Fri Feb 12, 2021, 03:53 PM

LAS14 (11,598 posts)

Are there "five great violin concertos?"

When we're in the car, trying to identify music and it's a violin concerto, I run through what I thought were "the five," Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Bruch and Sibelius. But I heard the Sibelius today and it was totally not familiar. Didn't sound "great" either. Are there five? If so, what are they?

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las

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8 replies	Author	Time	Post
Are there "five great violin concertos?" (Original post)	LAS14	Feb 12	OP
Yes	elleng	Feb 12	#1
Oooh!!!! Of course!!! Mendelssohn!!! I always listed him too. I must have been listing 6.	LAS14	Feb 12	#6
Check out the	Turbineguy	Feb 12	#2
add Mendelsohn to Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bruch.	elleng	Feb 12	#3
Definitely Mendelssohn	SCantiGOP	Feb 12	#5
Yup, that's it. I must have been listing 6 all those times. nt	LAS14	Feb 12	#7
Give the Sibelius a few more listens	Blue Owl	Feb 12	#4
And then there are Mozart and Paganini.	joshdawg	Feb 12	#8

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 03:57 PM

elleng (105,657 posts)

1. Yes

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=392864798823122

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:02 PM

LAS14 (11,598 posts)

6. Oooh!!!! Of course!!! Mendelssohn!!! I always listed him too. I must have been listing 6.

Thank you!!!

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:02 PM

Turbineguy (32,364 posts)

2. Check out the

Aaron Rosand Sibelius recording.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:08 PM

elleng (105,657 posts)

3. add Mendelsohn to Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky and Bruch.

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:45 PM

SCantiGOP (11,309 posts)

5. Definitely Mendelssohn

Probably my favorite

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 05:03 PM

LAS14 (11,598 posts)

7. Yup, that's it. I must have been listing 6 all those times. nt

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 04:24 PM

Blue Owl (33,932 posts)

4. Give the Sibelius a few more listens

Maybe try out some different recordings with different soloists. It may grow on you after that. Some might say it doesn't have the immediate appeal the other four concertos seem to have.

FYI I like the recordings by Pinchas Zukerman and Anne Sophie Mutter but there are many great ones out there to select from...

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Fri Feb 12, 2021, 08:13 PM

joshdawg (2,050 posts)

8. And then there are Mozart and Paganini.

The "great" are almost purely subjective, just like music and art and many others.
Personally, and I may have had my head buried in the sand but, I have never heard of the "five great violin concerti" being called that. Whether they were the ones mentioned or any of the others that are still extant.
just sayin'

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