100 Best Concertos

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1▶CD: The Great Piano Concertos (I)
2▶CD: The Great Mozart Concertos
3▶CD: From Vivaldi to Bach: The Great Concertos on Period Instruments
4▶CD: The Great Violin Concertos
5▶CD: Great Concertos for Various Instruments
6▼CD: The Great Piano Concertos (II)
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1Piano Concerto no. 4 in G: I. Allegro moderato [excerpt]
piano:
Christian Zacharias (pianist and conductor)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Hans Vonk (conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58: I. Allegro moderato
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1804 until 1807)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 4 in G major, op. 58
Ludwig van Beethoven7:25
2Piano Concerto no. 1 in C: II. Largo
piano:
Christian Zacharias (pianist and conductor)
orchestra:
Staatskapelle Dresden (Dresden Symphonic Orchestra)
conductor:
Hans Vonk (conductor)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15: II. Largo
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1796 until 1797)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in C major, op. 15
Ludwig van Beethoven10:45
3Piano Concerto no. 3 in C minor: III. Rondo. Allegro [excerpt]
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in C minor, op. 37: III. Rondo. Allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1800 until 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 3 in C minor, op. 37
Ludwig van Beethoven3:37
4Triple Concerto in C: II. Largo
producer:
Gerd Berg (producer), Christfried Bickenbach and Heinz Wegner
cello:
Ludwig Hoelscher (cellist) and Heinrich Schiff (cellist and conductor)
piano:
András Schiff (pianist) and Christian Zacharias (pianist and conductor)
solo cello:
Heinrich Schiff (cellist and conductor) (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
solo piano:
Christian Zacharias (pianist and conductor) (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
solo violin:
Ulf Hoelscher (violinist) (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
violin:
Ulf Hoelscher (violinist) and Helmut Zacharias (German violinist & composer)
orchestra:
Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra) (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
conductor:
Kurt Masur (conductor) (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
balance engineer:
Claus Strüben (german sound engineer) and Wolfgang Gülich (engineer)
recorded at:
Paul-Gerhardt-Kirche in Leipzig, Sachsen (Saxony), Germany (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”: II. Largo (from 1984-09-10 until 1984-09-13)
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (in 1803)
part of:
Concerto for Piano, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in C major, op. 56 “Triple Concerto”
Ludwig van Beethoven4:51
5Piano Concerto no. 2 in B-flat: III: Rondo. Molto Allegro [excerpt]
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19: III. Rondo. Molto allegro
composer:
Ludwig van Beethoven (German composer) (from 1788 until 1801)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in B-flat major, op. 19
Ludwig van Beethoven3:40
6Piano Concerto in F Hob, XVIII:7: II. Adagio
piano:
Михаил Плетнёв (Mikhail Pletnev, pianist & conductor)
orchestra:
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen
recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 7 in F major, Hob. XVIII:7: II. Andante
composer:
Joseph Haydn (composer)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 7 in F major, Hob. XVIII:7
Joseph Haydn2:46
7Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor: III. Rondo. Vivace
piano:
Alexis Weissenberg
orchestra:
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
conductor:
Stanisław Skrowaczewski (conductor)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11: III. Rondo. Vivace
composer:
Fryderyk Chopin (Frédéric Chopin, composer) (from 1830-04 until 1830-09)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in E minor, op. 11
Fryderyk Chopin4:57
8Piano Concerto no. 2 in A: IV. Allegro animato
piano:
Leif Ove Andsnes (pianist)
orchestra:
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Dmitri Kitayenko (Soviet, Russian conductor b. 1940)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 2 in A major, S. 125 (single movement)
composer:
Franz Liszt (Hungarian composer, pianist and conductor) (from 1839 until 1861, from 1849 until 1861)
dedicated to:
Hans Bronsart Von Schellendorff (German composer)
premiered at:
[concert] (1857-01-07)
publisher:
Schott Music International (publisher; do not use as label) (in 1863)
part of:
The Music of Liszt (number: S. 125)
is based on:
Concerto sans orchestre, S. 524a
Franz Liszt5:08
9Piano Concerto no. 1 in D minor: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo [excerpt]
piano:
Stephen Hough (pianist)
orchestra:
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conductor:
Sir Andrew Davis (conductor, keyboardist, composer, arranger)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro non troppo
composer:
Johannes Brahms (German composer) (from 1854 until 1859)
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra no. 1 in D minor, op. 15
Johannes Brahms2:30
10Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor: I. Allegro ma non tanto [excerpt]
piano:
Leif Ove Andsnes (pianist)
orchestra:
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Oslo Philharmonic)
conductor:
Paavo Berglund (conductor)
partial recording of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninov (Sergei Rachmaninoff, Russian composer) (from 1909 until 1909-09-23)
part of:
Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:51
11Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini [excerpt]
piano:
Mikhail Pletnev (pianist & conductor)
orchestra:
Philharmonia Orchestra (London orchestra, known as New Philharmonia Orchestra from 1964–1976)
conductor:
Libor Pešek (conductor)
partial recording of:
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43 (for piano and orchestra)
composer:
Sergei Rachmaninoff (Russian composer) (from 1934-07-03 until 1934-08-18)
premiered at:
[concert] (1934-11-07)
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers, Ltd (in 1934)
premiered at:
Modell Performing Arts Center at the Lyric in Baltimore, Maryland, United States (on 1934-11-07)
part of:
Classic 100: Piano (2025) (number: 9) and Works of Sergei Rachmaninoff by opus number (number: op. 43)
is based on:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, op. 1, MS 25: No. 24 in A minor: Tema con variazioni. Quasi presto
quotes music from:
Missa pro defunctis: Sequentia “Dies irae” (plainchant)
Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов2:27
12Ballade in F sharp [excerpt]
piano:
Jean‐Philippe Collard (French classical pianist)
orchestra:
Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse
conductor:
Michel Plasson (conductor)
partial recording of:
Ballade en Fa dièse majeur, op. 19 (Ballade for Piano and Orchestra, op. 19, for piano and orchestra)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer) (in 1881)
version of:
Ballade en Fa dièse majeur, op. 19 (for piano solo)
Gabriel Fauré7:23
13Concerto for Two Pianos in D minor: II. Larghetto
piano:
Jean‐Bernard Pommier (pianist and conductor) (in 1990-12) and Anne Queffélec (pianist) (in 1990-12)
orchestra:
City of London Sinfonia (chamber orchestra) (in 1990-12)
conductor:
Richard Hickox (conductor) (in 1990-12)
recording of:
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61: II. Larghetto (in 1990-12)
composer:
Francis Poulenc (French composer and pianist)
part of:
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in D minor, FP 61
Francis Poulenc5:56
14Concerto for Two Pianos: I. Toccata. Allegro moderato [excerpt]
piano:
Kenneth Broadway (pianist) and Ralph Markham (pianist)
orchestra:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
conductor:
Yehudi Menuhin (violinist)
partial recording of:
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in C major: I. Toccata: Allegro moderato
composer:
Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1926)
arranger:
Joseph Cooper (pianist and broadcaster) (in 1946) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer) (in 1946)
arrangement of:
Piano Concerto in C major: I. Toccata
part of:
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra in C major
Ralph Vaughan Williams5:07
15Piano Concerto in F: III. Allegro agitato
engineer:
Mike Hatch (engineer/editor) (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
producer:
Stephen Johns (producer)
piano:
Wayne Marshall (British pianist, organist and conductor) (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
orchestra:
Aalborg Symphony (Aalborg Symphony Orchestra) (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
conductor:
Wayne Marshall (British pianist, organist and conductor) (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
recorded at:
Aalborg Kongres & Kultur Center (Aalborg Hall) in Aalborg, North Denmark Region, Denmark (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
recording of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major: III. Allegro agitato (from 1995-05-15 until 1995-05-19)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1925)
publisher:
Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in F major
George Gershwin6:42

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