oboe
Vaughan Williams: Tuba (premiered exactly 1 week after my birth!)
Walton: Viola
Hummel: Trumpet
Haydn: Trumpet
Poulenc: Organ, Timpani & Strings
Copland: Clarinet
Bartok: Orchestra
Lutoslawski: Orchestra

(I might have cheated with the last two. That wasn't easy!)