Favourite Top Ten Concerti ... with a difference

[Kullervo]

Jolivet would've been sad to know he's been beaten in the extremely small arena of ondes Martenot concerti.

[Brian]

***A very long list that ends with:***
Tuned clogs: Frans Andriessen
Coloratura soprano: Gliere
Accordion: Gubaidulina
Rock group: Deep Purple
Jewish harp: Albrechtsberger
Tap dancer: Morton Gould
Birds: Rautavaara
Motorcycle: Sandström

Showoff!

[Renfield]

Showoff!

Yes, but at least she did it in style.

[quintett op.57]

1 ) Brahms - Piano Concerto No.2

2 ) Haydn - Cello Concerto No.2

3 ) Britten - Violin Concerto

4 ) Mozart - Horn Concerto No.1

5 ) Strauss - Oboe Concerto

6 ) Weber - Clarinet Concerto No.1

7 ) Hindemith - Der schwanendreher (Viola)

8 ) Haydn - Trumpet Concerto No.1 (could have cheated with Shosta's concerto for piano and trumpet?)

9 ) Vivaldi - Lute concerto (No.1?)

10 ) Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (Guitar)

[ChamberNut]

1 ) Dvorak - Cello Concerto

2 ) Schumann - Piano Concerto  (ooh boy, this is a tough one, so many great ones to choose from)

3 ) Beethoven - Violin Concerto  (another very difficult one to choose from)

7 ) Mozart - Clarinet Concerto

8 ) Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (Guitar, but I also like Antoine de lhoyer's

10 ) Vivaldi - Mandolin Concerto (RV 425)

11) Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 2

For oboe, bassoon, flute, tuba, I haven't heard enough (or any in some cases) to make a choice.

[Don]

Cello - Dvorak
Violin - Miaskovsky
Tuba - Aho
Flute & Harp - Mozart
Clarinet - Mozart
Oboe - Strauss
Mandolin - Hummel
Piano - Rach. 3
Bassoon - Mozart
Viola - Walton

[Maciek]

Trombone: Dusapin
...
Motorcycle: Sandström

That's cheating!

(Sandström's would be my favorite TC too, BTW.)

[MISHUGINA]

in no order:

1. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
2. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1
3. Berg: Violin Concerto
4. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
5. Brahms (again =P): Violin Concerto
6. Rodrigo: Concerto Pastorale (for flute)
7. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4
8. Bartok: Violin Concerto no. 2
9. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1
10. Elgar: Cello Concerto

[Mark]

in no order:

1. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1
2. Chopin: Piano Concerto no. 1
3. Berg: Violin Concerto
4. Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
5. Brahms (again =P): Violin Concerto
6. Rodrigo: Concerto Pastorale (for flute)
7. Beethoven: Piano Concerto no. 4
8. Bartok: Violin Concerto no. 2
9. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto no. 1
10. Elgar: Cello Concerto

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.

Good ... but no cigar. See above.

[BachQ]

Good ... but no cigar.

Mark, be gentle .......... Mishugina got the most important one correct ...........

1. Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1

[pjme]

Jolivet would've been sad to know he's been beaten in the extremely small arena of ondes Martenot concerti.

Marcel Landowski : concerto for ondes, strings and percussion ( Erato /LP and CD)
Jacques Charpentier : Concertino "à la Francese" for ondes, strings and 21 percussion ( a short but terrific work! used to be available on a Philips LP) + a concerto for ondes and full orch.
Paul Bizet : Concerto for ondes and orch
Jacques Bondon : Concerto for ondes and orch. ( Kaléidoscope for ondes and small orch. used to available on an Erato LP)
Philippe Capdenat : Concerto Italien for ondes  & orch.
Raymond Depraz : Concerto "Isha Upanishad"
Jacques Dupont : Concerto ondes & orch;
Ruben Radica: Concerto
Armin Schibler :Concert pour le temps présent
Karel Trow: Concerto
Georges Léonce Guinot : Concerto
Jacques Hétu : Concerto
Joseph Maria Mestres : Concerto for ondes, perc and orch.
Pierre Meyer : Concerto for ondes , 2 pianos and perc.


(Most of these composers ( France, Switzerland, Canada, Croatia) are roughly contemporary of Messiaen, Jolivet and Dutilleux. Very little of their work is available on CD...it slumbers in the shadows of Messiaen and Boulez ( ..Ravel and Debussy...)

..and that's just the concerti. There's a wealth of suites, symphonies ( Koechlin nr 2, Martinon nr 2 "Hymne à la vie"), solo pieces, trios, quartets, combinations with choir, other electronics etc.

From "Maurice Martenot, luthier de l' électronique" / Jean Laurendeau
Louise Courneau / Montréal 1990 - Dervy - Livres Croissy - Beaubourg France

[Wanderer]

Piano: Beethoven No. 4
Violin: Sibelius
Cello: Korngold
Viola: Berlioz Harold en Italie
Contrabbasso: Skalkottas
Flute: Mozart No. 2
Oboe: Mozart
Clarinet: Weber No. 2
Horn: R. Strauss No. 2
Triangle: Rott
Organ: Guilmant Op. 91

[Brian]

Loved seeing this thread again, and loved seeing Lethe's incredible list again 
I decided to also limit myself to one work per composer.

Piano: Grieg
Violin: Shostakovich No. 1
Viola: Holmboe
Cello: Dvorak
Flute: Rouse
Oboe: Martinu
Clarinet: Mozart
French horn: Penderecki
Trombone: Aho
Organ: Poulenc

[Symphonic Addict]

Piano - Brahms 2
Violin - Shostakovich 1
Viola - Walton
Cello - Dvorák
Flute - Ibert
Oboe - Martinu
Clarinet - Nielsen
Bassoon - Jolivet
Horn - Glière
Trumpet - Haydn
Trombone - Rouse
Tuba - Vaughan Williams
Timpani - Glass Concerto-Fantasy
Harp - Alwyn
Harpsichord - Poulenc Concert champêtre
Guitar - Brouwer Concierto de Lieja
Organ - Hindemith

[Lisztianwagner]

In no particular order:

Piano - Rachmaninov 2
Violin - Beethoven
Cello - Elgar
Clarinet - Nielsen
Viola - Bartók
Horn - Strauss 2
Oboe - Martinů
Flute - Mozart K. 313
Tuba - Vaughan Williams
Trumpet - Haydn

Bonus: Harpsichord - Bach 3

[Jo498]

piano: Beethoven #4
violin: Brahms
cello: Dvorak
viola: Bartok
clarinet: Stravinsky
horn: Mozart K 447
harpsichord etc. Bach Brandenburg #5
organ: Handel op.7,1
oboe: Telemann e minor
trumpet: Haydn

[pjme]

clarinet: Stravinsky

A clarinet concerto by Igor?

Apart from obvious ever popular concerti as those by Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi etc., I quite regularly listen to
Hindemith: organ concerto1962
Ginastera: harp
Jolivet: cello nr 1
Poulenc: harpsichord
Mennin: piano
Orbon: string quartet & orch.
Schoenberg: violin
Gudmunsen-Holmgreen: Tryptikon (percussion)
Nielsen: clarinet
Jacques Charpentier: ondes Martenot (concertino)

[Jo498]

It's called "Ebony concerto" but it is clearly a clarinet concerto and no second instrument is credited as solo.

[Todd]

Piano - Beethoven; Emperor
Cello - Dvorak
Violin - Sibelius
Viola - Bartok
Clarinet - Hartke
Flute - Rorem
Oboe - Martinu
Horn - Strauss; Horn Concerto No 2
Organ - Handel; Organ Concerto No 13
Trumpet - Haydn

[MusicTurner]

In no particular order:

Piano - Rachmaninov 2
Violin - Beethoven
Cello - Elgar
Clarinet - Nielsen
Viola - Bartók
Horn - Strauss 2
Oboe - Martinů
Flute - Mozart K. 313
Tuba - Vaughan Williams
Trumpet - Haydn

Bonus: Harpsichord - Bach 3

I'd choose Martinu for the oboe too, and likely Nielsen for the clarinet.

But it's a tough task:

Percussion - Nørgård, For A Change concerto
Piano - possibly Busoni
Violin - possibly Elgar
Harp - possibly Ginastera
Viola - likely Schnittke
Cello - possibly Shostakovich 1st
Tuba - possibly Lachenmann's piece Harmonica
Ondes Martenot - maybe Jolivet
Organ - likely a Haendel concerto
Flute - likely Saariaho L'Aile du Songe
Bass - Rautavaara
Harpsichord - possibly Poulenc
Bassoon - possibly Maxwell Davies
Trumpet - maybe Haydn
Guitar - Tomas Marco, Del Agua Concierto