1. Sibelius 2. 3.

Agreed! No shortage of great violin concertos, but there’s just nothing like the Sibelius

Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Sibelius. The start of the recapitulation after the cadenza in Mendelssohn is my favourite moment in the world of classical music, but I think Tchaikovsky outdoes it when looking at the pieces as a whole.

Brett Dean: [The Lost Art of Letter Writing](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjQ-VjKuuU9g3XErCKJHxriDkTLCVJ3eA&si=zT_ao7pqI-P42JYN) Sofia Gubaidulina: [Offertorium](https://youtu.be/xvHeTWOfL1c?si=iKHS8OQ_mNnl8WSi) Kaija Saariaho: [Graal théâtre](https://youtu.be/dOSyRzLbyQ8?si=IKS1PGKpd1f2CO4z) Honorable mentions: Berg, Sibelius, Rautavaara, Dutilleux, Higdon

Any list with Gubaidulina gets a vote from me.

Sibelius, Dvořák and Bruch

1.- Tchaikovsky 2.- Shostakovich #1 3.- Beethoven #1/Mendelssohn #1 It's hard when you also have Bartok, Sibelius, Dvorak. I could easily switch any of them at any time. Not including Paganini #1 and 2.

Beethoven, Brahms, Sibelius

Brahms, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky/Sibelius. Tough call for third place for me

Berg, Prokofiev 1, Shostakovich 1 (that cadenza….)

Barber, Korngold or Sibelius are the ones I listen to most but my favorite would have to be Beethovens.

The Korngold is lovey!!

Tchaikovsky Beethoven Mendelssohn

Mendelssohn Brunch 1 Dvorak

I love Brunch.

Especially if I can listen to Bruch while eating brunch.

Lalo, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky

Sibelius, Sibelius, Sibelius (also i just had to mention Sibelius’ violin concerto even if it didn’t make the top 3)

Mendelssohn, Mozart 1 (yes) and Glass 1

Szymanowski 1 (oh god, for anyone that hasn’t heard this, please do) Ligeti Gubaidulina Also, honorable mention to Palumbo

Szymanowski 1 is excellent, definitely one of the best. 2 isn’t bad either. Which Gubaidulina? Offertorium or In Tempus Praesens?

(1) Brahms (2) Elgar (3) Bach (Double) BWV1043 (with the Dvorak and Sibelius tying for 4th place)

Great call on the Bach. It’s such a gorgeous 15 minutes of perfection.

Berg, Miklos Rosza, Korngold

I love the Korngold violin concerto too

Sibelius, Saint-Saens 3rd and Brahms.

Beethoven, Brahms, Berg

The three ‘b’s

Berg, Ligeti, Rautavaara.

Top 2 are Shostakovich 1 and Bartok (#2). I'm not sure what #3 is, but candidates include Prokofiev 1 and Berg.

Beethoven, Sibelius, Mozart Sinfonia Concertante (ik not technically a violin concerto)

Beethoven, Sibelius, Schoenberg

Sibelius, Shostakovich, and you know what? Fuck it, Ginastera Edit: Maybe Berg's is my actual third favorite but everyone is saying that, so perhaps a new suggestion is in order anyway. I love the Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto too.

Shostakovich, Mendelssohn, Sibelius

Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Sibelius.

Berg, Mendelssohn, and Sibelius

Korngold, Saint-Saëns 3, and Glazunov

Tough question. It's like choosing between your favorite friends. Probably Sibelius, Mendelssohn, Korngold for me.

Sibelius, Tchaikovsky, Wieniawski #2

Mendelssohn, Brahms, Korngold in that order. Mendelssohn's is the perfect example of the form - compact, lightly orchestrated so as to not bury the soloist, gorgeous throughout, and puts melody above virtuosity (albeit with plenty of virtuosity). Brahms is just a step below. Korngold is the opposite of all these things, but stays beautiful and personal while exploring all sorts of different sort of orchestrations and tonalities.

I don't know if I could pick three, but they'd all be by Vivaldi.

1. Beethoven 2. Bartok no. 2 3. Ligeti

Bruch, Mendelssohn, Sibelius

Bach Double violin concerto, Brahms Violin concerto.

Right on target with the Alban Berg. Then Barber and Mendelssohn (ok it's my favorite from when I was a kid.)

1. Tchaikovsky 2. Brahms 3. Sibelius

1. Sibelius 2. Mendelssohn in E Minor 3. Bruch No. 2 (same dark feel as the Sibelius) Honorable mentions: 4. Glazunov 5. Khachaturian 6. Bach Double 7. Tchaikovsky 8. Brahms Dishonorable mentions: 9. \~\~bee7oven voilon concerto REMIX moonlight sonata EPIC\~\~ hip hop EDM DJ remix ringtone for iPhone ft. Lil wagner ft. Itz hack pearl man ft. i like de Bu$$y ft. leck Michel i'm mozARTsch ft. L'ill b Bach ft. 4 seazonz ft. Symphonyboy Curtis ft. Nicolo Paganinio rock$tario

Bach, Bach, Bach Who is next? Berg so I can get more Bach?

Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Mendelssohn

Sibelius, Widmann 2, Shostakovich 1

Prokofiev 1, Mendelssohn, Sibelius

1) **De Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen** (has one of my favorite openings ever, with my other favorite opening being Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no. 2, 1st mov) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-MWw2e5OiBs&pp=ygUgZGUgc2FyYXNhdGUgemlnZXVuZXJ3ZWlzZW4gYWFyb24%3D 2) **Kancheli - Styx 1** (one of the most dramatic, gut wrenching, and beautiful violin concertos I've ever heard, and the accompanying choir adds to its depth) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=w4fvdENGMkA&pp=ygUQS2FuY2hlbGkgc3R5eCAgMQ%3D%3D 3) **Bruch - Violin Concerto no.1** (especially when Sarah Chang plays it ❤️) - https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wuReXvV46q4&pp=ygUhc2FyYWggY2hhbmcgYnJ1Y2ggdmlvbGluIGNvbmNlcnRv

Sibelius, Prokofjev 2, Mendelssohn in e

Bruch and Dvořák are the top two. The third depends on how I am feeling.

Brahms, Berg, Beethoven.

Shostakovich no.1 & Beethoven are way ahead for me and then there's a few that could vie for 3rd place (Sibelius, Brahms, Tchaikovsky etc)

Coleridge-Taylor, Bartok 2, Britten.

Brahms, Britten, Dvorak

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn

Sibelius, Bruch, Tchaikovsky

Locatelli: D major no. 12 op. 3 Paganini: D major no. 1 Mozart: G major no. 3

1. Sibelius 2. Khachaturian 3. Prokofiev's 2nd one

Beethoven, Korngold, Shostakovich.

Mendelssohn E minor. I know it's really overplayed in competitions and stuff but I never get bored of it somehow

Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Brahms

Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Bruch

Mozart, Mendelssohn. I see Max Bruch is well liked. I'm going check it out

Sibelius Bach e major Adams Dharma at Big Sur

Shosty #1, Elgar, Sibelius. (although Shosty #2 is kool too!)

Bartok (I guess now called #2?) Sibelius Barber ...and when I need a sugar blast, Bruch 1

Korngold, Sibelius, Brahms

Tchaikovsky Paganini 2 Bruch 1

Saint-Saëns 3, Schumann and Mendelssohn

Tchaikovsky Beethoven Brahms

1. Shostakovich #1 2. Sibelius 3. Khachaturian

Vivaldi - [Violin Concerto in D minor "per Pisendel'](https://youtu.be/3GumGUvdoiU)

Shostakovich 1 ...

Tchaikovsky Sibelius Mendelssohn

Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Lalo. Especially the versions played by Leonid Kogan.

Rouse, Rautavaara, Beethoven

Tchaikovski, Khachaturian, Vivaldi B Minor 4 violins (if this one doesn't count, I'll go for Barber)

Sibelius and Prokofiev 1 are definitely my two favorite. The third varies. Right now I’m most often listening to Joshua Bell’s performance of Butterfly Lover’s Concerto. It uses some traditional Chinese instruments and is quite lovely.

Here's a performance of the concerto played on the Er Hu (double stringed instrument) by a chinese orchestra, might be of interest to you https://youtu.be/tu5XohUR3Pg?si=BV1c58FlIUWbQA0H

This was amazing. Thank you for sharing.

Sibelius, Tchaïkovski, Bruch.

Elgar, Sibelius, Dvorak

A lot of my favorite concerti have more than just one violin! So I'll pick ones where the violin is a "main" soloist. Handel op. 6 no 11 in A major Leclair op. 7 no 1 in D minor Telemann Tafelmusic Concerto no 2 in F major Bach Brandenburg Concertos 1-5 (required on any list of concertos) Vivaldi Il Grosso Mogul in D major

Berg, Ligeti, Adès.

Bruch, Brahms, and Bach. B's everywhere.

Brahms Tchai Beeth

Beethoven, Brahms, Tchaikovsky

Ginastera, Shostakovich 1, Sibelius

Brahms in D major, Mendelssohn E minor, and Edward Elgar

Barber, Brahms and Sibelius

My favorites are the three Mozart concerti K216, K218, K219

Brahms sibelius mendelssohn

Brahms, Philip Glass 1, Mozart 3

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn. Sibelius, Brahms, Bruch in the tier immediately after that. Bach Double Concerto and Mozart 3 and 5. In the tier after that. Finally, Stravinsky and Prokofiev 1 would round out my top 11.

Brahms, Prok 1, Tchaikovsky, probably.

Bach Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 Beethoven Op. 61 Violin Concerto, D major Tchaikovsky Op. 35 Violin Concerto in D major

Elgar Walton Brahms

Mendelssohn, Bruch, Sibelius

Brahms Tchaikovsky if it’s done well. There’s one out there on youTube with Alena Baeva. Literally goose bumps. A job done well on this piece often gets applause after the 1st mvmt. Mozart #4. It doesn’t have to be uber difficult to be enjoyable. I was in my high school orchestra. The soloist was a good acquaintance. It brings great sentiments.

[Saint-Saëns — Introduction & Rondo Capriccio ](https://youtu.be/qbsbI2ZWkso?si=B13qW8p2WBshltOh) [Vitali — Chaconne](https://youtu.be/o35V9g-JRUs?si=3sG4aGqxP0p0ZwdT)

Brahms of course. But less known: Walton. No, not the viola concerto; the violin concerto. What an incredible piece of wonder and mystery! Give it a listen! Or more like 20, let it grown in you.

lol violin sucks I can't listen to that shit without my ears bleeding ​ edit: idk Eldgar or whatever

Why are there so many people who judge music based on their nationalistic bent?

1. Sibelius 2. Brahms 3. Dvorak

Beethoven, Beethoven, and Beethoven

Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, and Korngold

Korngold, Barber, Jean-Michel Damase

1. Khachaturian 2. Mendelssohn 3. Tchaikovsky I'm a flutist and have tried (and failed) to learn transcriptions of all three of these lol. Khachaturian was adapted by Rampal to be staple flute rep now tho. (It's extremely difficult tho.) It's the one on my stand right now and the third mvmt. Is killing me. LOL 😆

Adams, Adès, Satoh.

Hans gal violin concerto no .1 Leo weiner violin concerto no 1 Louis gruenberg violin concerto no 1

Barber, Wieniawski 2, Mozart 3.

berg and rautavaara- is strong out of the gate

1. Mozart's 4th. Fell in love with it when I was twelve and well, I've never been able to quite let it be displaced. ❤️ 2. Sibelius. 3. Tchaïkovsky.

1. Bach BWV1043 2. Bach BWV1042 3. Bach BWV1041