Favorite 20th Century Violin Concertos

Started by Mirror Image, November 11, 2010, 07:35:47 PM

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What are your favorite 20th Century Violin Concertos?

Schoenberg
5 (7.6%)
Berg
25 (37.9%)
Barber
13 (19.7%)
Szymanowski
9 (13.6%)
Sibelius
26 (39.4%)
Shostakovich
22 (33.3%)
Britten
3 (4.5%)
Vaughan Williams
2 (3%)
Ligeti
9 (13.6%)
Prokofiev
22 (33.3%)
Bartok
21 (31.8%)
Dutilleux
3 (4.5%)
Adams
2 (3%)
Khachaturian
4 (6.1%)
Stravinsky
11 (16.7%)
Nielsen
8 (12.1%)
Hindemith
1 (1.5%)
Rautavaara
0 (0%)
Part
1 (1.5%)
Delius
2 (3%)
Bloch
2 (3%)
Schnittke
2 (3%)
Martinu
1 (1.5%)
Rodrigo
1 (1.5%)
Gubaidulina
2 (3%)
Elgar
13 (19.7%)
Glazunov
3 (4.5%)
Janacek
3 (4.5%)
Pettersson
4 (6.1%)
Martin
2 (3%)
Bernstein
0 (0%)
Walton
3 (4.5%)
Penderecki
0 (0%)

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Mirror Image

#80
December 02, 2010, 10:02:16 AM
Quote from: Wurstwasser on November 18, 2010, 08:41:38 AM
OK, then I can take your postings here as good suggestions :)

I'm not sure if their good suggestions but I certainly enjoy them. :)

San Antone

#81
April 20, 2015, 10:40:52 AM
Don't know if this my favorite but I like it a lot.

Egon Wellesz: Concerto for violin and orchestra, op.84 (1961)

https://www.youtube.com/v/_zttIiEQN_I

EigenUser

#82
April 21, 2015, 01:43:47 AM
Easy for me. Not a huge fan of the genre (even though I play violin), but I went with Ligeti, Stravinsky, Berg, and Bartok (in that order, currently). However, I much prefer both of Bartok's two violin rhapsodies to his 2nd VC.
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

jfdrex

#83
April 21, 2015, 01:56:12 PM
Never mind that I'm about four and a half years late to this poll, but I just cast votes for only two on the list:  Elgar and Sibelius.

My unntallied write-in votes go to the violin concertos of Korngold, Rózsa, and Moeran.  (Okay, so I stuffed the ballot box by casting five votes, not four.)

Mirror Image

#84
April 21, 2015, 02:42:53 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on April 21, 2015, 01:43:47 AM
Easy for me. Not a huge fan of the genre (even though I play violin), but I went with Ligeti, Stravinsky, Berg, and Bartok (in that order, currently). However, I much prefer both of Bartok's two violin rhapsodies to his 2nd VC.

I LOVE Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2. Great stuff. The others you mention are excellent as well. Have you heard Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1?

EigenUser

#85
April 21, 2015, 03:33:35 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on April 21, 2015, 02:42:53 PM
I LOVE Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2. Great stuff. The others you mention are excellent as well. Have you heard Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1?
Nope. If I have, I don't remember it. Is it the really depressing one? Maybe I'm thinking of his 2nd VC. My friend (a pianist) accompanied someone on it one time and said it was the most depressing thing he had ever played (though he liked it).
Beethoven's Op. 133 -- A fugue so bad that even Beethoven himself called it "Grosse".

The new erato

#86
April 21, 2015, 09:13:29 PM
Quote from: EigenUser on April 21, 2015, 03:33:35 PM
Nope. If I have, I don't remember it. Is it the really depressing one? Maybe I'm thinking of his 2nd VC. My friend (a pianist) accompanied someone on it one time and said it was the most depressing thing he had ever played (though he liked it).
More scary than depressing I feel (no 2). And mournful, rather than depressing (no 1).
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