Concerto Recordings

This page lists the best bargain concerto recordings.

Albinoni

Oboe Concertos: op. 7/3, 6, 9, 12; op. 9/2, 5, 8, 11. Duo Oboe Concertos: op. 7/ 2, 5, 8, 11; op. 9/3, 6, 9, 12. Violin Concertos: op. 9/1, 4, 7, 10 • Nicol Matt, cond; Stefan Schilli (ob); Giovanni Deangeli (ob); Tanja Becker-Bender (vn); Stuttgart CO; European C Soloists. Brilliant Classics.

Bach


Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6. Marlboro Festival 1964. Casals. Sony.
 
Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1-6. Cantatas 51 & 202. Karl Munchinger. Naxos.
 
Violin Concertos. Double Violin Concerto. Salvatore Accardo, Margaret Batjer (vns). Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Philips Eloquence.

Keyboard Concertos Nos. 1, 5, 6. Rolla, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Jando (pn).

CPE Bach


Concertos for Flute. Various Artists. Philips Eloquence.


Balakirev


Symphony No. 1. Russia. Tamara. USSR State SO/Evgeni Svetlanov. Regis.


Barber


Violin Concerto. Buswell (vn). RSNO/Alsop. Naxos.
 
Piano Concerto Op. 37. Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance. Commando March. Stephen Prutsman (pf). RSNO/Marin Alsop. Naxos.

Cello Concerto, etc. Warner. RNSOP/Alsop. Naxos.

Bartok


Piano Concertos 1, 2 & 3. Stephen Kovacevich (pf). LSO, BBC SO/Sir Colin Davis. Philips Eloquence.


Beethoven


Piano Concerto No. 1. Triple Concerto. Claudio Arrau (pf), Henryk Szeryng (vn), Janos Starker (vc). New Philharmonia/Eliahu Inbal. Philips Eloquence.

Piano Concertos Nos 3 & 4. Bronfman, Zinman,  Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Arte Nova. *

Violin Concerto. Naxos Historical. Heifetz/Toscanini. 1940 recording. *

Violin Concerto, Romances. Tetzlaff, Zinman,  Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Arte Nova. *

Triple Concerto, Septet. Truls Otterbech Mork,  Yefim Bronfman,  Gil Shaham,  Michael Reid,  Michel Rouilly, Zinman, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Arte Nova. *

Benda


G Benda: Viola Concerto in F major. Benda's Klagen. F Benda: Violin Concerto in E flat major. Ariane Pfister (vn), Joseph Suk (va). Suk Chamber Orchestra/Christian Benda. Naxos.


Berg


Violin Concerto. Coupled with Hartman and Janacek Violin Concertos. Thomas Zehetmair (vn). Philharmonia, Deutsche Kammerphilharmonic/Heinz Holliger. Apex.
 
Violin Concerto. Lyric Suite. Three Orchestral Pieces Op. 6. Rebecca Hirsch (vn). Netherlands radio Symphony Orchestra/Eri Klas. Naxos.


Bliss


Piano Concerto. Concerto for Two Pianos. Piano Sonata. Peter Donohoe, Martin Roscoe (pno). Royal Scottish SO/David Lloyd-Jones. Naxos.


Brahms


Piano Concerto No. 2. Emil Gilels (pn). BPO/Eugen Jochum. DG Classicon.

Piano Concerto No 1; Schumann, Introduction and Allegro for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 134. Biret, Wit,  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Naxos.

Violin Concerto. Coupled with Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1. Tasmin Little (vn). RLPO/Vernon Handley. CfP.

Double Concerto. Glazunov: Violin Concerto. Bruch: Scottish Fantasia. Heifetz, Feuermann. Philadelphia Orchestra/Ormandy. LPO/Barbarolli. RCA Victor Orchestra/Steinberg. Naxos Historical. *

Piano Concerto No. 1. Paganini Variations. Rhapsody in B minor Op. 79/1 and Op. 79/2. Wilhelm Backhaus (pf). Boult, BBC SO. Naxos Historical.

Chopin

Piano Concerto No. 1. Solo piano works. Martha Argerich (pf). LSO/Claudio Abbado. DG Classicon.

Piano Concertos 1 & 2. Rubinstein (pf). Los Angeles Phil, Wallenstein. NBC SO/Steinberg. Naxos Historical. *

Delius


Dvorak


Violin Concerto. Cello Concerto. Isaac Stern (vn). Leonard Rose (vc). Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy. Sony Essential Classics.


Elgar


Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor. Albert Sammons. New Queens Hall Orchestra. Henry Wood. Naxos.
 
Violin Concerto. Nigel Kennedy (vn). LPO/Vernon Handley. CFP.
 
Cello Concerto. Coupled with the Dvorak Cello Concerto. Robert Cohen (cello). LPO/Norman del Mar. CFP.

John Field

Piano Concertos 1 & 3, 2 & 4. Haslam, Northern Sinfonia. Frith (pn).

Grieg


Piano Concerto. Coupled with Schumann: Piano Concerto. Cecile Ousett (pn). LSO/Sir Neville Marriner. EMI Red Lion.


Handel


Concertos. Various Artists. Philips Eloquence.


Haydn


Trumpet Concerto. Also Hummel Trumpet Concerto. Jeffrey Segal (tp). Michael Bertoncello (tmbone). Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra/Zinman. Arte Nova.
 
Trumpet Concerto in E flat. Paired with Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E; Neruda: Trumpet Concerto in E flat; F Weber: Variations in F. Niklas Eklund (tpt). Swedish Chamber Orchestra/Roy Goodman. Naxos.

Piano Concertos and Sonatas. Mikhail Pletnev (pn). Virgin Classics.

Hindemith


Violin Concerto. Mathis der Maler Symphony. Symphonic Metamorphosis. Davis Oistrakh (vn). LSO/Abbado. SRO/Paul Kletzki. Decca Eloquence.


Mendelssohn


Violin Concerto. Midsummer Night's Dream Suite. Wolfgang Schneiderhan (vn). RSO Berlin/Ferenc Fricsay. Universal Eloquence.


Mozart


Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon Concertos. Soloists. ASMF/Sir Neville Marriner. Philips Eloquence.

Myaskovsky

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 44 (1938) [38:06]. Also Mieczyław VAINBERG (1919-1996) Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in G minor, Op. 67 (1961) [28:43]  Ilya Grubert, violin Russian Philharmonic Orchestra, Dmitry Yablonsky Naxos.

Nielsen


Flute Concerto. Clarinet Concerto. Helios Overture. Pan and Syrinx, etc. Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy. NYPO/Leonard Bernstein. Sony Essential Classics.


Paganini


Violin Concertos 1 & 2. Shmuel Ashkenazi (vn). Vienna SO/Heribert Esser. DG.


Poulenc


Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani. Marie-Claire Alain. ORTF Orchestra/Jean Martinon. Apex.

Piano Concertos, Aubade. Duchable, Collard, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Apex.

Prokofiev


Violin Concertos 1 & 2, etc/Shaham, Previn.

Violin Concerto No. 2. Gruenberg: Violin Concerto. Heifetz, Boston SO/Koussevitzky. San Francisco SO/Monteux. Naxos Historical. *

Prokofiev, Ravel: Piano Concertos, etc/Argerich, Abbado
 
The 5 Piano Concertos/Ashkenazy, Previn
 
 


Rachmaninov


Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3. Vladimir Ashkenazy (pn). LSO/Andre Previn. Decca Eloquence.

Rawsthorne

Piano Concertos 1 & 2. Improvisation on a Theme by Constant Lambert. Yuasa, Ulster orchestra. Peter Donohoe (pf). Naxos.

Rodrigo


Concierto de Arunjuez. Fantasia para un gentilhombre. Paired with: Albeniz, Grandos, Mudarra: Solo Guitar Works. Narcisco Yepes (guitar). DG Eloquence.


Saint-Georges


Violin Concertos Vol. 2. No. 2 & No. 10. Qian Zhou (vn). Toronto Camerata/Kevin Mallon. Naxos.


Schoenberg


Concerto for string quartet and orchestra after Handel. New York CS/Gerard Schwartz. Apex.


Scriabin


Prometheus. Dmitri Alexeev (pf). Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti. EMI.


Shostakovich


Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 102. Alexeev. ECO/Maksymiuk.


Sibelius


Violin Concerto. Six Humoresques. Serenades, etc. Miriam Fried, Jaako Kuusisto, Leonidas Kavakos, Jari Valo (vn). various orchestras. Apex.


Sinding


Violin Concerto No. 1; Romance in D. Coupled with Sibelius Violin Concerto. Henning Kraggerud (vn). Bournemouth SO/ Engeset. Naxos.


Richard Strauss


Horn Concertos. Duett-Concertino. Serenade. David Pyatt (hn). Joy Farrall (cl). Julie Andrews (hn). Britten Sinfonia/Nicholas Cleobury. CfP.


Tavener


The Protecting Veil. Steven Isserlis (vc). LSO/Gennadi Rozhdestensky. HMV Classics.

Tchaikovsky

Piano Concerto No. 1. Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2. Vladimir Horowitz. NBC Symphony Orchestra/Arturo Toscanini. Naxos Historical. *

Tubin


Concertino for Piano and Orchestra. Concerto for Flute and Strings. Music for Strings. Volmer, Kangas, K Jarvi. Warner Apex.


Tveitt


Piano Concerto No. 4. Variations on a Folksong from Hardanger. RSNO/Bjarte Engeset.

Various

Evgeny Kissin in Concert. Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893) Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 St. Petersburg Academic Symphony Orchestra/Valery Gergiev Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975) Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Orchestra in C minor Op. 35 Bernard Soustrot, trumpet; St. Petersburg Chamber Orchestra/Vladimir Spivakov Recorded 30 March 1987 (Tchaikovsky) 26 December 1988 (Shostakovich) Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor Op. 11 Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 21 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra/Dmitri Kitaenko [Recorded ?27 March 1984] Franz LISZT (1811-1886) Waldesrauschen La Leggierezza Liebestraum No. 3 in A flat major Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12 in C sharp minor Etude d’exécution transcendante No. 10 in F minor "Appassionata" Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856) Études symphoniques Op. 13 Abegg Variations Op. 1 Widmung (Transcription Franz Liszt) Recorded 23 May 1983 and 26 February 1989 Fryderyk CHOPIN (1810-1849) Waltz No. 14 in E minor Op. Posth. Mazurka in F minor Op. 63 No. 2 Mazurka in D flat major Op. 30 No. 3 Mazurka in B flat minor Op. 24 No. 4 Mazurka in F minor Op. 68 No. 4 Mazurka in C sharp minor Op. 50 No. 3 Fantasie in F minor Op. 49 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op. 58 Recorded 23 May 1984 and 26 February 1989  Evgeny Kissin (piano). Brilliant Classics.

Daniel Shafran Edition. Various concertos, sonatas, & transcriptions by J.S. Bach, Tchaikovsky, Shchedrin, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Falla, Rachmaninov, others. Daniil Shafran (cello); various accompanists, Various orchestras & conductors. Brilliant Classics.

David Oistrakh. Historic Russian Archives. Violin Concertos. Brilliant Classics.

Concertos For Trumpet & Trombone by Haydn, Hummel, Wagenseil and David. Zinman, Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Arte Nova.

Weber


Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2. Concertino. Grand Duo Concertant. Walter Boeykens, Paul Meyer (cls). Rotterdam PO/James Conlon. Apex.

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