<p>^agreed! Livemylife has great taste! I actually have a video of Chung playing the Bruch on my iPod. It's amazing.</p>
<p>Ah, it is too cliche for me to post in this thread...</p>
<p>thanks. :]
I love Sibelius in d minor played by Oistrakh.
CrystalPineapple: which is the one you don't like?</p>
<p>the one by heifetz is far better...</p>
<p>(resurrects old thread)</p>
<p>We played the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor in my orchestra. IT WAS PHENOMENAL.
I also like the Saint-Saens Il Rondo Capriccioso one.</p>
<p>Mendelsohn violin concerto</p>
<p>The emperor!!!</p>
<p>Rachmoninoff 2nd piano concerto
Elgar Cello Concerto (although after Dupre, that piece can not be played better than she played it.)</p>
<p>But let’s not kid ourselves, concertos are great but none of my five favorite (or even ten) pieces is a concerto… Most of them are symphonies.</p>
<p>Top 10 favorite pieces</p>
<p>1) Mahler 6
2) The Rite of Spring
3) Mozart Requiem
4) Bach B Minor Mass
5) Dvorak 9
6) Mahler 9
7) Sibelius 7
8) Eroica
9) Mahler 5
10) Koyaanisqatsi (only with the film though)</p>
<p>Lots of the above-mentioned favorites performed live here: [Welcome</a> to the Cliburn Competition Webcast](<a href=“http://www.cliburn.tv/]Welcome”>http://www.cliburn.tv/) on the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Web site.</p>
<p>Concerti…ummm…</p>
<p>The Walton Viola Concerto is awesome.
Barber Piano Concerto
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 4 (the weird one for left hand only)
Penderecki Viola Concerto
Stravinsky’s Concerto in E flat (Dumbarton Oaks) really isn’t a concerto in the modern sense, nor is Barber’s Capricorn Concerto or Bach’s Brandenburg Concerti, but I think they still count. 
Barber’s Cello Concerto! Very…intense.
Berg Violin Concerto
Linde’s Cello Concerto
Schnittke’s Cello and Viola Concerti</p>
<p>And those are just a few…</p>
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<p>Most of those are kind of “meh” for me, but I love Sib 7!</p>
<p>in no particular order:</p>
<p>Elgar Cello concerto in E minor, op. 85
Schumann piano concerto in A minor, op. 54
Rachmaninoff piano concerto no. 2 in c minor op. 18
Shostakovich Violin concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77
Dvorak cello concerto in B minor, op. 104
Mozart Concerto for Flute, Harp, and Orchestra, K. 299 (esp. the 2nd movement!)
Brahms Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, op. 102
Haydn Cello Concerto in D major, Hob. VIIb/2
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23</p>
<p>And, just for good measure—</p>
<p>Bottesini, Double Bass Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor</p>
<p>The only actual Concerto I like is Vivaldi’s Quattro Stagioni. </p>
<p>My favorite piece overall is Shoctakovich’s Opus 110 String Quartet in C Minor, specifically the Alegro Molto movement.</p>
<p>Good thread!</p>
<p>I don’t listen to many true concertos (I’m more of a symphony person), but these two are great:</p>
<p>Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D, Opus 61
Mozart - Clarinet concerto in A major</p>
<p>Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto…it is the absolute best. My dream is to play it. It combines beauty, flashiness, and epicness in one piece of music.</p>
<p>my favorite concerto is the sibelius violin concerto-hands down.
and i agree with livemylife-oistrakh is the best!</p>
<p>Sibelius violin concerto. This piece is godly!</p>
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<p>If you think that, you must not have heard Ferras’s Sibelius!</p>
<p>I also really like the Schoenberg Piano Concerto, now that I think about it.</p>
<p>Boccherini’s Cello Concerto in B-flat</p>
<p>This morning, listening to several of Albinoni’s Violin & Oboe concerti (Op. 9). </p>
<p>Two under-appreciated composers IMO.</p>
<p>proletariat2, I have listened to Ferras’s rendition (it was actually the first time I listened to the piece) and I thought it was great, but I prefer Oistrakh’s version. But Ferras is definitely a close second ;)</p>
<p>Oh well. People think it’s blasphemy when I say I actually like Hahn’s version quite a bit. Speaking of Hilary Hahn, her Schoenberg is fantastic!</p>