Favourite Top Ten Concerti ... with a difference

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pjme

#40
September 01, 2022, 08:01:51 AM
Quote from: Jo498 on September 01, 2022, 05:05:04 AM
It's called "Ebony concerto" but it is clearly a clarinet concerto and no second instrument is credited as solo.

Mais, bien sûr. Genau... There seems to be a lot of music by Igor I tend to forget.

vandermolen

#41
September 01, 2022, 12:54:33 PM
Tuba: Vaughan Williams
Violin: Pettersson No.2
Saxophone: Glazunov
Cello: Kabalevsky No.2
Viola: Stanley Bate
Oboe: Eugene Goossens
Piano: Bliss
Clarinet: Finzi
Flute: Avshalamov
Organ: Poulenc
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foxandpeng

#42
September 01, 2022, 01:57:02 PM Last Edit: September 01, 2022, 02:21:00 PM by foxandpeng
I can do this one!

Percussion - Schwantner
Oboe - Vasks
Viola - Tabakov
Flute - Rouse
Cello 2 - Schnittke
Balalaika - Tubin
Recorder - Holmboe
Violin - Bloch
Bassoon (Strathclyde Concerto 8 ) - Peter Maxwell Davies
Saxophone 'Dem Licht Entgegen' - Sunleif Rasmussen
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Olias

#43
September 01, 2022, 06:16:41 PM
My choices are a wee bit lopsided:

Violin - Beethoven or Mendelssohn
Cello - Dvorak
Flute - Mozart
Clarinet - Mozart
Oboe - Mozart
Bassoon - Mozart
Horn - Mozart K417
Trumpet - Haydn
Piano - Mozart 17
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MusicTurner

#44
September 01, 2022, 09:25:46 PM
Quote from: foxandpeng on September 01, 2022, 01:57:02 PM
I can do this one!

Percussion - Schwantner
Oboe - Vasks
Viola - Tabakov
Flute - Rouse
Cello 2 - Schnittke
Balalaika - Tubin
Recorder - Holmboe
Violin - Bloch
Bassoon (Strathclyde Concerto 8 ) - Peter Maxwell Davies
Saxophone 'Dem Licht Entgegen' - Sunleif Rasmussen

Interesting list.

foxandpeng

#45
September 02, 2022, 04:56:11 AM
Quote from: MusicTurner on September 01, 2022, 09:25:46 PM
Interesting list.

I sometimes find it a little challenging to pick out non-symphonic works as favourites in some of these 'top tens'. Inexperience and a non-obvious musical journey is probably the problem. This one didn't take too long to ponder as all of these works feature pretty highly in what I have recently (or not so recently) come to love. It could almost be a list of many of my favourite composers.
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Sergeant Rock

#46
September 03, 2022, 08:24:08 AM
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springrite

#47
September 03, 2022, 09:05:01 AM
Violin: Brahms
Viola: Bowen
Cello: Elgar
Double Bass: Takarov
Flute: Rouse
Bassoon: Jolivet
Piano: Brahms 2
Oboe: RVW
Harp: Alwyn
English Horn: Alwyn
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Symphonic Addict

#48
October 28, 2023, 05:05:10 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on August 31, 2022, 10:27:29 AMPiano - 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

Updating

Double bass - Tubin
Orchestra - Lutoslawski
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springrite

#49
November 28, 2023, 11:13:53 PM
Quote from: Symphonic Addict on October 28, 2023, 05:05:10 PMUpdating

Double bass - Tubin
Orchestra - Lutoslawski
Excellent choices both!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Maestro267

#50
December 28, 2023, 01:02:33 AM
Piano - Prokofiev 2
Violin - Elgar
Cello - Schnittke 2
Percussion (ensemble) - Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
Horn - Strauss 1
Harp - Tishchenko
Clarinet - Corigliano
Guitar - Villa-Lobos
Flute - Penderecki
Orchestra - Lutoslawski

DavidW

#51
December 28, 2023, 07:47:10 AM
piano: brahms #2
violin: Sibelius
cello: Elgar
trumpet: Vivaldi (2 trumpets!)
harp: Mozart (flute and harp!)
flute: Nielsen
viola: Bartok
harpsichord: Gorecki
clarinet: Aho
horn: Strauss #2

DaveF

#52
December 30, 2023, 04:12:25 AM
Nothing earth-shattering to add, but one so-far neglected viola concerto on the list:

Violin Elgar
Viola Rubbra
Cello Shostakovich 2
Flute Nielsen
Oboe Strauss
Clarinet Nielsen
Horn Hindemith
Piano Bartók 1
Guitar Rodrigo
Orchestra Lutosławski
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