Favourite Top Ten Concerti ... with a difference

[Mark]

The symphony version of this thread has proved a surprise 'hit' with folks here, so now let's try something different again. You have to list your top ten (the numering is less important this time ) favourite concerti ... but you can choose each solo instrument only ONCE.

Let me illustrate with my list:


1 ) Finzi - Cello Concerto

2 ) Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1

3 ) Sibelius - Violin Concerto

4 ) Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor

5 ) Ibert - Flute Concerto

6 ) Golland - Tuba Concerto

7 ) Finzi - Clarinet Concerto

8 ) Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (Guitar, of course )

9 ) Danzi - Bassoon Concerto in G Minor

10 ) Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto (RV 425)


Bit trickier this one.

[hornteacher]

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (what a sin to limit this to one)

Dvorak Cello Concerto

Mozart Clarinet Concerto

Haydn Trumpet Concerto

Beethoven Piano Concerto (4 or 5)

Mozart Horn Concerto (2 or 3)

[gmstudio]

You know what? I love symphonies, I love opera, and I love string quartets, but I have never, ever gotten into concertos.  Perhaps this thread will inspire...

[bwv 1080]

Bartok Violin Concerto
Dutilleux Cello Concerto
Carter Oboe Concerto
Mozart Clarinet Concerto
Ponce Concerto del Sur (Guitar)
Lutoslawski Piano Concerto

[BachQ]

4 ) Marcello - Oboe Concerto in D Minor

Oh oh ...... you've given me an idea:

Brahms -- Piano Concerto no. 1 in d minor
JS Bach -- Harpsichord Concerto in d minor BWV 1052
Wieniawski -- Violin Concerto in d minor
Lalo -- Cello concerto in d minor
Vivaldi -- Harp Concerto in d minor
Elias Parish Alvars -- Concertino for harp, piano & orchestra in d minor
Handel -- Organ Concerto no. 10 in d minor
Johann Friedrich Fasch -- Guitar Concerto in d minor
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach -- Flute Concerto in d minor
Alessandro Marcello -- Oboe concerto in d minor, SF. 935
Vivaldi -- Concerto for 2 violins, cello, strings & continuo in d minor ("L'estro armonico" No. 11), Op. 3/11, RV 565

[longears]

Cello--Elgar
Guitar--Rodrigo Villa-Lobos Ponce
Tuba--RVW
Bassoon--Williams
Flute--Nielsen
Oboe--Strauss RVW
Harp--Rautavaara
Bass--Rautavaara
Piano--Mozart d minor
Violin--okay, Sibelius (whew!  and I thought piano was hard!)

[gmstudio]

Bass--Rautavaara

See? Now I have something to go looking for.  Any recommended recordings?

[Renfield]

Bit trickier this one.

Mark, for someone of my own listening tastes, this is downright hardcore.

Bar the piano, the violin and the cello, I must've heard one of each category, at best.

[longears]

gmsutdio:  Laine with Kantorow conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta on Bis.  You can hear it on Naxos.com

[PaulR]

Bass:  Tubin
Violin: Shostakovich
Cello: Dvorak
Piano: Brahms #1

[Brian]

Holy schmidt! 

piano - Beethoven's Emperor
violin - Mendelssohn
cello - Dvorak
flute - Schubert's Sixth Symphony 
viola - hasn't been written yet   
guitar - Rodrigo de Aranjuez
clarinet - Mozart
erhu - The Butterfly Lovers Concerto (erhu version ONLY; violins are for wimps)
trumpet - Haydn
horn and hardart - P.D.Q. Bach

[gmstudio]

gmsutdio:  Laine with Kantorow conducting the Tapiola Sinfonietta on Bis.  You can hear it on Naxos.com

Gracias!

[not edward]

Brahms: Piano Concerto No 2
Brahms: Violin Concerto
Schnittke: Viola Concerto
Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
Nielsen: Flute Concerto
Martinu: Oboe Concerto
Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto
Hindemith: Horn Concerto
Poulenc: Organ Concerto
Falla: Harpsichord Concerto

[m_gigena]

Piano: Rachmaninov's third
Violin: Shostakovich's first
Cello: Khachaturian.
Soprano: Gulda's Concerto for Ursula. 
Flute: Khachaturian-Rampal
Viola: 1/2 * Sinfonia Concertante K364
Clarinet: Mozart
Guitar: Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez
(plus two at random)

[AnthonyAthletic]

Bassoon: Devienne No. 1 in C
Cello: Dvorak
Clarinet: Mozart
Guitar: Bacarisse: Concertino in A minor
Horn: Mozart Concerto No. 4
Organ: Handel - (Org Con No.13) 'The Cuckoo And The Nightingale'
Piano: Brahms No.1/Rachmaninov No.2/Shostakovich No.2/Emperor
Trumpet: Haydn
Viola: Walton
Violin: Beethoven/Tchaikovsky/Bruch/Barber

Triple: Beethoven 
Two Violins: Bach - D Minor(BWV 1060) 

One of my favourite concertos is the Devienne Bassoon concerto, with Hubner.  Something I wouldn't usually buy and was fortunate to win this on ahem...Classic FM years ago.  As big a boned Baroqueness as you wouldn't expect, a fascinating concerto. It came as a bit of a shock to hear such lovely music for bassoon.

Bacarisse, a concertino full of beautiful music for Guitar, not quite an Aranjuez but nonetheless evoking everything Espana IMO.

Too much of a good thing for piano/violin 

[Lethevich]

Violin: Vasks
Cello: Dvořák
Viola: Walton
Bass: Tubin
Erhu: Liu Wenjin
Acoustic guitar: Rodrigo
Electric guitar: Beeman
Balalaika: Serguei Vassilenko
Sitar: Shankar
Mandolin: Vivaldi

Piano: Schumann
Prepared piano: Cage
Fortepiano: Mozart (a random late one)
Harpsichord: Bach (BWV 1057)
Organ: Dupré (Op.31)
Ondes Martenot: Bernard Wisson
Vibraphone: Siegfried Fink
Theremin: Lydia Kavina
Xylophone: Hovhaness
Marimba: Ney Rosauro

Oboe: RVW
Cor Anglais: Vasks
Flute: CPE Bach (A minor)
Clarinet: Finzi
Serpent: Proctor
Bassoon: Weber
Recorder: Telemann (C major)
Piccolo: Vivaldi (A minor, RV 445)

Tuba: RVW
Trumpet: Haydn
Trombone: Dusapin
Horn: Mozart (K 495)
Euphonium: Ponchielli
Alphorn: Jean Daetwyler
Saxophone: Yoshimatsu
Harmonica: Arnold

Timpani: Milhaud
Drum set: Beck
Triangle: David Bruce
Steel pan: Jan Bach
Bandoneón: Piazzolla
Maracas: Ricardo Lorenz
Biwa and shakuhachi: Takemitsu
Tuned clogs: Frans Andriessen
Coloratura soprano: Gliere
Accordion: Gubaidulina
Rock group: Deep Purple
Jewish harp: Albrechtsberger
Tap dancer: Morton Gould
Birds: Rautavaara
Motorcycle: Sandström

[val]

MOZART:   Piano Concerto 19

BEETHOVEN:   Violin Concerto

ELGAR:     Cello Concerto

MOZART:    Clarinet Concerto

RICHARD STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto

RICHARD STRAUSS:  Horn Concerto 2

MOZART:   Flute Concerto K 313

HAYDN:   Trumpet Concerto

RODRIGO:  Guitar Concerto "Aranjuez"

J.S. BACH: Harpsichord Concerto BWV 1052

[Lethevich]

Val: I totally forgot about those two Strauss ones - they're very good.

[Mark]

Violin: Vasks
Cello: Dvořák
Viola: Walton
Bass: Tubin
Erhu: Liu Wenjin
Acoustic guitar: Rodrigo
Electric guitar: Beeman
Balalaika: Serguei Vassilenko
Sitar: Shankar
Mandolin: Vivaldi

Piano: Schumann
Prepared piano: Cage
Fortepiano: Mozart (a random late one)
Harpsichord: Bach (BWV 1057)
Organ: Dupré (Op.31)
Ondes Martenot: Bernard Wisson
Vibraphone: Siegfried Fink
Theremin: Lydia Kavina
Xylophone: Hovhaness
Marimba: Ney Rosauro

Oboe: RVW
Cor Anglais: Vasks
Flute: CPE Bach (A minor)
Clarinet: Finzi
Serpent: Proctor
Bassoon: Weber
Recorder: Telemann (C major)
Piccolo: Vivaldi (A minor, RV 445)

Tuba: RVW
Trumpet: Haydn
Trombone: Dusapin
Horn: Mozart (K 495)
Euphonium: Ponchielli
Alphorn: Jean Daetwyler
Saxophone: Yoshimatsu
Harmonica: Arnold

Timpani: Milhaud
Drum set: Beck
Triangle: David Bruce
Steel pan: Jan Bach
Bandoneón: Piazzolla
Maracas: Ricardo Lorenz
Biwa and shakuhachi: Takemitsu
Tuned clogs: Frans Andriessen
Coloratura soprano: Gliere
Accordion: Gubaidulina
Rock group: Deep Purple
Jewish harp: Albrechtsberger
Tap dancer: Morton Gould
Birds: Rautavaara
Motorcycle: Sandström

Smart arse!

[DavidW]

This is a much smarter idea than the numbering, very good Mark.