Greatest Concertos except piano

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Violin Concertos

  1. Johannes Brahms: Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major
  2. Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concertos Op. 8, Nos. 1-4, "The Four Seasons"
  3. Alban Berg: Violin Concerto
  4. Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No.2
  5. Bela Bartok: Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor
  6. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.2 in G minor
  7. Ludwig van Beethoven: Violin Concerto No.1 in D Major
  8. Antonio Vivaldi: L'Estro Armonico, Op. 3
  9. Felix Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
  10. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major
  11. Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor "Double"
  12. Niccolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major
  13. Krysztof Penderecki: Violin Concerto 2
  14. Jean Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
  15. Benjamin Britten: Violin Concerto
  16. Sofia Gubaidulina: Violin Concerto "Offertorium" (1991)
  17. Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.2
  18. Gyorgy Ligeti: Violin Concerto
  19. Arnold Schoenberg: Violin Concerto
  20. Igor Stravinsky: Violin Concerto in D major
  21. Roberto Gerhard: Violin Concerto
  22. Paul Hindemith: Violin Concerto
  23. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major
  24. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No.5 in A Major "Turkish"
  25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Violin Concerto No.4 in D major
  26. Philip Glass: Violin Concerto (1987)
  27. Gunther Schuller: Violin Concerto No. 2
  28. Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
  29. Krysztof Penderecki: Violin Concerto No. 1
  30. Saariaho, Kaija : Violin Concerto "Graal Theatre" (1994)
  31. Thomas Ades: "Concentric Paths" Violin Concerto
  32. Karel Husa: Violin Concerto
  33. Bohuslav Martinu: Violin Concerto No. 2
  34. Max Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor
  35. Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  36. Johann Sebastian Bach: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E major
  37. Serge Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No.1 in D major
  38. Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto
  39. Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major
  40. Camille Saint-Saens: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor
  41. Karol Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No. 1
  42. Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  43. Antonin Dvorak: Violin Concerto in A minor
  44. Antonio Vivaldi: Violin Concerto in E major, RV271 "L'amoroso"
  45. Esa-Pekka Salonen: Violin Concerto
  46. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Strings in A major, RV 159
  47. Kaija Saariaho: Violin Concerto "Graal Theatre" (1994)
  48. Bill Alves: Concerto for Violin and American Gamelan (2004)

Cello Concertos

  1. Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2 in G major
  2. Witold Lutoslawski: Cello Concerto
  3. Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in E flat major
  4. Johannes Brahms: Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra in A minor
  5. Antonin Dvorak: Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
  6. Alfred Schnittke: Cello Concerto #2 (1990)
  7. Osvaldo Golijov: Cello Concerto Azul
  8. Sofia Gubaidulina: Detto 2 Cello Concerto
  9. Gyorgy Ligeti: Cello Concerto
  10. Krysztof Penderecki: Cello Concerto 2
  11. Alfred Schnittke: Cello Concerto #1 (1986)
  12. Elliott Carter: Cello Concerto (2001)
  13. Alan Hovhaness: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (1936)
  14. Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No. 1 (1968)
  15. Frederick Delius: Double Concerto for violin and cello (1920)
  16. Sergei Prokofiev: Sinfonia Concertante in E minor Op. 125
  17. Karel Husa: Cello Concerto
  18. Robert Schumann: Cello Concerto op.129 in A minor
  19. Einojuhani Rautavaara: Cello Concerto No. 2 (2009)
  20. Kaija Saariaho: Cello Concerto "Notes on Light" (2006)
  21. Arthur Bliss: Cello Concerto
  22. Bohuslav Martinu: Cello Concerto 2
  23. Paul Hindemith: Cello Concerto (1940)
  24. Friedrich Gulda: Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra (1980)
  25. Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor
  26. Erich Korngold: Cello Concerto (1950)
  27. Aram Khachaturian: Cello Concerto in E minor (1946)
  28. Samuel Barber: Cello Concerto (1945)
  29. Camille Saint-Saens: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
  30. Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major
  31. Arthur Honegger: Cello Concerto (1929)
  32. Joseph Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C minor
  33. Luigi Boccherini: Cello Concerto in B flat major
  34. William Walton: Cello Concerto
  35. Frederick Delius: Cello Concerto 1921)
  36. Edouard Lalo: Cello Concerto (1876)
  37. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for two Cellos (1720)

Viola Concertos

  1. Alfred Schnittke: Viola Concerto (1985)
  2. Sofia Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto
  3. Georg Telemann: Viola Concerto in G major
  4. William Walton: Viola Concerto

Other instruments

  1. Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg Concerto No.3"
  2. Ludwig Van Beethoven: Triple Concerto C major
  3. Dmitrij Shostakovic: Concerto in C minor for Piano, Trumpet, and String Orchestra, Op. 35 (1933)
  4. Gyorgy Ligeti: Double Concerto for Flute, Oboe and Orchestra
  5. Osvaldas Balakauskas: Concerto for Oboe Harpsichord and Strings (1981)
  6. Anton Webern: Concerto for Nine Instruments (1936)
  7. Lou Harrison: Concerto in Slendro for violin, celeste, 2 tack pianos and 2 percussionists
  8. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
  9. Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Bassoon in E minor, RV 484
  10. Johann Sebastian Bach: "Brandenburg Concerto No.5"
  11. Bohuslav Martinu: Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Tmpani
  12. Krysztof Penderecki: Horn Concerto (2008)
  13. Astor Piazzolla: Concerto For Bandoneon
  14. Bohuslav Martinu: Oboe Concerto
  15. Paul Hindemith: Horn Concerto
  16. David Maslanka: Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Wind Ensemble
  17. Witold Lutoslawski: Oboe and harp concerto
  18. Gunther Schuller: Concerto Festivo for Brass Quintet and Orchestra
  19. Bohuslav Martinu: Rhapsody Concerto for viola and orchestra
  20. Antonio Vivaldi: Mandolin Concerto in C major
  21. Karel Husa: Concerto for Wind Ensemble
  22. Joseph Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E flat major
  23. Jonathan Harvey: Bird Concerto with Pianosong
  24. Ellen Zwilich: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello (1996)
  25. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major
  26. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major
  27. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Oboe Concerto in C major
  28. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No. 4 in E flat major
  29. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major
  30. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto in C major
  31. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B flat major
  32. Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto in D major
  33. Kaija Saariaho: Flute Concerto "L'Aile du Songe" (2001)
  34. Kaija Saariaho: Clarinet Concerto "D'Om le Vrai Sens" (2010)
  35. Kaija Saariaho: Cello Concerto "Notes on Light" (2006)
  36. Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major
  37. Richard Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major
  38. Antonio Vivaldi: Double Trumpet Concerto in C major
  39. Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in F major, Op. 10/2, RV433 "La Tempesta di Mare"
  40. Antonio Vivaldi: Flute Concerto in G minor, Op. 10/1, RV439 "La Note"
  41. Kaija Saariaho: Clarinet Concerto "D'Om le Vrai Sens" (2010)
  42. Georg Telemann: Trumpet Concerto in D major
  43. Georg Telemann: Double Horn Concerto in E flat major
  44. Pierre Henry: Concerto Des Ambiguite'
  45. Tomaso Albinoni: Oboe Concerto in D minor, Op. 9, No. 2
  46. Carl Maria von Weber: Bassoon Concerto in F major
  47. Toru Takemitsu: Guitar concerto "To The Edge Of Dream" (1983)
  48. Michael Torke: Rapture concerto for percussion and orchestra (1998)
  49. Hugues Dufourt (France, 1945): Symphony for percussion instruments "Erewhon" (1976)

Orchestra

  1. Roberto Gerhard: Concerto for Orchestra
  2. Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra
  3. Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra
  4. Elliott Carter: Concerto for Orchestra
  5. Igor Stravinsky: Concerto in E flat major "Dumbarton Oaks"
  6. Karel Husa: Concerto for Orchestra

Concerto Grosso

  1. Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti Grossi Op 6
  2. Francesco Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Opus 3
  3. Georg Handel: Concerti grossi op.6
  4. Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 5
  5. Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 4
  6. Ellen Zwilich: Concerto Grosso

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