Best Concerto

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.

i like all of vivaldi cello concerti (despite the fact that they're all the same)

They're not all the same! :(

sense the sarcasm

I know. ^^

It was a joke.

Someone said that Vivaldi didnt write 500 concerti. But that he wrote the same concerto 500 times.

Prokofiev's First Violin Concerto or Prokofiev's Third Piano Concerto.

no-one complains at eric clapton for writing the same guitar solo millions of times

I would have to say any by Khachaturian but specifically the Violin Concerto later turned into a flute concerto by Rampal.

I like CPE Bach's flute concerto in Dm

and the brandenburg concerto number 3 is another favourite of mine

Marius showed me a performance of that on youtube last night. It's also one of my favs.

gotta link?

Um. Not anymore. Just do a search for "brandenburg concerto no. 3"

found one, nice:

;)

I LOVE those concerti.

Mostly, Mozart's wind concertos... Clarinet, Oboe, Flute, and Bassoon.

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

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

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

Sinfonia Concertante: Mozart

OMG how could I have possibly forgotten that one??!!! Ok, that one is one of my favourites as well. ;)

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.

^ 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.

Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 9

(Especially the Rondeau-Presto Finale)

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

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

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.