Tough Thursday: Favourite Shostakovich Concerti

[madaboutmahler]

Tough poll Thursday this week is:

Vote for your 3 favourite Shostakovich concerti!

My vote goes to: VC 1, CC 1 and PC2.

[Karl Henning]

Too tough! I abstain.

[PaulR]

Violin Concerto #1, Violin Concerto #2, and Cello Concerto #1

[madaboutmahler]

Too tough! I abstain.

Why I named it the 'Tough Thursday Poll!'

Certainly is very tough, all the concerti are such brilliant, powerful pieces.

[DavidW]

Violin Concerto #1, Violin Concerto #2, and Cello Concerto #1

Ditto.

[TheGSMoeller]

Three is too many for only six choices, so I chose only Cello Concerto #1.

[Sergeant Rock]

Tough poll Thursday this week is:

Not tough enough. You should have only given us one choice. Now that really would be tough 

Sarge

[madaboutmahler]

Not tough enough. You should have only given us one choice. Now that really would be tough 

Sarge

I'll keep that thought in mind for next week's 'Tough Thursday' poll. If you want to be really tough on yourself, you could do what Greg did and only vote for one!

Which did you vote for, Sarge?

[Karl Henning]

. . . no banana option?

[Sergeant Rock]

Which did you vote for, Sarge?

Cello Concertos 1 & 2, and the First Piano Concerto.

Sarge

[kishnevi]

VC 1, which is much my favorite that I can't vote for any of the others.
Maybe I can vote three times for one work instead?

[eyeresist]

Cello 1.

It's a shame he didn't try writing a horn concerto.

[madaboutmahler]

It's a shame he didn't try writing a horn concerto.

Interesting....
I could imagine Shostakovich writing a percussion concerto, especially in his later years. Or a viola concerto.

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: eyeresist on February 16, 2012, 08:45:41 PM

Cello 1.

It's a shame he didn't try writing a horn concerto.

 
I suppose he had, if he had met the right hornist.

[Karl Henning]

 Quote from: madaboutmahler on Today at 09:57:40 AM

I could imagine Shostakovich writing a percussion concerto, especially in his later years.

 
Well, there's that great little "percolating percussion" idea in the middle movement of the Fourth Symphony, which has later echoes in the Fifteenth Symphony, e.g.

And the scoring for the Fourteenth Symphony: strings and percussion.

[madaboutmahler]

Quote from: madaboutmahler on Today at 09:57:40 AM

I could imagine Shostakovich writing a percussion concerto, especially in his later years.

 
Well, there's that great little "percolating percussion" idea in the middle movement of the Fourth Symphony, which has later echoes in the Fifteenth Symphony, e.g.

And the scoring for the Fourteenth Symphony: strings and percussion.

Very true, Karl. He wrote so excellently for percussion! I bet all orchestral percussionists feel extremely excited when they see Shostakovich in their upcoming programme!

[Lisztianwagner]

Violin Concerto No.1, Cello Concerto No.1 and Piano Concerto No.2 for me.

[springrite]

Not tough enough. You should have only given us one choice. Now that really would be tough 

Sarge

I took your advise and voted for VC2. 

[Mirror Image]

I bow out of this one. I simply cannot choose. I love them all.

[Mirror Image]

Interesting....
I could imagine Shostakovich writing a percussion concerto, especially in his later years. Or a viola concerto.

A viola concerto more than likely, but I'm not sure about one for percussion. I always thought he would have written a concerto for a woodwind intrument especially the clarinet.