[Joek Baron]

I feel like Hummel's piano concerto in A minor op. 85 is really underrated and I like it so much, especially the first movement. The orchestral introduction of the first movement is one of my favourite orchestral introductions of any concerto. And then the breathtakingly beautiful piano introduction. I find this concerto to be the piece closest to resembling Beethoven's style. I actually prefer Didian Talpain's HIP-recording to Stephen Hough's recording, the first HIP recording I have ever preferred over a recording using modern instruments

 

[hammeredklavier]

I feel like Hummel's piano concerto in A minor op. 85 is really underrated and I like it so much, especially the first movement.

Aside from that, I've found his Op.89 (No.3, B minor), Op.113 (No.5, A flat major) to be valuable.

 

[hammeredklavier]

There's rhythmic uniqueness (typical of Haydn) in this one (MH207):

 

[Joek Baron]

Aside from that, I've found his Op.89 (No.3, B minor), Op.113 (No.5, A flat major) to be valuable.

I’ll listen to them too

 

[Neo Romanza]

Any of Milhaud's or Malipiero's piano concerti. Oh and Britten's Diversions.

 

[larold]

Just about any concerto by Paul Hindemith who wrote expertly for almost every instrument. My favorite among his under the radar works:

Concerto for Flute, Oboe, Clarient, Bassoon, Harp and Orchestra

Others I play often that don't otherwise get much love:

Bohuslav Martinu Double Concerto for Two String Orchestra, Piano and Timpani

Francois Adrien Boieldieu Concerto for Harp and Orchestra

Offenbach Concerto Militaire in G major for Cello and Orchestra

Paul Martin Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments, Percussion and Strings

Ennio Morricone Concerto for Orchestra (aka Concerto No. 1)

Luigi Gianella Concerto No. 3 (Militaire) in C major for Flute and Orchestra

 

[DaveM]

I feel like Hummel's piano concerto in A minor op. 85 is really underrated and I like it so much, especially the first movement. The orchestral introduction of the first movement is one of my favourite orchestral introductions of any concerto. And then the breathtakingly beautiful piano introduction. I find this concerto to be the piece closest to resembling Beethoven's style. I actually prefer Didian Talpain's HIP-recording to Stephen Hough's recording, the first HIP recording I have ever preferred over a recording using modern instruments

It and the Op89 are two unfairly underrated piano concertos. While one might have thought that Hummel would carry on in the manner of Mozart since, as a child prodigy, he was ‘housed and taught’ by Mozart for 2 years, his latter works such as the above 2 concertos were closer to the middle to later romantic style of Beethoven. The Op85 was composed in 1815. For reference, Beethoven’s PC #5 was composed in 1809-1811 so Hummel would have been familiar with all of the Beethoven piano concertos. The impressive thing about Hummel is that while these concertos might generally remind of Beethoven, they have their own distinct style that is unique to Hummel.

The Hummel Op85 is not an easy concerto pianistically. This an excellent live version, very well recorded and has video of the keyboard that shows how difficult the fingering is. (Fwiw, the pianist, Dmitry Shishkin, reminds me a bit of Glenn Gould’s manner of playing.)

 

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The two Piano Concertos of Lee Hoiby
The Violin Concerto of Machavariani
The Cello Concerto of Peter Mennin
The Organ Concerto of Malcom Arnold
The two Cello Concertos by Nino Rota
Moszkowski's op. 5 Piano Concerto
The two violin concertos of Respighi
Copland's Piano Concerto
Seis Valses for Piano and Orchestra by Nepomuceno
Barber's Cello concerto
Cello Concerto by Virgil Thomson
Organ Concerto by Horatio Parker
Piano concerto by William Bolcom
Wedding Cake by St. Saens

 

[Brahmsian Colors]

Mozart: Piano Concerto no. 11
Beethoven: Triple Concerto
Brahms: Double Concerto

 

[Bernet.strahm]

For the violin concerto by Alexei Machavariani see also the listening companion on my homepage:

Alexi Machavariani: Violin Concerto in D minor (1949)

Alexi Machavarianiborn 23 Sept. 1913 in Gori (Georgia) died 31 Dec. 1995 First performance:1949 by Michael Vaiman Recording on Youtube:Michael Vaiman 1953 Liana Isakadze, 1977

unbekannte-violinkonzerte.jimdofree.com

There you can also find other mostly unknown and underrated violin concertos.

The essential happens in listening

Baroque Violin Concertos

unbekannte-violinkonzerte.jimdofree.com

 

[Enthusiast]

We all know Bruch's famous violin concerto but other concertos by him get little attention. His concerto for viola and clarinet is a fine work.

 

[Kertészian]

For underrated concertos, how about these six violin concertos by Bacewicz? Well, she composed seven, but only six have been recorded. Bacewicz is my favourite more recent composer discovery, and I'll be posting in her composer page. Here they are performed by the highly talented and beautiful Joanna Kurkowicz.

 

[Neo Romanza]

For underrated concertos, how about these six violin concertos by Bacewicz? Well, she composed seven, but only six have been recorded. Bacewicz is my favourite more recent composer discovery, and I'll be posting in her composer page. Here they are performed by the highly talented and beautiful Joanna Kurkowicz.

Rather odd that the sixth VC hasn't been recorded or wasn't recorded for these Chandos recordings. Great works!

 

[Kertészian]

Rather odd that the sixth VC hasn't been recorded or wasn't recorded for these Chandos recordings. Great works!

I think it is because the 6th was never published. However, there is word that this may change and a future recording may be in order. Just rumours though, I can't say for sure.

 

[CDs]

I just discovered Ignacy Jan Paderewski and am really enjoying his Piano concerto. From what I can tell his albums might be hard to come by.

Piano Concerto in A Minor
Thomas Tirino - Piano
Michael Bartos - Conductor

 

[John O]

Martinu 4 "Incantations"

It belongs to the composers late 'fantasy" period. It is wild strange thing - but it has always to me made perfect musical sense.

(I first read about it in a book, about forty years ago. At the time there were no recordings of it available. Luckily, I managed to tape a performance off the radio a couple of years later . Nowadays there are, of course excellect recordings of it).

 

[hammeredklavier]

There are "concerto" movements (for various solos such as the clarinet, trombone, bassoon) in Haydn's early works, such as this serenade from 1764. (The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 8th movements are actually the 4 movements of his 8th symphony [MH69, 1763]. Due to the weird tempo of those movements in this recording, I prefer the Warchal recording for them [performed as a symphony], btw). Here are the clarinet concerto movements of the serenade, which have been stuck in my head:

 

[Neo Romanza]

I have another suggestion: Panufnik's Bassoon Concerto

 

[Shoskofiev]

I think it is because the 6th was never published. However, there is word that this may change and a future recording may be in order. Just rumours though, I can't say for sure.

It was and here it is:

 

[PathfinderCS]

The piano concertos of Charles-Marie Widor; as well as his Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra.