Topic: Please recommend me concertos for wind instruments

[Diletante]

Good evening.

I like concertos very much, I think it's my favorite type of classical composition.

There seems to be a large repertoire for piano and violin concertos, but not so much for other instruments. So I would like you to recommend me some concertos I could check out for wind instruments.

I especially like how the oboe sounds, but feel free to recommend works for clarinet, flute, french horn, trombone or whatever.

Also, I would prefer music from Romanticism on. Feel free to recommend atonal compositions as well. And if you feel I should definitely check out a Baroque or Classical piece, please say it, too.

Thanks in advance. 

[SonicMan46]

Boy, Tanuki - I think that you'll have to be much more specific just to limit the recommendations at first! 

Wind instrument concertos and chamber music span the Baroque into the 20th century - there is just so much available - I probably own hundreds of CDs already of this music, so may be if you can 'zero in' on some of your more specific needs, we can make some recommendations - 

But, just to show you the 'vastness' of your request, I have the 4-CD set of Antonio Rosetti's (1750-1792) - Wind Concertos (a completely forgotten composer!) - these include oboe, clarinet, horn, & bassoon works - just wonderful!  But a small 'corner' of what I own - so, please some more specifics as to 'what' you want?  There's an abundance available - 

[Keemun]

I don't have many recordings of concertos for wind instrument (I prefer violin, cello and piano), but I do like these:

Bach: Oboe Concerto, BWV 1059
Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Op. 31
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C, K314
Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4
Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D, AV144

[Diletante]

Boy, Tanuki - I think that you'll have to be much more specific just to limit the recommendations at first

Heh, OK, truly sorry about that. Please bear with my 'noviceness'.

How about Oboe or Horn concertos, from late romanticism or 20th century?

That'd be great.  

[Keemun]

Heh, OK, truly sorry about that. Please bear with my 'noviceness'.

How about Oboe or Horn concertos, from late romanticism or 20th century?

That'd be great.  

Well, that limits my previous recommendations to one, the Strauss Oboe Concerto.    But I think you would like the Finzi Clarinet Concerto as well, it's quite good. 

[Opus106]

Strauss wrote concerti for horn as well, didn't he?

Beyond the boundary specified,

Everything by Mozart
Albinoni Op. 9 No. 2
The ones for clarinet by Weber and Crussel
Haydn's trumpet concerto

[SonicMan46]

Heh, OK, truly sorry about that. Please bear with my 'noviceness'.

How about Oboe or Horn concertos, from late romanticism or 20th century?

Well, below is just a 'starter' consideration - there are so many other considerations - I would strongly recommend exploration of the 'wind' works of the Baroque & Classical eras, and also a consideration of the 'chamber' use of these instruments - my preference is to hear these 'wind instruments' in a smaller group, but up to you - good luck in your explorations and please reply back to this thread - 

Arnold, Malcolm - Clarinet Concertos - King (Hyperion)
Cartellieri, Antonio - Clarinet Concertos - Klocker (MDG)
Krommer, Franz - Clarinet Concertos - Naxos
Spohr, Louis - Clarinet Concetos - Hyperion
Stamitz, Carl - Clarinet Concetos - Naxos
Strauss, Richard - Horn Concertos - EMI

Haydn & Telemann - Horn Concertos
Mozart - Clarinet & Oboe Works

[Florestan]

How about Oboe or Horn concertos, from late romanticism or 20th century?

That'd be great. 

[Daverz]

Copland Clarinet Concerto

Nielsen Clarinet and Flute Concertos

Weinberg: Flute Concertos and Clarinet Concerto



Hoddinot, Doubles (oboe)



Magnus Lindberg Clarinet Concerto

[Mark G. Simon]

Your first stop needs to be the Flute Concerto and Clarinet Concerto of Carl Nielsen. In these works broad richly-scored romantic themes coexist with biting sarcasm and modernist melodic and harmonic formulations. Both of them are very rewarding and a lot of fun for the listener. For the soloists they're among the toughest in the repertory.

[karlhenning]

Your first stop needs to be the Flute Concerto and Clarinet Concerto of Carl Nielsen. In these works broad richly-scored romantic themes coexist with biting sarcasm and modernist melodic and harmonic formulations. Both of them are very rewarding and a lot of fun for the listener. For the soloists they're among the toughest in the repertory.

Hear, hear!

Magnus Lindberg Clarinet Concerto

Excellent!

[Diletante]

Cool! I am just listening to that recording and it sounds great!

Thanks for the recommendations so far, everyone. I'll be checking them out one by one, slowly.

Keep them coming! 

[Solitary Wanderer]

Love this one.

When you arrive home after a particularly stressful day, pop this on for blissful recuperation 

[Subotnick]

I see my two reccomendations have already been made. This recording of the Finzi and Copland clarinet concertos is a favourite of mine.



George MacDonald - Clarinet
Northern Sinfonia Of England
Steuart Bedford - Conductor


It also includes a delightful piece by Walter Mourant called The Pied Piper.

TTFN.
Me.

[donaldopato]

Weber's charming Clarinet Concerti and Concertino are always wonderful and quite tuneful.

For those wanting to explore the "depths" of the winds, there is Kalevi Aho's new Contrabassoon Concerto.

[david johnson]

the haydn and hummel trumpet concertos.

the mozart and strauss horn concertos.

dj

[Sef]

the haydn and hummel trumpet concertos.

the mozart and strauss horn concertos.

dj

I once heard Hummel's Introduction, Theme and Variations for Oboe and Orchestra in Fm at a concert. Very enjoyable.

[Daverz]

One work I forgot was Haydn's Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Bassoon.

[Lilas Pastia]

Weber's charming Clarinet Concerti and Concertino are always wonderful and quite tuneful.

For those wanting to explore the "depths" of the winds, there is Kalevi Aho's new Contrabassoon Concerto.

Weber's first clarinet concerto is definitely one of the top works ever composed for a wind instrument. It has everything: virtuosity, drama, beautiful tunes and vibrant orchestral backdrop.

Surprinsingly little concertante compositions for wind instruments have been written in the Classical, Romantic and Late-Romantic eras. Nothing by Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Berlioz - not to mention Chopin, Liszt, Verdi, Wagner, Sibelius, etc. We have to wait for Strauss, Vaughan-Williams and Nielsen to get them reeds back to the fore. From there on (post WWI) it's been a deluge of good, very good and great works.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Martinu's concerto for oboe and small orchestra (1955) is a dandy.

It's worth noting that the recording I have is a Czech production - Czech Philharmonic to be exact - which means we get the characteristic rich, tart, 'eastern' sound from the solo oboe. A particular treat.