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Title: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 06:31:23 PM
These "Top 10" threads are so damn fun! :D In no particular order with one per composer:

1. Shostakovich 1
2. Bartok 2
3. Prokofiev 1
4. Berg
5. Barber
6. Walton
7. Tchaikovsky
8. Bloch
9. Nielsen
10. Szymanowski 1

Honorable mentions: Schuman, Khachaturian, Hartmann (Concerto funebre), Britten, Elgar, Veale, Rozsa, Piston 1, Atterberg, Karlowicz

P.S. BTW you can include works for violin and orchestra other than concertos if you like. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on September 15, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
I'll definitely participate in this poll. 8)

In no particular order:

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Barber: Violin Concerto
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
Berg: Violin Concerto
Britten: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Linde: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 07:00:13 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 15, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
Linde: Violin Concerto

Kudos for mentioning the Linde, John! I could've easily included it in my honorable mentions. It's a gorgeous work full of heartfelt lyricism. Anyone who likes the Barber or Walton VCs will want to hear it if they haven't already!

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Much the same could be said for the Veale VC (which I listed in my first post), a torridly emotional work. Have you heard it, John?

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Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on September 15, 2013, 07:05:53 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 07:00:13 PM
Kudos for mentioning the Linde, John! I could've easily included it in my honorable mentions. It's a gorgeous work full of heartfelt lyricism. Anyone who likes the Barber or Walton VCs will want to hear it if they haven't already!

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Much the same could be said for the Veale VC (which I listed in my first post), a torridly emotional work. Have you heard it, John?

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Yeah, I bought all of those Linde recordings on the Swedish Music Society label. Very nice music with the Violin Concerto being the main work that caught my ear and haunted me long after it was over. I have heard the Veale VC (I, too, own that disc) and thought it was very nice. I'll have to revisit it at some juncture.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kishnevi on September 15, 2013, 07:21:52 PM
Also no particular order

Shostakovich 1
Britten
Lindberg
Barber
Beethoven
Brahms
Mendelssohn
Corigliano
Bach Double Violin Concerto

and one by Vivaldi, although at the moment I'm not sure which one of his concertos I'd pick as my favorite,  beyond saying it wouldn't be one of the Four Seasons.



I noticed, btw, that someone is issuing a new recording of the Lindberg, although I don't remember the performers, or even the label. AFAIK, that will the second recording of the work.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 07:28:09 PM
Quote from: Jeffrey Smith on September 15, 2013, 07:21:52 PM
Also no particular order

Shostakovich 1
Britten
Lindberg
Barber
Beethoven
Brahms
Mendelssohn
Corigliano
Bach Double Violin Concerto

and one by Vivaldi, although at the moment I'm not sure which one of his concertos I'd pick as my favorite,  beyond saying it wouldn't be one of the Four Seasons.



I noticed, btw, that someone is issuing a new recording of the Lindberg, although I don't remember the performers, or even the label. AFAIK, that will the second recording of the work.

Nice list! Re the Lindberg VC (a great work BTW), Ondine has recently released a new recording of it:

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Pekka Kuusisto is the violinist as well as the director of the Tapiola Sinfonietta in this recording, which I have on pre-order. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kishnevi on September 15, 2013, 07:35:00 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 15, 2013, 07:28:09 PM
Nice list! Re the Lindberg VC (a great work BTW), Ondine has recently released a new recording of it:

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Pekka Kuusisto is the violinist as well as the director of the Tapiola Sinfonietta in this recording, which I have on pre-order. :)

Thanks!  That's the one I saw.   My impression of the concerto can be gauged from the fact that I found Batiashvili's performance  of it better than that of the Sibelius with which it was coupled.

And while I'm thinking of it,  I'm ordering it. 

Am I correct in thinking there are no other recordings?

[edited: no need to duplicate the link in two successive posts]
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on September 15, 2013, 07:37:56 PM
Yes, there are no other recordings of Lindberg's VCs besides the Batiashvili and Kuusisto.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: dyn on September 15, 2013, 07:51:21 PM
i'm actually not a huge fan of the violin... or perhaps the problem is violinists and their tendency towards overly liberal intonation on the e string. And vibrato in general.

Bach - D minor concerto (BWV 1052R), reconstructed from the keyboard concerto BWV 1052—this is kind of cheating perhaps, but i do like it more than the two original violin concerti that have survived!
Mendelssohn - you know which one
Hindemith - Kammermusik No. 4
Barber - Op. 14
Stravinsky - Concerto in D
Berio - Corale
Ligeti -
Lutosławski - Chain 3
Feldman - Violin and Orchestra (lol at describing it as a "concerto" though)

i have a certain fondness for the two big ones, the Tchaikovsky and Brahms, but i've always felt that the first movement of the Brahms and the last two movements of the Tchaikovsky were rather inferior—it would make a much better composite concerto with the Tchaikovsky's first movement plus the Brahms's adagio and rondo. They're even in the same key! >.> That would be my tenth favourite i guess. >.>

Schumann's concerto has its moments but i don't feel it's top-drawer Schumann, same for the Beethoven. i don't have much time for the other big romantic warhorses (Bruch, Glazunov, Lalo, Dvořák, Sibelius, Korngold et al.) although i do sometimes listen to Bartók's Second. i've also never been impressed with most of the big-name modernist contributions to the repertoire (Schoenberg, Berg, Carter, Maxwell Davies etc), similarly the "new tonal" crowd (Adams, Glass, Corigliano, Adès, Knussen, and so forth), although Dutilleux's L'arbre des songes is worth a spin. The passacaglia of Shostakovich's First is affecting in a rather post-Tchaikovskian sort of way, but the rest of the piece has never really impressed itself on my memory.... similarly, while i know i've heard the Britten, Walton, and others, i can't bring to mind anything much from their efforts.... but like i said i think i have a sort of instinctive bias against the violin in the first place :P
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on September 15, 2013, 08:17:46 PM
Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Brahms
Frank Martin
Nielsen
Prokofiev 1 & 2
Shostakovkich 1
Sibelius
Szymanowski 1
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mszczuj on September 15, 2013, 10:01:08 PM
Beethoven
Mendelssohn
Brahms
Tchaikovsky
Sibelius
Reger
Szymanowski 1
Prokofiev 1
Khachaturian
Shostakovich 1
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on September 16, 2013, 02:16:03 PM
Quote from: dyn on September 15, 2013, 07:51:21 PM
i have a certain fondness for the two big ones, the Tchaikovsky and Brahms, but i've always felt that the first movement of the Brahms and the last two movements of the Tchaikovsky were rather inferior—it would make a much better composite concerto with the Tchaikovsky's first movement plus the Brahms's adagio and rondo. They're even in the same key!

Have you heard the Tchaikovsky concerto's original slow movement? It was published under another name (I think it's the first movement of the Souvenir de un lieu cher).
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 16, 2013, 02:30:40 PM
Britten
Vasks "Distant Light"
Bruch No.1
Bruch "Scottish Fantasy"
Vivaldi "Four Seasons: Winter"
Glass No.1
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
Elgar
Weill "Concerto for Violin and Wind Band"
RVW The Lark Ascending  (not labeled a VC, but more lovely than most music written for solo violin, and also can't think of another VC I would rather listen to)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: dyn on September 16, 2013, 02:37:59 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 16, 2013, 02:16:03 PM
Have you heard the Tchaikovsky concerto's original slow movement? It was published under another name (I think it's the first movement of the Souvenir de un lieu cher).

Not consciously, but a glance at the score confirms it to be one of those Tchaikovsky pieces that enters one's brain by cultural osmosis—i'm sure i've heard it before without being aware of what it was. Interesting that he supposedly dismissed it as "too lightweight" when the final Canzonetta is actually... even more lightweight?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Lisztianwagner on September 16, 2013, 03:25:08 PM
In no particular order:

Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No.1
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1
Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor
Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor
Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor
Bartok Violin Concerto No.2
Korngold Violin Concerto in D major
Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1

Bonus: Nielsen Violin Concerto
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 16, 2013, 03:43:35 PM
I should've included the Alwyn VC in my honorable mentions. Such a gorgeous work:

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Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on September 16, 2013, 03:49:22 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 16, 2013, 03:43:35 PM
I should've included the Alwyn VC in my honorable mentions. Such a gorgeous work:

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Yes, but I found it to be a bit overlong. It's a nice work for sure. I love Alwyn anyway. Great composer. That Hickox Chandos series is the the one to have. I did like Lloyd-Jones' series well enough though.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 05:39:11 PM
Mozart 3
Mozart 5
Shostakovich 1
Shostakovich 2
Weinberg
Miaskovsky
Dvorak
Sibelius
Nielsen
Tishchenko 1
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sef on September 16, 2013, 05:44:08 PM
1. Shostakovich 1
2. Ligeti
3. Sibelius
4. Korngold
5. Tchaikovsky
6. Khachaturian
7. Hartmann
8. Barber
9. Bruch
10. Mendelssohn

There are so many more! The last contributer mentioned the Weinberg and Miaskovsky, which should both be on my list (remembered too late). Or the Vasks, or Lindberg for that matter - time to start listening to them all again!

Whose going to create the Cello concerto poll?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 16, 2013, 05:47:46 PM
Quote from: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 05:39:11 PM
Tishchenko 1

Tishchenko 1......interesting choice! I'll have to revisit it sometime. Tishchenko's a good composer, but since he's highly uneven, he's not one of my favorites.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 16, 2013, 05:53:45 PM
Quote from: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 05:39:11 PM
Mozart 3

Been a while since I've listened to that one. Probably should change that...

And incoming:

QuoteMozart 5

Bullseye!!


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 05:57:46 PM
Mozart's 3 and 5 are easily my favorites of his 5 numbered v. concertos.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: springrite on September 16, 2013, 06:06:10 PM
Berg
Barber
Beethoven
Alwyn
Brahms
Sibelius
Martin
Elgar
Bach in E
Tchaikovsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 16, 2013, 06:12:09 PM
Quote from: springrite on September 16, 2013, 06:06:10 PM
Berg
Barber
Beethoven
Alwyn
Brahms
Sibelius
Martin
Elgar
Bach in E
Tchaikovsky

You're the second person to mention the Frank Martin VC, and for good reason. It's my favorite work of his and possibly his masterpiece. Martin, usually an elusive, restrained composer, really poured his heart into this work. Schneiderhan delivers a killer performance of it on this excellent set:

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Also, kudos for including the Alwyn! John's got a point that it is a bit overlong, but that doesn't necessarily detract from my enjoyment of it.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 06:12:45 PM
Quote from: springrite on September 16, 2013, 06:06:10 PM
Berg
Barber
Beethoven
Alwyn
Brahms
Sibelius
Martin
Elgar
Bach in E
Tchaikovsky

I didn't think of Martin's - it's a great work.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on September 16, 2013, 06:13:12 PM
Quote from: Sammy on September 16, 2013, 05:57:46 PM
Mozart's 3 and 5 are easily my favorites of his 5 numbered v. concertos.

The finale of the 5th is a particular favorite of mine!


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on September 16, 2013, 06:22:38 PM
Aulin #3
Bach E major, and for two violins
Dvorak
Martinu 2, and for two violins
Mozart #3
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Wieniawski #2
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: springrite on September 16, 2013, 06:25:29 PM
Good to see others also liking my two dark horses: Martin and Alwyn
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on September 16, 2013, 06:35:08 PM
Quote from: Brian on September 16, 2013, 06:22:38 PM
Martinu 2, and for two violins
By the way, Martinu's wonderful concerto for two violins was premiered in the city where I am typing this: Dallas, Texas.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 16, 2013, 09:54:19 PM
Including 18th & early 19th century would require another list.

Prokofiev 1st & 2nd
Shosty 1st
Janacek
Martinu 2nd
Berg
Elgar
Brahms
Schumann
Sibelius
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Wanderer on September 17, 2013, 11:26:51 AM
In no particular order:

Beethoven
Brahms
Tchaikovsky
Elgar
Sibelius (original version)
Skalkottas Concerto for 2 violins
Schumann
Prokofiev (both)
Korngold
Szymanowski (both)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 17, 2013, 12:01:16 PM
Havergal Brian
Bartok #1
Berg
Bach A minor BWV 1041
Elgar
Glass #1
Mendelssohn E minor
Schoenberg
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi (take your pick  :D )


Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 17, 2013, 12:03:40 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 17, 2013, 12:01:16 PM
Havergal Brian
Bartok #1
Berg
Bach A minor BWV 1041
Elgar
Glass
Mendelssohn E minor
Schoenberg
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi (take your pick  :D )

Neither of the Shostakovich nor of the Prokofiev? I'm cryin' here, Sarge.  :(
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 17, 2013, 12:05:04 PM
It's great that you think that highly of the Schoenberg and the Tchaikovsky, though!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 17, 2013, 12:08:27 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 17, 2013, 12:03:40 PM
Neither of the Shostakovich nor of the Prokofiev? I'm cryin' here, Sarge.  :(

I love Violin Concertos, and the babes who play them  8) ...it's impossible for me to make a list of only ten favorites. So I went with some of the more obscure, but still loved by me, rather than the obvious. That said, I could not omit Tchaikovsky or Mendelssohn...although, how obvious can one get  ;D

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 17, 2013, 12:10:12 PM
Well, there are some of less principle out there who do omit Tchaikovsky, and note is taken . . . .
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 17, 2013, 12:11:20 PM
Uh-oh, I see that my badinage has unwittingly snared Karlo . . . .
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 17, 2013, 12:32:27 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 17, 2013, 12:03:40 PM
Neither of the Shostakovich nor of the Prokofiev? I'm cryin' here, Sarge.  :(

So am I! :'(
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 17, 2013, 12:35:02 PM
Quote from: Wanderer on September 17, 2013, 11:26:51 AM
In no particular order:

Beethoven
Brahms
Tchaikovsky
Elgar
Sibelius (original version)
Skalkottas Concerto for 2 violins
Schumann
Prokofiev (both)
Korngold
Szymanowski (both)

Great list! I was especially intrigued by your inclusion of the Skalkottas. I have failed to completely warm to Skalkottas' twelve-tone works, but his tonal works I adore quite a bit. I'll have to give his dodecaphonic works, especially the concerto you mentioned, another spin. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: bhodges on September 17, 2013, 12:41:18 PM
Ligeti
Shostakovich No. 1
Prokofiev No. 2
Jukka Tiensuu - Just heard it once, the premiere with Cho-Liang Lin last summer, and still think about it - needs a recording.
Esa-Pekka Salonen - Again, after one hearing, this will surely be one of the first great VC's of the 21st century.
Barber
Berg
Gubaidulina In Tempus Praesens - Her second, after Offertorium, and as great as the first one is, I like this even better.
Bartók No. 2
Dutilleux Violin Concerto "L'arbre des songes"

--Bruce

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 17, 2013, 12:44:47 PM
Quote from: Brewski on September 17, 2013, 12:41:18 PM
Esa-Pekka Salonen - Again, after one hearing, this will surely be one of the first great VC's of the 21st century.

Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer :D).
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 17, 2013, 12:49:15 PM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 17, 2013, 12:11:20 PM
Uh-oh, I see that my badinage has unwittingly snared Karlo . . . .
:P It was tough to leave it out, Karl. I like it very much indeed, but 10 is such a small number. Tough choices have to be made.
???
And now I noticed that I have forgotten Bartók's 2nd - and that most certainly won't do!

Let's make this a bit more reasonable: one per composer
Actually I might prefer the Tchaikovsky to the Martinu.

Prokofiev 2nd
Shosty 1st
Schumann
Janacek
Sibelius
Brahms
Bartók
Elgar
Berg
Tchaikovsky  $:) 0:)

Quote from: kyjo on September 17, 2013, 12:44:47 PM
Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer :D).
+1
Nice choices, Bruce!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: springrite on September 17, 2013, 05:18:32 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 17, 2013, 12:44:47 PM
Completely agree. Salonen is easily one of the most talented contemporary composers and the VC is the best we've heard from him yet. He has a bright future indeed and I eagerly await more works from his pen (or should I say computer :D).
I see that Salonen's concert at LA Phil is back on, and the VC is on the schedule. I just may try to get a ticket. With Salonen, KINGS hockey, UCLA football and possibly Dodgers World Series to choose from and I can probably only have time to pick one or two, it's difficult!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2013, 03:51:47 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2013, 12:49:15 PM
:P It was tough to leave it out, Karl. I like it very much indeed, but 10 is such a small number. Tough choices have to be made.
???
And now I noticed that I have forgotten Bartók's 2nd - and that most certainly won't do!

Only the banana can save us now!

(http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/dancing.gif)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 18, 2013, 03:59:24 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 18, 2013, 03:51:47 AM
Only the banana can save us now!

(http://www.abestweb.com/smilies/dancing.gif)
Nice moves!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2013, 04:09:37 AM
We all have something to learn from that fruit.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 18, 2013, 04:15:16 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 18, 2013, 04:09:37 AM
We all have something to learn from that fruit.
Yes - once you peel away the layers, you are one slip from destiny. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 18, 2013, 04:25:33 AM
If you had to fall . . . .
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: DaveF on September 18, 2013, 07:03:24 AM
Two to add that haven't so far been mentioned, one that I might have expected and one I probably wouldn't (but which was love at first hearing for me):


The rest of the list goes Berg, Sibelius, Britten etc.

DF
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: vandermolen on September 18, 2013, 12:53:49 PM
Pettersson No 2
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No 1
Bo Linde
Peterson-Berger
Bliss
Moeran
Shostakovich No 2
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
William Schuman
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 18, 2013, 01:04:16 PM
Quote from: DaveF on September 18, 2013, 07:03:24 AM


  • Haydn in C major
  • Valen


Excellent! Both were on my short list.

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Christo on September 18, 2013, 01:22:25 PM
Barber
Respighi, Concerto Gregoriano
Janacek
Brian
Moeran
Tubin No. 2
Khatchaturian
Shostakovich No 1
Taktahishvili No. 2
Rodrigo, Concierto de Estio
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 18, 2013, 01:44:21 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on September 18, 2013, 12:53:49 PM
Pettersson No 2
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No 1
Bo Linde
Peterson-Berger
Bliss
Moeran
Shostakovich No 2
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
William Schuman

Interesting choices, Jeffrey, especially the Williamson. I have it in my collection somewhere......
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: vandermolen on September 18, 2013, 02:09:04 PM
 ;D
Quote from: kyjo on September 18, 2013, 01:44:21 PM
Interesting choices, Jeffrey, especially the Williamson. I have it in my collection somewhere......

The last movement is wonderful Kyle - very moving. In memory of Edith Sitwell I think.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: AdamFromWashington on September 18, 2013, 02:28:33 PM
Some favorites in no particular order.

Shostakovich 1
Nielsen
Berg
Stravinsky
Sibelius
Bartók 2
Ligeti
Hindemith
Dutilleux
And Tveitt's Hardanger Fiddle Concertos (close enough, right?)

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 18, 2013, 02:39:26 PM
Quote from: Adam of the North(west) on September 18, 2013, 02:28:33 PM
Some favorites in no particular order.

Shostakovich 1
Nielsen
Berg
Stravinsky
Sibelius
Bartók 2
Ligeti
Hindemith
Dutilleux
And Tveitt's Hardanger Fiddle Concertos (close enough, right?)

Nice list! Great to see you're a Tveitt fan! The Hardanger Fiddle concertos are really cool works. 8) So earthy yet colorful.

P.S. Pretty much everyone who has contributed to this thread (except Sarge :P) has listed Shosty 1, and for good reason. What a truly incredible work! And isn't that Passacaglia something else!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on September 18, 2013, 02:44:47 PM
Quote from: kyjo on September 18, 2013, 02:39:26 PM
P.S. Pretty much everyone who has contributed to this thread (except Sarge :P) has listed Shosty 1

Only one damn individual in this entire forum  :D You people need to think outside the zone  8)

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2013, 03:24:55 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 18, 2013, 02:44:47 PM
Only one damn individual in this entire forum  :D You people need to think outside the zone  8)

Sarge

Make that two. I could probably list ten more before I add Shosty.

Edit: Just to clarify, that wasn't meant to discredit DSCH, his cello and piano ct. rank higher for me.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on September 18, 2013, 03:50:52 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on September 18, 2013, 02:09:04 PM
The last movement is wonderful Kyle - very moving. In memory of Edith Sitwell I think.

Thanks, Jeffrey. I must dig that CD out......
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 18, 2013, 09:41:55 PM
Quote from: North Star on September 17, 2013, 12:49:15 PM
Prokofiev 2nd
Tchaikovsky
Shosty 1st
Schumann
Janacek
Sibelius
Brahms
Bartók
Britten
Elgar
Berg
And only now I realized that I didn't have the Britten here... Tough to choose which to take off...
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mc ukrneal on September 19, 2013, 12:31:03 AM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 18, 2013, 03:24:55 PM
Make that two. I could probably list ten more before I add Shosty.

Edit: Just to clarify, that wasn't meant to discredit DSCH, his cello and piano ct. rank higher for me.
Three. But I am not ready to make a list yet... (so far, I am only sure of Saint-Saens and Mendelssohn, with Tchaikovky, Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven likely - as is something from Vivaldi; after that, it is somewhat wide open for me)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 19, 2013, 02:23:15 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 18, 2013, 09:41:55 PM
And only now I realized that I didn't have the Britten here... Tough to choose which to take off...

It's tough.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 19, 2013, 03:28:56 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on September 19, 2013, 02:23:15 AM
It's tough.
I think I'm happy with this - as happy as I could be, anyway.

Bartók 2nd
Berg
Brahms
Britten
Elgar
Janacek
Shostakovich 1st
Sibelius
Prokofiev 2nd
Tchaikovsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 19, 2013, 03:44:32 AM
Quote from: North Star on September 19, 2013, 03:28:56 AM
I think I'm happy with this - as happy as I could be, anyway.

Bartók 2nd
Berg
Brahms
Britten
Elgar
Janacek
Shostakovich 1st
Sibelius
Prokofiev 2nd
Tchaikovsky

It's a cracking good list!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: madaboutmahler on September 19, 2013, 10:37:53 AM
Love violin concerti.... :)

Prokofiev 1 and 2
Sibelius
Coleridge-Taylor
Korngold
Shostakovich 1
Berg
Elgar
Britten
Tchaikovsky
The Four Seasons..  (maybe the Max Richter recomposition.. 8) )
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on September 19, 2013, 10:43:05 AM
Quote from: madaboutmahler on September 19, 2013, 10:37:53 AM
Love violin concerti.... :)

Prokofiev 1 and 2
Sibelius
Coleridge-Taylor
Korngold
Shostakovich 1
Berg
Elgar
Britten
Tchaikovsky
The Four Seasons..  (maybe the Max Richter recomposition.. 8) )
Hey, you missed Bartók 2nd & Janacek, Daniel  8)
That last line is blasphemous, though ;)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on September 19, 2013, 10:45:17 AM
That was a distinct chain-rattle  :D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on September 21, 2013, 09:16:18 AM
Quote from: Annie on September 21, 2013, 08:25:31 AM
Paganini Op 6 Hahn/Oue/SRSO

I'm glad someone mentioned the Paganini.  Sunny and untroubled music.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on May 27, 2014, 08:44:18 AM
1. Brahms
2. Tchaikovsky
3. Beethoven
4. Sibelius
5.Mendelssohn
6. Dvorak
7. Schumann
8. Schubert concertstück
9. Bach E major
10. Mozart A major
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mn dave on June 04, 2014, 11:13:19 AM
1. Beethoven
2. Sibelius
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:20:07 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 16, 2013, 06:22:38 PM
Aulin #3
Bach E major, and for two violins
Dvorak
Martinu 2, and for two violins
Mozart #3
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Wieniawski #2

Nine months later, the only change I'd like to make is substituting Barber instead of Aulin #3. I feel bad leaving off the Khachaturian. And viewing this thread again has inspired me to start listening to Salonen's. Will report soon.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mn dave on June 04, 2014, 11:20:42 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:20:07 AM
Nine months later, the only change I'd like to make is substituting Barber instead of Aulin #3. I feel bad leaving off the Khachaturian.

Where's your Beethoven?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:21:08 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 04, 2014, 11:20:42 AM
Where's your Beethoven?
I really, really strongly dislike that concerto. It's my least favorite Beethoven piece, except "Fur Elise".
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mn dave on June 04, 2014, 11:22:45 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:21:08 AM
I really, really strongly dislike that concerto. It's my least favorite Beethoven piece, except "Fur Elise".

:'(
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on June 04, 2014, 11:41:34 AM
I think Larghetto of Beethoven's violin concerto is one of the most perfect movements he ever wrote.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mn dave on June 04, 2014, 11:45:05 AM
Quote from: Alberich on June 04, 2014, 11:41:34 AM
I think Larghetto of Beethoven's violin concerto is one of the most perfect movements he ever wrote.

You are a good man, Alberich.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 04, 2014, 12:13:38 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:21:08 AM
I really, really strongly dislike that concerto. It's my least favorite Beethoven piece, except "Fur Elise".
You prefer Wellington's Victory?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on June 04, 2014, 12:50:00 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 04, 2014, 12:13:38 PM
You prefer Wellington's Victory?
I've just avoided it.

Hmm maybe I'll try it out now!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 04, 2014, 12:59:10 PM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 12:50:00 PM
I've just avoided it.

Hmm maybe I'll try it out now!
I've avoided it, too  0:)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on June 04, 2014, 01:15:12 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 04, 2014, 12:59:10 PM
I've avoided it, too  0:)
Well this is certainly an interesting scoring of "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow"!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on June 05, 2014, 01:40:54 AM
Quote from: North Star on June 04, 2014, 12:59:10 PM
I've avoided it, too  0:)

Same here. But I guess I really should look it up.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 05, 2014, 12:05:11 PM
Britten
Sibelius
Walton
Beethoven
Tchaikovsky
Mozart's 5th
Bartok's 2nd
Stravinsky
Brahms
Martinu's 1st

Oops, both of Prokofiev's.


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 05, 2014, 01:18:00 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 05, 2014, 12:05:11 PMWalton
I guess I should hear that.  :-X :-[
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 05, 2014, 03:53:04 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 05, 2014, 01:18:00 PM
I guess I should hear that.  :-X :-[

Yeah, it's not so well known (what else is new?) but I'm happy to be acquainted with it.


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 05, 2014, 04:26:30 PM
This caused some hurt :

Berg
Brahms
Bruch 1st
Janáček
Martinů 2nd
Prokofiev 2nd
Saint-Saëns 3rd
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Vieuxtemps 5th  (his are all wonderful and deserve better) 

and Korngold as my lagniappe.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: amw on June 05, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
Bach E major
Bach A minor
Bach 2 violin concerto
Mendelssohn
Dvořák
Чайковский
Barber
Prokofiev G minor
Feldman
Someotherone
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on June 05, 2014, 06:33:10 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 05, 2014, 04:26:30 PM
This caused some hurt :

Berg
Brahms
Bruch 1st
Janáček
Martinů 2nd
Prokofiev 2nd
Saint-Saëns 3rd
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Vieuxtemps 5th  (his are all wonderful and deserve better) 

and Korngold as my lagniappe.
Lagniappe.
Nice try.
Bzzzzzzt, over quota!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 05, 2014, 06:45:59 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 05, 2014, 06:33:10 PM
Bzzzzzzt, over quota!

Oh, the humanity!  10 (or 11) feels like I'm underquota!  To make it worse, the violin concerto is hands-down my favorite classical form.  Can't get enough of 'em. 
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on June 05, 2014, 07:04:12 PM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 05, 2014, 06:45:59 PM
Oh, the humanity!  10 (or 11) feels like I'm underquota!  To make it worse, the violin concerto is hands-down my favorite classical form.  Can't get enough of 'em.
You haven't heard the Rochberg yet either I think ...  >:D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 06, 2014, 03:22:34 AM
Quote from: Ken B on June 05, 2014, 07:04:12 PM
You haven't heard the Rochberg yet either I think ...  >:D

No, I haven't, depraved deprived music listener that I am - am ordering on your recommend.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: EigenUser on June 06, 2014, 04:30:01 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 05, 2014, 06:45:59 PM
Oh, the humanity!  10 (or 11) feels like I'm underquota!  To make it worse, the violin concerto is hands-down my favorite classical form.  Can't get enough of 'em.
Have you heard Piston 1? I love that piece, thanks to Ken. So American sounding!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on June 06, 2014, 04:53:45 AM
Quote from: ZauberdrachenNr.7 on June 06, 2014, 03:22:34 AM
No, I haven't, depraved deprived music listener that I am - am ordering on your recommend.
You want the Naxos. The old Stern is an abridged version.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: not edward on June 07, 2014, 05:01:11 PM
I feel certain I've answered this question before, but ...

First tier:
Brahms
Berg
Ligeti

Second tier:
Dutilleux
Hindemith
Martin
Prokofiev 1
DSCH 1
Stravinsky
Britten
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: jochanaan on June 08, 2014, 07:47:41 AM
Quote from: edward on June 07, 2014, 05:01:11 PM
I feel certain I've answered this question before, but ...

First tier:
Brahms
Berg
Ligeti

Second tier:
Dutilleux
Hindemith
Martin
Prokofiev 1
DSCH 1
Stravinsky
Britten
What?  Brahms and not Beethoven or Mendelssohn? :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 08, 2014, 08:05:48 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on June 08, 2014, 07:47:41 AM
What?  Brahms and not Beethoven or Mendelssohn? :)
A sign of impeccable taste ;)
Of course the latter two are superb, too. Hm, now that I think about it, I might take the LvB over Brahms (not necessarily causing Brahms to drop from the list, though..)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: not edward on June 08, 2014, 08:10:55 AM
Quote from: jochanaan on June 08, 2014, 07:47:41 AM
What?  Brahms and not Beethoven or Mendelssohn? :)
Mendelssohn is one of those who might have made it into the list if I'd listened to it more recently.

Beethoven, nope. I remain an unreconstructed Beethovenite--there's no composer I listen to more often--but I think the violin concerto is far from his best work.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on June 09, 2014, 09:29:22 AM
Quote from: edward on June 08, 2014, 08:10:55 AM
Beethoven, nope. I remain an unreconstructed Beethovenite--there's no composer I listen to more often--but I think the violin concerto is far from his best work.

I feel exactly the opposite. B's VC is a gorgeous creation, but it might not give up its secrets easily. Rather paradoxically there's a certain restraint that's required to make the work sing, to come alive (for me, anyway). Barnstorming the work into being only diminishes its impact. If ever there were a B piece that needed to sing like a country song, the VC is it.

 
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on June 09, 2014, 09:57:57 AM
The LvB Violin Concerto is certainly a sunderer of opinion!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mn dave on June 09, 2014, 10:55:38 AM
I like LvB's concerto, and easily. I don't know what's wrong with you other people.









;)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 09, 2014, 12:11:10 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 09, 2014, 10:55:38 AM
I like LvB's concerto, and easily. I don't know what's wrong with you other people.
+1.  8)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on June 09, 2014, 01:17:24 PM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 09, 2014, 10:55:38 AM
I like LvB's concerto, and easily. I don't know what's wrong with you other people.

Ravel poisoning.








:)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: North Star on June 09, 2014, 01:53:33 PM
Quote from: Ken B on June 09, 2014, 01:17:24 PM
Ravel poisoning.

:)
You meant some other poisoning, with Ravel being the antidote, of course. :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on June 09, 2014, 01:55:53 PM
Quote from: North Star on June 09, 2014, 01:53:33 PM
You meant some other poisoning, with Ravel being the antidote, of course. :)
If Ravel cures Boulez poisoning, then play on Maurice!  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: jochanaan on June 09, 2014, 03:59:22 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on June 09, 2014, 09:29:22 AM
I feel exactly the opposite. B's VC is a gorgeous creation, but it might not give up its secrets easily. Rather paradoxically there's a certain restraint that's required to make the work sing, to come alive (for me, anyway). Barnstorming the work into being only diminishes its impact. If ever there were a B piece that needed to sing like a country song, the VC is it.


Did I just read "Beethoven" and "country song" in the same sentence? :o ::) Actually, though, I do get what you're saying.  Yes, at least the first two movements of this concerto benefit from restraint and taking time.  However, I tend to think that most of the performers I've heard play this concerto take the last movement a little too slowly and reverently.  It could do with some of the fire that players often bring to other Beethoven works. 8)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Wanderer on June 10, 2014, 04:44:18 AM
Quote from: Mn Dave on June 09, 2014, 10:55:38 AM
I like LvB's concerto, and easily. I don't know what's wrong with you other people.
+2


Quote from: jochanaan on June 09, 2014, 03:59:22 PM
I tend to think that most of the performers I've heard play this concerto take the last movement a little too slowly and reverently.  It could do with some of the fire that players often bring to other Beethoven works. 8)

My sentiments exactly.

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: EigenUser on June 10, 2014, 01:10:10 PM
What about the Ades? I mean, I wouldn't say he's in my top ten, but his VC is really impressive. The opening reminds me of the opening of Ligeti's, but the rest of it is in Ades' voice.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mr Bloom on June 22, 2014, 05:14:33 AM
Dean : the lost art of letter-writing
Szymanowski : 2
Bartok : 2
Schnittke : 4
Schoenberg
Shostakovich : 1
Britten
Bacewicz : 7
Jolivet
Henze : 2
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: EigenUser on June 22, 2014, 06:45:47 AM
Quote from: Mr Bloom on June 22, 2014, 05:14:33 AM
Dean : the lost art of letter-writing
Szymanowski : 2
Bartok : 2
Schnittke : 4
Schoenberg
Shostakovich : 1
Britten
Bacewicz : 7
Jolivet
Henze : 2
Woah, Henze 2? That's the crazy one with baritone and electronics :D! It's nice to see some unsung choices.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on November 02, 2015, 09:15:15 AM
Beethoven
Brahms
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Korngold
Shostakovich 1 (that passacaglia!)
Dvorak
Mendelssohn (E minor)
Saint-Saëns 3
Schumann
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: TheGSMoeller on November 02, 2015, 03:24:47 PM
Quote from: TheGSMoeller on September 16, 2013, 02:30:40 PM
Britten
Vasks "Distant Light"
Bruch No.1
Bruch "Scottish Fantasy"
Vivaldi "Four Seasons: Winter"
Glass No.1
Respighi Concerto Gregoriano
Elgar
Weill "Concerto for Violin and Wind Band"
RVW The Lark Ascending  (not labeled a VC, but more lovely than most music written for solo violin, and also can't think of another VC I would rather listen to)

Looking back at two years ago and I'm embarrassed I didn't add Brahms. And now I prefer Glass' 2nd VC.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jo498 on November 02, 2015, 11:59:15 PM
Brahms
Mendelssohn e minor
Bach E major
Shostakovich #1
Beethoven
Bartok
Prokofieff #1
Mozart #3
Saint Saens #3
Szymanowski (can't decide which, as they are on the same disc they run into one in my mind)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: amw on November 03, 2015, 02:07:12 AM
Quote from: amw on June 05, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
Bach E major
Bach A minor
Bach 2 violin concerto
Mendelssohn
Dvořák
Чайковский
Barber
Prokofiev G minor
Feldman
Someotherone
Someotherone is now replaced with Taneyev's Suite de Concert. I'll also probably replace the Bach E major with the Bach D minor (after the harpsichord concerto, which in turn was probably after a now-lost violin concerto).

There is a fine second tier of Schumann, Britten, Dutilleux, Beethoven and Brahms, none of which are real favourites (or have had a very significant effect on me—e.g. I rarely if ever listen to the Barber concerto anymore, but I listened to it obsessively at one point, and the first movement is still my #1 most-ever-played track, so I still list it as a favourite) but which may become someday. In some cases reaching this second tier required finding the right interpreter (in this case Isabelle Faust for Schumann & Brahms, and Daniel Hope for Britten), the works previously being kinda 'meh'
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 03, 2015, 06:00:20 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on September 15, 2013, 06:41:15 PM
I'll definitely participate in this poll. 8)

In no particular order:

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Barber: Violin Concerto
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
Berg: Violin Concerto
Britten: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Linde: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Respighi: Concerto Gregoriano

It's time to change some things (in no particular order):

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
Barber: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Berg: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 06:18:27 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 03, 2015, 06:00:20 AM
It's time to change some things (in no particular order):

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1
Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2
Barber: Violin Concerto
Stravinsky: Violin Concerto
Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Elgar: Violin Concerto
Berg: Violin Concerto
Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1
Hartmann: Concerto funebre
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
Except for you omitting Brahms (the finest violin concerto there is) and Beethoven (a rather oddball, but still very beautiful concerto) I'm very onboard with this list.

Have you heard Tischenko's 2nd? I think you will be floored by it.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 03, 2015, 06:47:31 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 06:18:27 AM
Except for you omitting Brahms (the finest violin concerto there is) and Beethoven (a rather oddball, but still very beautiful concerto) I'm very onboard with this list.

Have you heard Tischenko's 2nd? I think you will be floored by it.

Well, the keyword to this list is 'favorite' not 'greatest'. I don't believe I've heard Tischenko's Violin Concerto No. 2. I may have a recording of it. I'll have to check.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on November 03, 2015, 09:11:52 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:20:07 AM
Bach E major, and for two violins
Barber
Dvorak
Martinu 2, and for two violins
Mozart #3
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Wieniawski #2
Over a year later, the only change here is adding Brahms instead of Martinu 2. Prokofiev 2 is a contender. Unlike Greg, I still prefer Glass 1 to Glass 2.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 09:35:56 AM
This is tough!  In alphabetical order:

Beethoven
Brahms
Glazunov
Korngold
Mozart 5
Schumann
Shostakovich 1
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 09:36:59 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 09:35:56 AM

Glazunov


Hmm, am I the only one who has mentioned/likes Glazunov's?  :D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 09:38:13 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 03, 2015, 06:47:31 AM
Well, the keyword to this list is 'favorite' not 'greatest'. I don't believe I've heard Tischenko's Violin Concerto No. 2. I may have a recording of it. I'll have to check.
Not saying that you should change your likes. Just that I basically agree with you, aside from a few glaring omissions. I would add Milhaud's small and wonderfully lovable no 2 as well. Of course we're now moving into bakers dozen territory.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 09:39:07 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 09:36:59 AM
Hmm, am I the only one who has mentioned/likes Glazunov's?  :D
His best work IMO and very fine, but not top ten territory for me.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 09:39:18 AM
Quote from: Brewski on September 17, 2013, 12:41:18 PM

Gubaidulina In Tempus Praesens - Her second, after Offertorium, and as great as the first one is, I like this even better.

--Bruce

I forgot to mention this one, and Prokofiev's 1st.  I might have to redo my list.  :'(
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on November 03, 2015, 09:43:22 AM
Quote from: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 09:39:07 AM
His best work IMO and very fine, but not top ten territory for me.

Agreed.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 09:44:31 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 09:36:59 AM
Hmm, am I the only one who has mentioned/likes Glazunov's?  :D

Aha, I spotted that Ilaria is the only other so far with Glazunov on her list!  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 09:46:04 AM
Quote from: karlhenning on November 03, 2015, 09:43:22 AM
Agreed.

Come on now!  :o What happened to letting go of all this first tier, second tier talk?  :D ;)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on November 03, 2015, 09:48:50 AM
There's Stockhausen, and there's everything else!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on November 03, 2015, 09:49:37 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 09:44:31 AM
Aha, I spotted that Ilaria is the only other so far with Glazunov on her list!  :)

That doe-eyed Romantic!  8)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 03:52:39 PM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on September 17, 2013, 12:01:16 PM
Havergal Brian
Bartok #1
Berg
Bach A minor BWV 1041
Elgar
Glass #1
Mendelssohn E minor
Schoenberg
Tchaikovsky
Vivaldi (take your pick  :D )


Sarge

Really?  :o  We share one on this list.  One!  ;D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2015, 04:43:50 PM
Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely... :(

A newest addition that may not bump anyone from my old list but is definitely a fave now: Khachaturian.

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 03, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2015, 04:43:50 PM
Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely... :(



Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time.  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: jochanaan on November 03, 2015, 05:53:35 PM
Well, I like the Walton too, ever since I heard Kyung Wha-Chung play it on a Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast with Andre Previn conducting.

Others:

Bach E Major and A minor
Beethoven
Brahms
Mendelssohn E minor
Sibelius
Berg
Britten
Bartok 2
Korngold

And, finally, one that has a very special place in my heart: Mozart 3.  This deserves an explanation, although Mozart is usually self-explanatory. :) It was this piece that my mother chose to "sing me to sleep" every night for several years: she would put it on after I had been put to bed, following a theory that playing a certain piece of music every night would condition a child's mind to "shut down" in sleep.  It seemed to work in childhood.  But in college, when I played in the orchestra for that concerto, fortunately I had no desire to sleep. :laugh:

Honorable mention:
Paganini 1
Bruch
Saint Saens 3
Lalo Symphony Espagnole
Henri Vieuxtemps 4
Tchaikovsky
Barber (I think I've heard it just once, and liked it, but have had no chance to get more familiar with it)
Stravinsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 03, 2015, 06:35:31 PM
Quote from: The new erato on November 03, 2015, 09:38:13 AM
Not saying that you should change your likes. Just that I basically agree with you, aside from a few glaring omissions. I would add Milhaud's small and wonderfully lovable no 2 as well. Of course we're now moving into bakers dozen territory.

It's alright, erato. Re-reading your message, I simply misunderstood you. My apologies.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2015, 06:57:03 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time.  :)

Oh, crap! The OP has it on his list. Cool! Thanks 'Nut. :)


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Karl Henning on November 04, 2015, 04:58:07 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 04:57:46 PM
Kyjo has it on his list, although he has been inactive for quite some time.  :)

I like it, too.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: (poco) Sforzando on November 04, 2015, 05:14:41 AM
Quote from: Brian on June 04, 2014, 11:21:08 AM
I really, really strongly dislike that concerto. It's my least favorite Beethoven piece, except "Fur Elise".

For reasons I have detailed in other threads, I share Brian's opinion. I really think that piece is one of Beethoven's least successful large-scale works.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 06:08:14 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 03:52:39 PM
Really?  :o  We share one on this list.  One!  ;D

It's the Havergal Brian we have in common...right?  ;D ;)

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mc ukrneal on November 04, 2015, 06:09:18 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2015, 04:43:50 PM
Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely... :(

A newest addition that may not bump anyone from my old list but is definitely a fave now: Khachaturian.

Will look it up. I like Walton, but didn't realize he had composed a violin concerto. Strange how we miss some pieces sometimes. For a long time (relatively), I didn't realize that Saint-Saens had written a concerto either, let alone three.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 06:11:48 AM
Quote from: Dancing Divertimentian on November 03, 2015, 04:43:50 PM
Looks like I'm still the only one on the Walton VC train. It's lonely... :(

I really should bump Glass and add Walton.

Quote from: jochanaan on November 03, 2015, 05:53:35 PM
Well, I like the Walton too, ever since I heard Kyung Wha-Chung play it on a Pittsburgh Symphony broadcast with Andre Previn conducting.

I saw Previn and Chung perform the Walton Concerto as part of an all Walton program in Cleveland in 1972. A memorable concert.

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: jochanaan on November 04, 2015, 08:32:50 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 06:11:48 AM
I really should bump Glass and add Walton.

I saw Previn and Chung perform the Walton Concerto as part of an all Walton program in Cleveland in 1972. A memorable concert.

Sarge
I wonder if that was the one they broadcast...?  What I remember from that broadcast was that Ms. Chung's tone was so powerful that in a number of places she swamped the orchestra! :D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 04, 2015, 09:40:45 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 06:08:14 AM
It's the Havergal Brian we have in common...right?  ;D ;)

Sarge

:laugh:  Didn't even know Havergal composed a violin concerto.

No, it was the Tchaikovsky that we share as a favourite.  Do you ever listen to Schumann's music?   :D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2015, 11:19:54 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on November 04, 2015, 06:09:18 AM
Will look it up. I like Walton, but didn't realize he had composed a violin concerto. Strange how we miss some pieces sometimes. For a long time (relatively), I didn't realize that Saint-Saens had written a concerto either, let alone three.

It's my favorite Walton work. Yeah, Saint-Saens's third VC is very close to cracking my top ten. Probably will next time I listen to it. :D

BTW, Saint-Saens's first cello concerto probably cracks my top five!

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dancing Divertimentian on November 04, 2015, 11:21:44 AM
Quote from: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 06:11:48 AM
I really should bump Glass and add Walton.

I've never heard the Glass. :-[ Time to do a little Youtubing...


Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 01:37:08 PM
Quote from: jochanaan on November 04, 2015, 08:32:50 AM
I wonder if that was the one they broadcast...?  What I remember from that broadcast was that Ms. Chung's tone was so powerful that in a number of places she swamped the orchestra! :D

Cleveland concerts were broadcast nationally back then. So, yeah, it might have been that concert you heard. I do believe, though, that program was taken to several cities, including, possibly, Pittsburgh too. It was a tour celebrating Walton's 70th birthday. He was in the audience; came out for a bow at the end of the evening.

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Sergeant Rock on November 04, 2015, 01:39:50 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 04, 2015, 09:40:45 AM
No, it was the Tchaikovsky that we share as a favourite.  Do you ever listen to Schumann's music?   :D

I do listen to Schumann, but rarely listen to the Violin Concerto.

Sarge
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jo498 on November 04, 2015, 02:04:34 PM
I don't think Schumann had become too sick or mad to compose but I find the relative obscurity of his violin concerto non entirely undeserved. Although as with many other "re-discovered" pieces everybody seems to be loving that piece now...
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 03:35:46 AM
(http://www.wdr.de/bilder/mediendb/WDR4_2011/musik/samstagskonzert/1221/erich_wolfgang_korngold_1927_wdr_gr.jpg)

The Korngold Violin Concerto is starting to really take ahold of me. There's more depth here than I realized before. Favorite performance of this concerto right now: Ehnes/Tovey.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 06, 2015, 04:07:10 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 03:35:46 AM
(http://www.wdr.de/bilder/mediendb/WDR4_2011/musik/samstagskonzert/1221/erich_wolfgang_korngold_1927_wdr_gr.jpg)

The Korngold Violin Concerto is starting to really take ahold of me. There's more depth here than I realized before. Favorite performance of this concerto right now: Ehnes/Tovey.

Love that Concerto, and performance.  Got to hear Ehnes perform it live a number of years ago.  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 02:47:11 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 06, 2015, 04:07:10 AM
Love that Concerto, and performance.  Got to hear Ehnes perform it live a number of years ago.  :)

Yes, indeed, Ray. Who was the conductor/orchestra whenever you saw Ehnes?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 06, 2015, 03:00:57 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 02:47:11 PM
Yes, indeed, Ray. Who was the conductor/orchestra whenever you saw Ehnes?

My Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, with WSO conductor Alexander Mickelthwate.  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 03:03:44 PM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 06, 2015, 03:00:57 PM
My Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, with WSO conductor Alexander Mickelthwate.  :)

Very nice. Do you remember what the rest of the program was per chance (just out of curiosity)?
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on November 06, 2015, 03:32:39 PM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 03:03:44 PM
Very nice. Do you remember what the rest of the program was per chance (just out of curiosity)?

Hah!  I know you have had a love/hate affair with Richard Strauss.  :laugh: 

A pair of Strauss works (Also Sprach Zarathustra and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) accompanied the Korngold Violin Concerto.  The concert was in the Fall of 2008.

Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jaakko Keskinen on November 07, 2015, 03:20:31 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on November 06, 2015, 03:35:46 AM
(http://www.wdr.de/bilder/mediendb/WDR4_2011/musik/samstagskonzert/1221/erich_wolfgang_korngold_1927_wdr_gr.jpg)

The Korngold Violin Concerto is starting to really take ahold of me. There's more depth here than I realized before. Favorite performance of this concerto right now: Ehnes/Tovey.

It is a gorgeous work. I loved it instantly.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: violinconcerto on November 07, 2015, 04:10:25 AM
If you need more information on the topic, I could recommend my gratuitous encyclopedia e-book "The 20th century violin concertante" from my website www.tobias-broeker.de (http://www.tobias-broeker.de).

And if you have questions about recordings or specific works, just frop me a line.

Best,
Tobias
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Mirror Image on November 07, 2015, 04:51:59 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 06, 2015, 03:32:39 PM
Hah!  I know you have had a love/hate affair with Richard Strauss.  :laugh: 

A pair of Strauss works (Also Sprach Zarathustra and Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks) accompanied the Korngold Violin Concerto.  The concert was in the Fall of 2008.

I certainly didn't like Strauss much back then but I do now of course. I'm sure that was a good concert. Love those two works as well. 8)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on February 12, 2019, 05:56:35 AM
Quote from: ChamberNut on November 03, 2015, 09:35:56 AM
This is tough!  In alphabetical order:

Beethoven
Brahms
Glazunov
Korngold
Mozart 5
Schumann
Shostakovich 1
Sibelius
Stravinsky
Tchaikovsky

The only changes I might consider is adding Prokofiev 1 and Britten to this list.  However, I don't think I could remove anything from it.

Top 5 faves in approximate order:

Sibelius
Shostakovich 1
Tchaikovsky
Schumann
Stravinsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on February 12, 2019, 07:39:59 AM
Let's try again:

Alwyn
Barber
Glazunov
James Newton Howard (8))
Karlowicz
Khachaturian
Korngold
Shostakovich no. 1
Sibelius
Walton
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Dima on February 12, 2019, 08:37:43 AM
The only one concerto that I can call great is Kchachaturian violin concerto.
I have not heard such great concerto for violin any more...

In Russian music I single out also Anton Rubinstein's violin concerto.
In Western music - Mendelssohn e minor and Ferdinand Reis violin concerto.

Sibelius concerto in it's first version is a unique and interesting work, it's a pity that he made the revision.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: vandermolen on February 12, 2019, 10:01:33 AM
List No.2

Alwyn
Pettersson No.2
Williamson
Shostakovich No.1
Barber
David Morgan
Miaskovsky
Bloch
Peterson-Berger
Britten
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: SymphonicAddict on February 12, 2019, 10:14:52 AM
Shostakovich 1st
Korngold
Tubin 1st
Bacewicz - 4th or 5th
Penderecki 1st
Brahms
Respighi Concerto gregoriano
Finzi
Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1st (or the 2nd)
Szymanowski 1st

Honorable mentions for Sibelius, Janacek, Goldmark, Beethoven, Nielsen and Bartok 2nd
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Christo on February 12, 2019, 10:20:54 AM
Quote from: Christo on September 18, 2013, 01:22:25 PM
Barber
Respighi, Concerto gregoriano
Janáček
Brian
Moeran
Tubin No. 2
Khatchaturian
Shostakovich No 1
Taktakishvili No. 2
Rodrigo, Concierto de Estio
Still OK.  ;D
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: vandermolen on February 12, 2019, 10:27:33 AM
Quote from: SymphonicAddict on February 12, 2019, 10:14:52 AM
Shostakovich 1st
Korngold
Tubin 1st
Bacewicz - 4th or 5th
Penderecki 1st
Brahms
Respighi Concerto gregoriano
Finzi
Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1st (or the 2nd)
Szymanowski 1st

Honorable mentions for Sibelius, Janacek, Goldmark, Beethoven, Nielsen and Bartok 2nd

Oh, I should have chosen Respighi's Concerto Gregoriano - a lovely work which, when I first heard it on the radio, thought must be by Finzi. Castelnuovo-Tedesco's 'Prophets' violin concerto is another inspired choice.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: JBS on February 12, 2019, 10:37:42 AM
DSCH 1
Beethoven
Brahms
Mendelssohn
Katchaturian
M. Lindberg
Ligeti
John Adams*
Lalo (Symphonie Espagnole)*
Mozart 5
Tchaikovsky

* If double concertos are allowed, replace with Bach BWV 1043 and Part's Fratres.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brian on February 27, 2019, 07:36:29 AM
Quote from: Brian on September 16, 2013, 06:22:38 PM
Aulin #3
Bach E major, and for two violins
Dvorak
Martinu 2, and for two violins
Mozart #3
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Wieniawski #2

Big changes since 2013. For example I can rank them in order now.

1. Sibelius
2. Shostakovich No. 1
3. Barber
4. Tchaikovsky
5. Brahms
6. Wieniawski No. 2
7. Mendelssohn
8. Mozart No. 3
9. Suk ("Fantasy")
10. Prokofiev No. 2

Hon. Mentions: Dvorak, Salonen, JS Bach
Major works I haven't heard: Elgar, Shostakovich No. 2, Schumann
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on February 27, 2019, 09:34:22 AM
Quote from: Brian on February 27, 2019, 07:36:29 AM
Big changes since 2013. For example I can rank them in order now.

1. Sibelius
2. Shostakovich No. 1


We share the same 1 and 2 order!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 10:44:42 AM
Can't believe I've never posted in this thread.

Otomh:

Mozart 4
Mozart 5
Beethoven
Paganini 2
Mendelssohn E minor
Schumann
Tchaikovsky
Saint-Saens 3
Vieuxtemps - Fantasia appassionata (picking among his genuine concertos is impossible)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Three runners-up: H. Wieniawski 1, Lalo - Symphonie espagnole, Glazunov
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: ritter on February 27, 2019, 11:01:16 AM
Quote from: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 10:44:42 AM
Can't believe I've never posted in this thread...
That makes two of us... :)

Not really my favourite genre, but here goes (in alphabetical order):

Beethoven VC
Berg VC
Berio Corale
Carter VC
Maderna VC
Mozart VC No. 3
Schoenberg VC
Skalkottas VC
Stravinsky VC
Walton VC


EDIT:

Turns out I had answered this a couple of years ago:  :-[

Quote from: ritter on October 15, 2017, 08:32:01 AM
Let's give this a try (in alphabetical order by composer):

- Beethoven
- Berg
- Carter
- Ginastera
- C. Halffter VC #1
- Maderna
- Mozart VC #3
- Saariaho Graal théâtre
- Schoenberg
- Stravinsky

Yes, that makes 10... ;)
Relatively consistent, I'd say.  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jo498 on February 27, 2019, 11:59:53 AM
The Schumann seems to enjoy an uncommon popularity in the last few years (after having been relegated to the "loony bin" for a century), I would still hesitate to call it one of the major ones.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Ken B on February 27, 2019, 12:01:58 PM
Quote from: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 10:44:42 AM
Can't believe I've never posted in this thread.

Otomh:

Mozart 4
Mozart 5
Beethoven
Paganini 2
Mendelssohn E minor
Schumann
Tchaikovsky
Saint-Saens 3
Vieuxtemps - Fantasia appassionata (picking among his genuine concertos is impossible)
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari

Three runners-up: H. Wieniawski 1, Lalo - Symphonie espagnole, Glazunov

I have never heard the Wolf -Ferrari, or at least not all of it. Started it the other night but had to go to bed. It started well!

Listen to Prokkers VC 2. Seriously.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 12:24:34 PM
Quote from: Ken B on February 27, 2019, 12:01:58 PM
I have never heard the Wolf -Ferrari, or at least not all of it. Started it the other night but had to go to bed. It started well!

Listen to Prokkers VC 2. Seriously.

I have already listened to both of them. Not bad.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 12:25:33 PM
Quote from: Jo498 on February 27, 2019, 11:59:53 AM
The Schumann seems to enjoy an uncommon popularity in the last few years (after having been relegated to the "loony bin" for a century), I would still hesitate to call it one of the major ones.

The thread asks for favorites, not major ones.  :)
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Brahmsian on February 27, 2019, 12:35:48 PM
Quote from: Florestan on February 27, 2019, 12:25:33 PM
The thread asks for favorites, not major ones.  :)

Precisely!
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Jo498 on February 27, 2019, 12:55:43 PM
I was reacting to Brian's confession #161 that Elgar, Schumann and DSCH #2 were "major ones" he had not yet heard.
It struck me as odd to group all these with the major ones, "one ought to know". Both Schumann and Elgar seem rather niche to me and Shostakovich's 2nd seems totally overshadowed by the first (without consciously collecting them I have five recordings of #1 and only one of #2) but this might have changed.

Among non-major ones, I think Wolf-Ferrari and Rozsa deserve to be as well known as the Korngold.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: amw on February 27, 2019, 04:46:05 PM
I was pretty sure I'd already posted here & was not wrong!
Quote from: amw on June 05, 2014, 04:38:18 PM
Bach E major
Bach A minor
Bach 2 violin concerto
Mendelssohn
Dvořák
Чайковский
Barber
Prokofiev G minor
Feldman
Someotherone

A current list would be more like
Bach - BWV 1052R
Dvořák
Bartók No. 2 (no idea why this was left off my original list)
Mozart - K216 (No. 3)
Szymanowski No. 1
Ginastera
Prokofiev No. 2
Holliger
Tchaikovsky
Taneyev Suite
& free space for Schuman (the one with one n), Dutilleux or Ligeti
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: mc ukrneal on February 27, 2019, 05:10:00 PM
Quote from: Brian on February 27, 2019, 07:36:29 AM
Big changes since 2013. For example I can rank them in order now.

1. Sibelius
2. Shostakovich No. 1
3. Barber
4. Tchaikovsky
5. Brahms
6. Wieniawski No. 2
7. Mendelssohn
8. Mozart No. 3
9. Suk ("Fantasy")
10. Prokofiev No. 2

Hon. Mentions: Dvorak, Salonen, JS Bach
Major works I haven't heard: Elgar, Shostakovich No. 2, Schumann
Your mission is clear...
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on July 30, 2023, 09:37:16 AM
I'm having too much fun resurrecting these old polls! ;D

Barber
Britten
Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1 Concerto Italiano
Dvořák
Karłowicz
Khachaturian
Nielsen
Prokofiev 1
Saint-Saëns 3
Sibelius
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on July 30, 2023, 05:46:33 PM
Quote from: kyjo on July 30, 2023, 09:37:16 AMI'm having too much fun resurrecting these old polls! ;D

Barber
Britten
Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1 Concerto Italiano
Dvořák
Karłowicz
Khachaturian
Nielsen
Prokofiev 1
Saint-Saëns 3
Sibelius


That's impressive company for the Karlowicz and Castelnuovo-Tedesco concertos, I'll have to give them a listen.  I would have thought the "big" C-T concerto, the one that Heifetz recorded, would have made it first.


My initial list in this thread 10 years ago was

Barber
Bartok
Beethoven
Brahms
Frank Martin
Nielsen
Prokofiev 1 & 2
Shostakovkich 1
Sibelius
Szymanowski 1

I celebration of the 10 years, here's a second list of 10 concertos:

Stravinsky
Britten
Elgar
Walton
Dvorak
Martinu 1
Weinberg
Bacewicz 1
Bernstein Serenade
Glass 1



Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Kit on August 01, 2023, 10:09:42 AM
Bach for 2V
Beethoven
Brahms
Bruch
Dvorak
Mendelssohn
Mozart No 5
Paganini No 1
Sibelius
Tchaikovsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Luke on August 04, 2023, 03:43:31 PM
I never did this thread, so here's my fairly predictable and boring list, sticking purely to pieces called Concerto (i/e/ no other violin+orchestra pieces, or it would get unwieldy):

Elgar - easily the best
Janacek's reconstructed one
Berg
Ligeti
Szymanowski 1
Brahms
Bartok 2
Dvorak
Sibelius
Mendelssohn or Beethoven. Depends on the day.

Prokofiev and Shostakovich have to fight it out for scraps.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: kyjo on August 09, 2023, 08:08:06 PM
Quote from: Daverz on July 30, 2023, 05:46:33 PMThat's impressive company for the Karlowicz and Castelnuovo-Tedesco concertos, I'll have to give them a listen.  I would have thought the "big" C-T concerto, the one that Heifetz recorded, would have made it first.


The Karlowicz is perhaps my all-time favorite VC - it's a gloriously life-affirming work teeming with memorable melodic material (there are mulitple fine recordings available). Oddly enough, I'm not particularly fond of anything else Karlowicz wrote (some rather depressing tone poems and a derivatively Tchaikovskian "Rebirth" Symphony ::)). And I very much love both Castelnuovo-Tedesco VCs, but I wanted to give a shout-out to the First because it's usually overlooked in favor of the Second. It's only received one recording so far (on Naxos - fortunately it's an excellent one).
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: AnotherSpin on August 09, 2023, 08:38:27 PM
In no particular order: Beethoven, Sibelius, Prokofiev 1, Korngold, Berg, Brahms, Elgar, Khachaturian, Vivaldi Seasons, Pettersson 2.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on August 09, 2023, 09:40:46 PM
Quote from: Luke on August 04, 2023, 03:43:31 PMJanacek's reconstructed one

I'm normally skeptical of reconstructed works, but this one is really enjoyable.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on August 09, 2023, 09:46:16 PM
Quote from: amw on February 27, 2019, 04:46:05 PMGinastera
Holliger
Taneyev Suite
& free space for Schuman (the one with one n), Dutilleux or Ligeti

Oh, yes, the Ginastera is a barn-burner of a concerto.  I'll have to check out the Holliger.  Oistrakh made an excellent recording of the Taneyev.  And the William Schuman concerto must be one of his best works.
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: vandermolen on September 19, 2023, 01:52:35 PM
David Morgan
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No.1
Arthur Bliss
Allan Pettersson No.2
Roy Harris
William Alwyn
Britten
Bloch
Peterson-Berger or Miaskovsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Daverz on September 19, 2023, 06:15:21 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on September 19, 2023, 01:52:35 PMDavid Morgan
Malcolm Williamson
Shostakovich No.1
Arthur Bliss
Allan Pettersson No.2
Roy Harris
William Alwyn
Britten
Bloch
Peterson-Berger or Miaskovsky

The David Morgan concerto is on this excellent Lyrita disc:



Playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mtfFNO7YVil7Z02G7EBvOebel7zkwamEc
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: San Antone on September 19, 2023, 06:38:02 PM
More than ten ...

Bartok 2
Stravinsky
Berg
Schoenberg
Prokofiev 1
Shostakovich 1
Weinberg Op. 67
Bacewicz 3
Gubaidulina Offertorium
Ligeti
Henze 3
Bernstein Serenade (after Plato's Symposium)
Penderecki 1
Pettersson 2
Title: Re: Top 10 Favourite Violin Concerti
Post by: Wanderer on September 19, 2023, 09:56:31 PM
Beethoven
Brahms
Schumann
Sibelius
Elgar
Dvořák
Britten
Skalkottas
Korngold
Mendelssohn
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Symphonic Addict on September 21, 2023, 06:33:12 PM
1. Shostakovich

Then the others in any order:

Respighi Concerto gregoriano
Bartók 2
Szymanowski 2
Brahms
Tubin 1
Hindemith
Pfitzner
Khachaturian
Kabalevsky
Title: Re: Top 10 Favorite VCs
Post by: Maestro267 on October 02, 2023, 05:07:11 AM
Top ten favourite voice chats or violoncelli?  ;D