December 31, 200619 yr Ok, off the top of your head, what's the best concerto ever written? I like Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto in C minor. And Brahms Violin Concerto No. 1 is a close second.
December 31, 200619 yr i like all of vivaldi cello concerti (despite the fact that they're all the same)
December 31, 200619 yr Author I know. ^^ It was a joke. Someone said that Vivaldi didnt write 500 concerti. But that he wrote the same concerto 500 times.
December 31, 200619 yr no-one complains at eric clapton for writing the same guitar solo millions of times
December 31, 200619 yr I would have to say any by Khachaturian but specifically the Violin Concerto later turned into a flute concerto by Rampal.
December 31, 200619 yr Author Marius showed me a performance of that on youtube last night. It's also one of my favs.
December 31, 200619 yr Mozart: Piano Concertos 9, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3, 5 Beethoven: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Schumann: Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Brahms: Violin Concerto Max Bruch: Violin Concerto 1 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 2, 3 Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto
December 31, 200619 yr Mozart: Piano Concertos 9, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 27Mozart: Clarinet Concerto Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3, 5 Beethoven: Violin Concerto Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto Schumann: Piano Concerto Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto 1 Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto Brahms: Violin Concerto Max Bruch: Violin Concerto 1 Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 2, 3 Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto So much for concerto ;) Um... most of my favourites are up on that list. Although to narrow it down a bit, how about: Mozart: Piano Concerti No.13©, 20(Dm), 21©, 22(Eb), 24(Cm), 25© Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 5 in Eb 'Emperor' Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D
December 31, 200619 yr Sinfonia Concertante: Mozart OMG how could I have possibly forgotten that one??!!! Ok, that one is one of my favourites as well. ;)
January 1, 200719 yr I always find it strange to come across "best of" threads on forums. it's all so arbitrary. my "favourite" concerti are Prokoviev's 2nd piano concerto, Barber's piano and cello concerti, Bernstein's 2nd symphony (a concerto desguised as a symphony), Szymanowski's two violin concerti, Alan Belkin's violin concerto, and Rachmaninov's 4th piano concerto. but there are so many more, it's hard to say with any certainty... so why bother? These are just among some of my favourites. They all have their qualities.
January 1, 200719 yr ^ I'm with QC on the Barber piano concerto. Great piece. I also like the Ravel piano concerto as well as the Chopin E minor concerto. I'm mostly a piano man so that's where the bulk of my knowledge lies...but I also like the Dvorak cello concerto, too.
January 1, 200719 yr I always find that the "best of" threads turn into listings of the most frequently-heard music. Some of my favorites are also quite frequently performed (Beethoven Violin Concerto, Brahms Violin Concerto, Sibelius Violin Concerto, Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1, Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3, Dvorak Cello Concerto), but there are other great pieces that are somewhat less often heard: Bach, Double Concerto for Violin, Oboe, and Orchestra Brahms, Double Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra Bruch, Double Concerto for Viola, Clarinet, and Orchestra Bruch, Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Gliere, Horn Concerto Mackenzie, Pibroch Suite for Violin and Orchestra Mozart, Sinfonia Concertante for Winds and Orchestra Rheinberger, Piano Concerto Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 2 C. Stamitz, Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra R. Strauss, Horn Concerti No. 1 and No. 2 Walton, Viola Concerto
January 2, 200719 yr Here are some of my favorites: Beethoven violin concerto Mendelssohn E minor violin concerto Brahms violin concerto Greig A minor piano concerto Tchaikovsky piano concerto no. 1
January 2, 200719 yr My favorite concertos are Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E minor and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. I also like Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso by Saint-Saens even though it's not technically a concerto.
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