Topic: the most beautiful violin concerto i have ever heard (Gidon Kremer⋅Philip Glas)

[SKYIO]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySGfGr7JsU


its so clear, pristine, every note stands out to me, the flow takes my mind on a trip


Im looking for something like this, but with more dynamic and speed, and intensity. I wonder if ill ever find it, maybe i should try creating it.

[vandermolen]

Sounds like a very good performance of the work.

[bwv 1080]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySGfGr7JsU


its so clear, pristine, every note stands out to me, the flow takes my mind on a trip


Im looking for something like this, but with more dynamic and speed, and intensity. I wonder if ill ever find it, maybe i should try creating it.

Just check out the other piece on the disc - the Schnittke Concerto Grosso #5

[Daverz]

I'm fond of the Glass Concerto.  I'll have to think about what a good follow-on would be.   Perhaps the Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1. 

What other violin concertos are you familiar with?

[TheGSMoeller]

How about Glass Violin Concerto No.2?

[schnittkease]

Just check out the other piece on the disc - the Schnittke Concerto Grosso #5

Ditto. One of my favorite Kremer recordings.

[zamyrabyrd]

Beethoven's Violin Concerto is a work of inspired genius. It was just on the car radio...

[alkan]

For me, the most beautiful, ...... Prokofiev's 1st violin concerto by David Oistrakh .... especially the final movement which melts into a kind of paradise of birdsong.   I have never heard anything so unique, movng and beautiful from the violin and orchestra ....

[Rosalba]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ySGfGr7JsU


its so clear, pristine, every note stands out to me, the flow takes my mind on a trip

Thanks for reminding me. Listening to it now.

[krummholz]

Some other wonderful violin concertos to sample:

Carl Nielsen (he only wrote one)
Vagn Holmboe's early Chamber Concerto No. 6
Havergal Brian (again, only one)
Samuel Barber (one of the most luscious VCs that I know, especially in the first two movements)

[vandermolen]

I like the Barber and agree about the first two movements - other favourites are those written by:

David Morgan
Allan Pettersson (No.2 - one of the greatest ever IMO)
Malcolm Williamson (especially the last movement)
Peterson-Berger
Shostakovich (1 and 2)
Miaskovsky

[Daverz]

I like the Barber and agree about the first two movements - other favourites are those written by:

David Morgan
Allan Pettersson (No.2 - one of the greatest ever IMO)
Malcolm Williamson (especially the last movement)
Peterson-Berger
Shostakovich (1 and 2)
Miaskovsky

I have the Morgan concerto coupled with the Fricker and Don Banks concertos on a Lyrita CD (unfortunately one that doesn't seem to be streaming).  The Fricker concerto is one of his most approachable works.  I love the Miaskovsky concerto, one of his best works.  I'll have to hunt down the Peterson-Berger.