Top 10 Favorite VCs

[Brahmsian]

Gubaidulina In Tempus Praesens - Her second, after Offertorium, and as great as the first one is, I like this even better.

--Bruce

I forgot to mention this one, and Prokofiev's 1st.  I might have to redo my list. 

[Karl Henning]

His best work IMO and very fine, but not top ten territory for me.

Agreed.

[Brahmsian]

Hmm, am I the only one who has mentioned/likes Glazunov's? 

Aha, I spotted that Ilaria is the only other so far with Glazunov on her list! 

[Brahmsian]

Agreed.

Come on now!  What happened to letting go of all this first tier, second tier talk? 

[Karl Henning]

There's Stockhausen, and there's everything else!

[Karl Henning]

Aha, I spotted that Ilaria is the only other so far with Glazunov on her list! 

That doe-eyed Romantic! 

[Brahmsian]

Havergal Brian
Bartok #1
Berg
Bach A minor BWV 1041
Elgar
Glass #1
Mendelssohn E minor
Schoenberg
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi (take your pick  )


Sarge

Really?    We share one on this list.  One! 

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely...

A newest addition that may not bump anyone from my old list but is definitely a fave now: Khachaturian.

[Brahmsian]

Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely...

Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time. 

[jochanaan]

Well, I like the Walton too, ever since I heard Kyung Wha-Chung play it on a Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast with Andre Previn conducting.

Others:

Bach E Major and A minor
Beethoven
Brahms
Mendelssohn E minor
Sibelius
Berg
Britten
Bartok 2
Korngold

And, finally, one that has a very special place in my heart: Mozart 3.  This deserves an explanation, although Mozart is usually self-explanatory. It was this piece that my mother chose to "sing me to sleep" every night for several years: she would put it on after I had been put to bed, following a theory that playing a certain piece of music every night would condition a child's mind to "shut down" in sleep.  It seemed to work in childhood.  But in college, when I played in the orchestra for that concerto, fortunately I had no desire to sleep.

Honorable mention:
Paganini 1
Bruch
Saint Saens 3
Lalo Symphony Espagnole
Henri Vieuxtemps 4
Tchaikovsky
Barber (I think I've heard it just once, and liked it, but have had no chance to get more familiar with it)
Stravinsky

[Mirror Image]

Not saying that you should change your likes. Just that I basically agree with you, aside from a few glaring omissions. I would add Milhaud's small and wonderfully lovable no 2 as well. Of course we're now moving into bakers dozen territory.

It's alright, erato. Re-reading your message, I simply misunderstood you. My apologies.

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time. 

Oh, crap! The OP has it on his list. Cool! Thanks 'Nut.

[Karl Henning]

Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time. 

I like it, too.

[(poco) Sforzando]

I really, really strongly dislike that concerto. It's my least favorite Beethoven piece, except "Fur Elise".

For reasons I have detailed in other threads, I share Brian's opinion. I really think that piece is one of Beethoven's least successful large-scale works.

[Sergeant Rock]

Really?    We share one on this list.  One! 

It's the Havergal Brian we have in common...right? 

Sarge

[mc ukrneal]

Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely...

A newest addition that may not bump anyone from my old list but is definitely a fave now: Khachaturian.

Will look it up. I like Walton, but didn't realize he had composed a violin concerto. Strange how we miss some pieces sometimes. For a long time (relatively), I didn't realize that Saint-Saens had written a concerto either, let alone three.

[Sergeant Rock]

Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely...

I really should bump Glass and add Walton.

Well, I like the Walton too, ever since I heard Kyung Wha-Chung play it on a Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast with Andre Previn conducting.

I saw Previn and Chung perform the Walton Concerto as part of an all Walton program in Cleveland in 1972. A memorable concert.

Sarge

[jochanaan]

I really should bump Glass and add Walton.

I saw Previn and Chung perform the Walton Concerto as part of an all Walton program in Cleveland in 1972. A memorable concert.

Sarge

I wonder if that was the one they broadcast...?  What I remember from that broadcast was that Ms. Chung's tone was so powerful that in a number of places she swamped the orchestra!

[Brahmsian]

It's the Havergal Brian we have in common...right? 

Sarge

  Didn't even know Havergal composed a violin concerto.

No, it was the Tchaikovsky that we share as a favourite.  Do you ever listen to Schumann's music?   

[Dancing Divertimentian]

Will look it up. I like Walton, but didn't realize he had composed a violin concerto. Strange how we miss some pieces sometimes. For a long time (relatively), I didn't realize that Saint-Saens had written a concerto either, let alone three.

It's my favorite Walton work. Yeah, Saint-Saens's third VC is very close to cracking my top ten. Probably will next time I listen to it.

BTW, Saint-Saens's first cello concerto probably cracks my top five!