GMG's Greatest Concertos Poll of 2017

[TheGSMoeller]

Part II of "The Greatest" polls.
Pick your top 10 choices for greatest concertos, any era, any instrument, with your top choice receiving 10 points, and your tenth choice receiving 1 point.

For those new to this, it's very similar to the symphony poll I just completed...

http://www.good-music-guide.com/community/index.php/topic,27326.0.html

After a week or so I'll tally up the top choices. Let's Go!

[Sergeant Rock]

Lots of D minor, as god intended 

10 (points) Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 "Emperor"
  9 Elgar Violin Concerto
  8 Berg Violin Concerto
  7 Brahms Piano Concerto 1 D minor
  6 Mozart Piano Concerto 20 D minor
  5 Dvorak Cello Concerto
  4 Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 D minor
  3 Bach Keyboard Concerto 1 D minor
  2 Schoenberg Piano Concerto
  1 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minor
 

[Maestro267]

1. Prokofiev - Piano Concerto No. 2 (10 pts)
2. Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 (9)
3. Elgar - Cello Concerto (eight)*
4. Elgar - Violin Concerto (7)
5. Britten - Piano Concerto (6)
6. Daugherty - UFO (for percussion) (5)
7. Ginastera - Piano Concerto No. 2 (4)
8. Lutoslawski - Cello Concerto (3)
9. Tishchenko - Violin Concerto No. 2 (2)
10. Maw - Violin Concerto (1)

*Just realised, several days after posting this, that 8 followed by a close bracket ) = . Hence, the word eight will have to do.

[amw]

10 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595
9 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 17 K. 453
8 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 15 K. 450
7 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 K. 491
6 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488
5 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 K. 503
4 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 21 K. 467
3 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 K. 466
2 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 9 K. 271
1 - Mozart Piano Concerto No. 18 K. 456

No particular theme for this list.

[North Star]

10 - Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand
9 - Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
8 - Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 2
7 - Bartók – Piano Concerto no. 2
6 - Dvorak – Cello Concerto
5 - Sibelius – Violin Concerto
4 - Nielsen – Flute Concerto
3 - Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595
2 - Alkan – Concerto for Solo Piano
1 - Berg - Violin Concerto

[bwv 1080]

10 - Carter: Piano Concerto
9 - Ferneyhough: La Chute d'Icare
8 - Ferneyhough: Terrain
7 - Carter:  Violin Concerto
6 - Ferneyhough: Les Froissements des Ailes de Gabriel
5 - Lutoslawski: Piano Concerto
4 - Ligeti: Cello Concerto
3 - Schnittke: Piano Concerto
2 - Dutilleux: Cello Concerto
1 - Carter: Cello Concerto

[Ken B]

reserving a spot

10  beethoven pc 4
9 mozart sinfonia concertante k364
8 shostakovich cello 2
7 mozart pc 23
6 mozart pc 24
5 brahms pc 2
4 bartok pc 2
3 prokofiev violin 2
2 glass tympani

[Wanderer]

(10) Medtner: Piano Concerto No. 3
(9)   Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4
(8 )  Dvořák: Piano Concerto
(7)   Skalkottas: Piano Concerto No. 2
(6)   Henselt: Piano Concerto
(5)   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
(4)   Sibelius: Violin Concerto
(3)   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20
(2)   Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2
(1)   Ravel: Piano Concerto in D (for the left hand)


Pièce de résistance:
(11) Foulds: Dynamic Triptych

[Wanderer]

Lots of D minor, as god intended 

10 (points) Beethoven Piano Concerto 5 "Emperor"
9 Elgar Violin Concerto
7 Brahms Piano Concerto 1 D minor
3 Bach Keyboard Concerto 1 D minor
1 Mendelssohn Violin Concerto E minor

5. Britten - Piano Concerto (6)

9 - Ravel – Piano Concerto in G major
7 - Bartók – Piano Concerto no. 2
2 - Alkan – Concerto for Solo Piano

9 mozart sinfonia concertante k364
7 mozart pc 23
6 mozart pc 24

Loving these!

[Mahlerian]

Points, not rankings.  There's a trio of 1930s violin concertos all clustered together for some reason...

10 - Mozart Piano Concerto 23
9 - Schoenberg Violin Concerto
8 - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
7 - Berg Violin Concerto
6 - Mozart Piano Concerto 9
5 - Bartok Piano Concerto 2
4 - Carter Clarinet Concerto
3 - Brahms Piano Concerto 2
2 - Ligeti Violin Concerto
1 - Beethoven Piano Concerto 4
0 - Mahler Violin Concerto

[aesthetic]

Because the symphonies list wasn't difficult enough ...   

10. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto
9.   Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major
8.   Poulenc: Concerto pour deux pianos, FP 61
7.   Sibelius: Violin Concerto
6.   Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2
5.   Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3
4.   Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
3.   Martinů: Concerto for two pianos & orchestra, H. 292
2.   Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 18
1.   Glière: Harp Concerto

[vandermolen]

Allan Pettersson: Violin Concerto 2 (10)
Shostakovich: Violin Concerto 1 (9)
Beethoven: Violin Concerto (8)
Prokofiev: Piano Concerto 2 (7)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 4 (6)
Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand (5)
Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto 2 (4)
Bridge: Oration (3)
Barber: Violin Concerto (2)
Moeran: Cello Concerto (1)

[TheGSMoeller]

0 - Mahler Violin Concerto

This may very well be the dark horse of the poll.

[Christo]

Wild guess: only Barber will make it to the finals; but hey, why not the terrific Martinů, or Nasidze? 

10. Bohuslav Martinů: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani (1938)
  9. Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto (1939)
  8. Lennox Berkeley: Concerto for two pianos and orchestra (1948)
  7. Sulkhan Nasidze: Concerto for Violin, Cello and Chamber Orchestra (1982)
  6. Manuel de Falla: Noches en los jardines de España (1915)
  5. Malcolm Arnold: Guitar Concerto (1959)
  4. Alberto Ginastera: Concierto para arpa y orquesta (1956)
  3. Pēteris Vasks: Violin Concerto 'Tālā gaisma' (1997)
  2. Germaine Tailleferre: Concertino pour harpe et orchestra (1928)
  1. Frank Bridge: Oration: concerto elegiaco (1931)

[SymphonicAddict]

It's definitely a harder poll:

10 - Shostakovich Cello concerto 1
  9 - Alwyn Lyra Angelica
  8 - Tchaikovsky Piano concerto 1
  7 - Dvorák Cello concerto
  6 - Nielsen Flute concerto
  5 - Lutoslawski Cello concerto
  4 - Bach Double concerto in D minor
  3 - Sibelius Violin concerto
  2 - Korngold Violin concerto
  1 - Rachmaninov Piano concerto 3

[Trout]

10 - Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
9 - Alwyn: Lyra Angelica
8 - Vasks: Violin Concerto "Tālā gaisma (Distant Light)"
7 - Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
6 - Berg: Violin Concerto
5 - Sibelius: Violin Concerto
4 - Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3
3 - Mozart: Clarinet Concerto
2 - Ligeti: Violin Concerto
1 - Furrer: Piano Concerto

[schnittkease]

This should do...

10: Schmitt: Symphonie concertante
9: Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto 2
8: Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
7: Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
6: Shostakovich: Cello Concerto 1
5: Jongen: Symphonie Concertante
4: Tveitt: Piano Concerto 4
3: Sibelius: Violin Concerto
2: Korngold: Violin Cocerto
1: Jolivet: Concerto for ondes Martenot and Orchestra

[kyjo]

This should do...

10: Schmitt: Symphonie concertante
9: Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto 2
8: Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur
7: Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
6: Shostakovich: Cello Concerto 1
5: Jongen: Symphonie Concertante
4: Tveitt: Piano Concerto 4
3: Sibelius: Violin Concerto
2: Korngold: Violin Cocerto
1: Jolivet: Concerto for ondes Martenot and Orchestra

Great list (but no Schnittke )! Love seeing some admiration for the Jongen and Tveitt especially.

[amw]

Beethoven: Violin Concerto (8) eight)

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[TheGSMoeller]

14 lists, 91 different concertos listed. Quite a variety so far.