100 BEST CONCERTOS (6 CDS)

CD1: The Great Piano Concertos (I)
Sergei Rachmaninov
1 Piano Concerto No.1: I Vivace (excerpt) 3.23
Mikhail Pletnev piano – Philharmonia Orchestra / Libor Pešek
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2 Piano Concerto No.1: I Allegro non troppo (excerpt) 3.36
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano – Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
Sergei Rachmaninov
3 Piano Concerto No.2: I Moderato (excerpt) 3.23
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano – Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
Ludwig van Beethoven
4 Piano Concerto No.5 “Emperor”: II Adagio (excerpt) 3.23
Christian Zacharias piano – Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk
Frédéric Chopin
5 Piano Concerto No.2: II Larghetto 10.45
François-René Duchâble piano – Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
Franz Liszt
6 Totentanz (excerpt) 2.23
7 Piano Concerto No.1: I Allegro maestoso (excerpt) 4.15
Georges Cziffra piano – Orchestre de Paris / György Cziffra Jr.
Robert Schumann
8 Piano Concerto: I Allegro affetuoso (excerpt) 4.25
Leif Ove Andsnes – Berliner Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons
Edvard Grieg
9 Piano Concerto: II Adagio 6.47
Leif Ove Andsnes – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitayenko
Johannes Brahms
10 Piano Concerto No.2: II Allegro appassionato (excerpt) 4.35
Stephen Hough piano – BBC Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis
Manuel de Falla
11 Noches en los Jardines de España: I En el Generalife (excerpt) 5.43
Gonzalo Soriano piano – Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Rafaël Frühbeck de Burgos
Maurice Ravel
12 Concerto in G: II Adagio 10.02
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Litton piano & direction
Francis Poulenc
13 Piano Concerto: I Allegretto (excerpt) 3.42
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano – City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
George Gershwin
14 Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt) 8.30
Aalborg Symphony / Wayne Marshall piano & direction
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CD2: The great Mozart Concertos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
1 Clarinet Concerto, K.622: II Adagio 6:42
Paul Meyer clarinet – Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson
2 Piano Concerto No.9, K.271 "Jeunehomme": I Andantino (excerpt) 4.08
3 Piano Concerto No.20, K.466: I Allegro (excerpt) 5.39
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Mikhail Pletnev piano & direction
4 Piano Concerto No.21, K.467: II Andante 6.46
Ambache Chamber Orchestra / Diana Ambache piano & direction
5 Piano Concerto No.22, K.482: II Andante 9.33
Annie Fischer piano – Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch
6 Piano Concerto No.23, K.488: II Adagio 9.33
7 Piano Concerto No.24, K.491: III Allegretto (excerpt) 2.05
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Mikhail Pletnev piano & direction
8 Sinfonia concertante for violin & viola, K.364 11.10
Roger Chase viola – The London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green violin & direction
9 Horn Concerto No.4, K.495: III Rondo (Allegro vivace) 3.35
David Guerrier horn – Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson
10 Flute Concerto No.2, K.314: III Allegro 5.01
Alain Marion flute – Orchestre d’Auvergne / Jean-Jacques Kantorow
11 Oboe Concerto “Ferlendis”, K.271k: I Allegro aperto 3.21
François Leleux oboe – Ensemble Orchestral de Paris / John Nelson
12 Concerto for flute & harp, K.299: II Andantino 9.12
Samuel Coles flute – Naoko Yoshino harp – English Chamber Orchestra / Sir Yehudi Menuhin
13 Violin Concerto No.5, K.219: I Allegro aperto (excerpt) 2.03
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Christian Tetzlaff violin & direction
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CD3: From Vivaldi to Bach: the great Concertos on period instruments
Antonio Vivaldi
The four Seasons, Violin Concertos, op.8
1 Concerto No.1 “La primavera”": I Allegro 3.36
2 Concerto No.2 “L'estate”: III Presto 2.41
3 Concerto No.3 “L'autumno”: II Adagio molto 1.48
4 Concerto No.4 “L'inverno”: I Allegro non molto 3.13
Monica Huggett violin – Raglan Baroque Players / Nicholas Kraemer
5 Concerto for 4 violins, RV553: II Largo 2.12
Andrea Rognoni, Raffaello Negri, Renata Spotti violins – Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi violin & direction
6 Flute Concerto “La Tempesta di mare”: I Allegro 2.09
7 Flute Concerto “La Notte”: V Largo (Il sonno) 1.21
Lorenzo Cavasanti recorder – Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
8 Mandoline Concerto, RV425: I (Allegro) 3.10
Giovanni Scaramuzzino mandoline – Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
Johann Sebastian Bach
9 Violin Concerto No.1, BWV1041: I Allegro 4.02
10 Violin Concerto No.2, BWV1042: II Adagio 6.00
11 Concerto for 2 violins, BWV1043: I Vivace 4.03
Alison Bury violin (BWV1043) – Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Elizabeth Wallfisch violin & direction
12 Brandenburg Concert No.1, BWV1046: I (Allegro) 3.28
13 Brandenburg Concert No.2, BWV1047: III Allegro assai 2.36
14 Brandenburg Concert No.3, BWV1048: I (Allegro) 5.25
15 Brandenburg Concert No.4, BWV1049: II Andante 3.15
16 Brandenburg Concert No.5, BWV1050: III Allegro 5.05
17 Brandenburg Concert No.6, BWV1041: I (Allegro) 4.58
La Stravaganza (Hamburg) / Siegbert Rampe
18 Concerto for 2 harpsichords, BWV1062: I Allegro 3.43
19 Harpsichord Concerto No.1, BWV1052: I Allegro (excerpt) 2.38
20 Harpsichord Concerto No.3, BWV1054: II Adagio (excerpt) 2.49
21 Harpsichord Concerto No.7, BWV1058: I Allegro 3.44
22 Harpsichord Concerto No.5, BWV1056: II Largo 2.30
23 Harpsichord Concerto No.4, BWV1055: IIII Allegro ma non tanto 4.18
Gustav Leonhardt harpsichord (BWV1062) – Melante Amsterdam / Bob van Asperen harpsichord & direction
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CD4: The Great Violin Concertos
Ludwig van Beethoven
1 Violin Concerto: III Rondo 9.52
Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin – Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner
Felix Mendelssohn
2 Violin Concerto No.2: I Allegro (excerpt) 2.58
Renaud Capuçon violin – Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3 Violin Concerto: II Canzonetta (Andante) 6.29
Augustin Dumay violin – London Symphony Orchestra / Emil Tchakarov
Johannes Brahms
4 Violin Concerto: III Allegro giocoso (excerpt) 2.05
Christian Tetzlaff violin – Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard
5 Double Concerto for violin and cello: III Vivace non troppo (excerpt) 5.50
Renaud Capuçon violin – Gautier Capuçon cello – Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung
Béla Bartók
6 Violin Concerto No.2: II Andante tranquillo (excerpt) 4.11
Christian Tetzlaff violin – The London Philharmonic / Michael Gielen
Jean Sibelius
7 Violin Concerto: I Allegro moderato (excerpt) 4.45
8 Suite for violin and strings: In the summer 1.47
Christian Tetzlaff violin – Danish National Symphony Orchestra / Thomas Dausgaard
Pietro Antonio Locatelli
9 Violin Concerto “Il Laberinto Armonico”: II Largo – Presto – Adagio 2.41
Orchestre d'Auvergne / Jean-Jacques Kantorow violin & direction
Nicolò Paganini
10 Violin Concerto “La Campanella”: III Rondo (excerpt) 1.30
Orchestra da Camera Italiana / Salvatore Accardo violin & direction
Leoš Janácek
11 Violin Concerto “The Pilgrimage of a soul”: VII Maestoso 1.14
Christian Tetzlaff violin – Philharmonia Orchestra / Libor Pešek
Edouard Lalo
12 Symphonie espagnole: II Scherzando : Allegro molto 4.12
Christian Tetzlaff violin – Czech Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek
Jules Massenet
13 Méditation de Thaïs 5.16
Renaud Capuçon violin – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Daniel Harding
Maurice Ravel
14 Tzigane 9.59
Renaud Capuçon violin – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Daniel Harding
Camille Saint-Saëns
15 Introduction & rondo capricioso (excerpt) 7.03
Renaud Capuçon violin – Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Daniel Harding
Sergei Prokofiev
16 Violin Concerto No.1: II Scherzo: Vivacissimo 4.04
17 Violin Concerto No.2: II Andante assai (excerpt) 1.51
Dmitry Sitkovetsky violin – London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis
Igor Stravinsky
18 Violin Concerto: IV Capriccio 5.59
Frank Peter Zimmermann violin – Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart / Gianluigi Gelmetti
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CD5: Great Concertos for various instruments
Joaquin Rodrigo
1 Concierto de Aranjuez: II Adagio (excerpt) 3.02
Sharon Isbin guitar – Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne / Lawrence Foster
Francis Poulenc
2 Concert champêtre: II Andante 6.13
Maggie Cole harpsichord – City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
Claude Debussy
Danses sacrée et profane
3 Danse sacrée 4.39
4 Danse profane 4.36
Marie-Claire Jamet harp – Orchestre National de l'ORTF / Jean Martinon
Hector Berlioz
5 Harold en Italie: II Marche de pèlerins chantant la prière du soir (excerpt) 4.10
Gérard Caussé viola – Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
Antonín Dvorák
6 Cello Concerto: I Allegro (excerpt) 6.47
Truls Mørk cello – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
Luigi Boccherini
7 Cello Concerto, G.480: II Adagio 4.04
Steven Isserlis cello – Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra, Finland / Juha Kangas
Alessandro Marcello
8 Oboe Concerto: II Adagio 3.50
Ray Still oboe – Academy of London / Richard Stamp
Carl Maria von Weber
9 Clarinet Concerto No.1: III Rondo 6.18
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Antony Pay clarinet & direction
Joseph Haydn
10 Cello Concerto No.2: III Finale: Allegro 4.42
Truls Mørk cello – The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra / Iona Brown
Robert Schumann
11 Cello Concerto: II Langsam (excerpt) 3.32
Truls Mørk cello – Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Paavo Järvi
Richard Strauss
12 Don Quixote (excerpt) 2.25
Steven Isserlis cello – Minnesota Orchestra / Edo de Waart
Edward Elgar
13 Cello Concerto: III Adagio 4.45
Steven Isserlis cello – London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Hickox
Samuel Barber
14 Cello Concerto: II Andante sostenuto 7.44
Ralph Kirshbaum cello – Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
George Frideric Handel
15 Organ Concerto, op.7 No.4: IV Allegro
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment / Bob van Asperen organ & direction
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
16 Cello Concerto, H.439: III Allegro assai 5.03
Antonio Vivaldi
17 Concerto for 2 mandolines, RV532: III Allegro 3.20
Giovanni Scaramuzzino, Sonia Maurer mandolines – Europa Galante / Fabio Biondi
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CD6: The Great Piano Concertos (II)
Ludwig van Beethoven
1 Piano Concerto No.4: I Allegro moderato (excerpt) 7.25
2 Piano Concerto No.1: II Largo 10.39
3 Piano Concerto No.3: III Rondo (excerpt) 3.28
4 Triple Concerto for piano, violin & cello*: II Largo 4.59
5 Piano Concerto No.2: III Rondo (excerpt) 3.35
Christian Zacharias piano – Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk
*Christian Zacharias piano – Ulf Hoelscher violin – Heinrich Schiff cello – Gewandhaus Leipzig Orchestra / Kurt Masur
Joseph Haydn
6 Piano Concerto in F: II Adagio 2.42
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie / Mikhail Pletnev piano & direction
Frédéric Chopin
7 Piano Concerto No.1: III Rondo: Vivace 4.48
Alexis Weissenberg piano – Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire / Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
Franz Liszt
8 Piano Concerto No.2: IVAllegro animato 5.08
Leif Ove Andsnes piano – Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra / Dmitri Kitayenko
Johannes Brahms
9 Piano Concerto No.1: III Rondo (excerpt) 2.24
Stephen Hough piano – BBC Symphony Orchestra / Andrew Davis
Sergei Rachmaninov
10 Piano Concerto No.3: I Allegro ma non tanto (excerpt) 2.33
Mikhail Pletnev piano – Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Paavo Berglund
11 Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (excerpt) 2.20
Mikhail Pletnev piano – Philharmonia Orchestra / Libor Pešek
Gabriel Fauré
12 Ballade (excerpt) 7.20
Jean-Philippe Collard piano – Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson
Francis Poulenc
13 Concerto for 2 pianos: II Larghetto 5.51
Jean-Bernard Pommier, Anne Queffélec pianos – City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
Ralph Vaughan Williams
14 Concerto for 2 pianos: I Toccata (excerpt) 5.03
Ralph Markham, Kenneth Broadway pianos – Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Yehudi Menuhin
George Gershwin
15 Piano Concerto: III Allegro agitato 6.39
Aalborg Symphony / Wayne Marshall piano & direction