GMG's Greatest Concertos Poll of 2017

[Mahlerian]

I'm sorry you didn't like my thread title, Maestro, but I do appreciate you participating! Thank you! 

I count 20 points for the Schoenberg Violin Concerto: 9 from me, 7 from Trout, and 4 from Mr. Bloom.  Did you forget to count the last one?

[TheGSMoeller]

I count 20 points for the Schoenberg Violin Concerto: 9 from me, 7 from Trout, and 4 from Mr. Bloom.  Did you forget to count the last one?

You're right, Mahlerian! For some reason when I transferred it to the thread I didn't change the Schoenberg.

[Mahlerian]

You're right, Mahlerian! For some reason when I transferred it to the thread I didn't change the Schoenberg.

Just an honest mistake.  Thanks for running these polls!

[SymphonicAddict]

Completed list! Let the discussions begin!

1: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 52
2: Berg: Violin Concerto - 42
t3: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 - 41; Sibelius: Violin Concerto - 41
5: Dvorak: Cello concerto - 37
6: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - 36
7: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488 - 34
8: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 K. 491 - 30
9: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 K. 466 - 29
t10: Bartok: 2nd Piano concerto - 28; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto  - 28
t12: Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur - 26; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 - 26
t14: Brahms: Violin concerto - 25; Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand  - 25
16: Elgar : Violin Concerto - 24
17: Elgar - Cello Concerto - 22
18: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595 - 21
19: Alwyn Lyra Angelica - 18
t20: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" ("Jeunehomme") - 18; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 - 18; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major - 18
23: Bach - Brandenburg Cto 3  - 17
t24: Schoenberg: Violin Concerto - 16; Shostakovich Cello concerto 1 - 16
t26: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 15; Vasks: Violin Concerto "Tālā gaisma (Distant Light)" - 15
t28: Martinů: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani - 13; Lutoslawski: Cello concerto - 13; Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto 2 - 13
t31: Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 - 12; Brahms Piano Concerto 1 D minor - 12

Many fans of Berg's concerto, it's quite popular. And now, what will be the next poll TheGSMoeller?

[Christo]

It's beyond me that K 466 should lose from 488 and 491. 

[TheGSMoeller]

And now, what will be the next poll TheGSMoeller?

Great question. Opera? Chamber music? Piano? 

[Ken B]

Completed list! Let the discussions begin!

1: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 52
2: Berg: Violin Concerto - 42
t3: Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 - 41; Sibelius: Violin Concerto - 41
5: Dvorak: Cello concerto - 37
6: Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 - 36
7: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 K. 488 - 34
8: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 K. 491 - 30
9: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 K. 466 - 29
t10: Bartok: 2nd Piano concerto - 28; Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto  - 28
t12: Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur - 26; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto #1 In B Flat Minor, Op. 23 - 26
t14: Brahms: Violin concerto - 25; Ravel: Concerto for Left Hand  - 25
16: Elgar : Violin Concerto - 24
17: Elgar - Cello Concerto - 22
18: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 27 K. 595 - 21
19: Alwyn Lyra Angelica - 18
t20: Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 9 "Jenamy" ("Jeunehomme") - 18; Mozart Piano Concerto No. 22 - 18; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major - 18
23: Bach - Brandenburg Cto 3  - 17
t24: Schoenberg: Violin Concerto - 16; Shostakovich Cello concerto 1 - 16
t26: Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 - 15; Vasks: Violin Concerto "Tālā gaisma (Distant Light)" - 15
t28: Martinů: Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano & Timpani - 13; Lutoslawski: Cello concerto - 13; Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto 2 - 13
t31: Schnittke: Cello Concerto No. 1 - 12; Brahms Piano Concerto 1 D minor - 12

Less embarrassing than I feared. I still will deny membership in GMG if this poll is leaked to the media!
The Mozart fanciers were clearly above such sordid trickery as strategic voting and log-rolling.

[TheGSMoeller]

I still will deny membership in GMG if this poll is leaked to the media!

Fake News!

[musicrom]

Wow, I never knew how popular Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto was... in fact, I'm not sure if I even know the piece. Will listen immediately.

[Mirror Image]

Wow, I never knew how popular Prokofiev's 2nd Piano Concerto was... in fact, I'm not sure if I even know the piece. Will listen immediately.

Yes! You must remedy that ASAP! It's a marvelous work. Certainly one of the greatest Russian piano concertos of all-time.

[Florestan]

Less embarrassing than I feared. I still will deny membership in GMG if this poll is leaked to the media!
The Mozart fanciers were clearly above such sordid trickery as strategic voting and log-rolling.

+ 1 on both accounts. 

[Jo498]

It's beyond me that K 466 should lose from 488 and 491. 

The middle movement drags it down compared to these two.
But I am actually surprised that the Mozart concerti got in at all. The problem here is usually that the votes tend to be dispersed among too many great works, so none gets enough. A surprise is also that Prokofiev's 2nd piano concerto easily dominates. And that Brahms does comparably poor; I would have expected the violin or the 2nd piano concerto among the top 5.

(The positioning of Elgar, Adams, Alwyn must be another very special GMG oddity....)

[Karl Henning]

(The positioning of Elgar, Adams, Alwyn must be another very special GMG oddity....)

Oh, not the Elgar, which concerti earn their place here easily.

[Florestan]

What really surprises me is that Liszt wasn't mentioned at all. At all.

[Harry]

What really surprises me is that Liszt wasn't mentioned at all. At all.

Andrei your inbox in full, so my reaction to your birthday wishes is still waiting

[Karl Henning]

What really surprises me is that Liszt wasn't mentioned at all. At all.

It does not surprise me, given the comparative obscurity (as standard rep goes, I mean) of these.

No, the real surprise is the absence of Rakhmaninov.  This is a snub!  0:)

Snub is not the right word:  six Mozart concerti appear here, but neither the Rakhmaninov Second or Third?  Rank fetishism!         

[Florestan]

Andrei your inbox in full, so my reaction to your birthday wishes is still waiting

Problem solved.

[Florestan]

It does not surprise me, given the comparative obscurity (as standard rep goes, I mean) of these.

I beg your pardon, Karl? Do you mean that Liszt's concertos are not standard repertoire? If you do, I'm greatly puzzled. 

No, the real surprise is the absence of Rakhmaninov. 

I missed that, here you are absolutely right.

And the shocking surprise is that there's no love at all for Schumann or Grieg.

Otoh, let's not take the whole thing too seriously. 

[ritter]

No, the real surprise is the absence of Rakhmaninov.  This is a snub!  0:)

I missed that, here you are absolutely right.

And the shocking surprise is that there's no love at all for Schumann or Grieg.

Well, democracy is always right....until it goes against what one thinks, that is 

Good day, gentlemen.

[Karl Henning]

I beg your pardon, Karl? Do you mean that Liszt's concertos are not standard repertoire? If you do, I'm greatly puzzled. 

What I meant was that, within the grand bucket of Standard Rep, the Liszt concerti are programmed less frequently than many.  (Less frequently than any of the Mozart concerti which made the list?  Probably not.)

Otoh, let's not take the whole thing too seriously. 

Quite right!