Not another ...

[Mark]

... Schumann Piano Concerto/Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto/[insert name of unwanted pairing].

I'm sure I'm not alone in this. You buy a CD for a particular work, and you often end up with a pairing which you didn't particularly want. I've already got stacks of the above-mentioned, as well as Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Elgar's Enigma Variations and countless others.

So I propose we start an 'Unintentional/Unwanted Pairings' Top 50.

I've given you the first four. Now it's your turn.

[Harry Collier]

Myaskovsky Violin concerto (hurrah!) with Vadim Repin and Valery Gergiev. Coupled with: Tchaikovsky violin concerto (yet another).

[71 dB]

Deutsche Grammophon makes these pairing CDs. I don't have many DG CDs so I don't suffer much from this.

[Mark]

Deutsche Grammophon makes these pairing CDs. I don't have many DG CDs so I don't suffer much from this.

Oh no, my friend. It's not just DG. I've had this with Decca, EMI, Warner, etc, etc, etc ...

[The Mad Hatter]

Shostakovich concertos with...well...anything by Not Shostakovich.

[aquablob]

Beethoven's Choral Fantasy seems to be common "filler." Does that count?

The Grieg and Schumann Piano Concerti are almost always paired together, although there is logic behind this. It is often hard to purchase one without the other, though.

[Brian]

The Grieg and Schumann Piano Concerti are almost always paired together, although there is logic behind this. It is often hard to purchase one without the other, though.

I managed it! Thanks to the Naxos Grieg Edition.

What precisely is the logic? They're in the same key, but a quick listen demonstrates to me just how much more interesting the Grieg is ... of course that's just a matter of personal preference, though.

[Mark]

... to me just how much more interesting the Grieg is ... of course that's just a matter of personal preference, though.

A preference which I share.

[aquablob]

I managed it! Thanks to the Naxos Grieg Edition.

What precisely is the logic? They're in the same key, but a quick listen demonstrates to me just how much more interesting the Grieg is ... of course that's just a matter of personal preference, though.

They each only wrote one, and yes, they are in the same key. They're (relatively) about the same length, and I believe (though I could be mistaken) that Grieg acknowledged the influence of Schumann's PC on his own.

[not edward]

I think Janacek's Sinfonietta must be one of the most common fillers ever. It's a great piece, but the only recording I ever bring out is Ancerl.

[Don]

I managed it! Thanks to the Naxos Grieg Edition.

What precisely is the logic? They're in the same key, but a quick listen demonstrates to me just how much more interesting the Grieg is ... of course that's just a matter of personal preference, though.

Right, and my own preference is for the Schumann.  I find the Grieg somewhat boring after hundreds of hearings.  For whatever reason, the Schumann doesn't have the same effect.