Concertos

Discover virtuosic performances of the greatest concertos in the classical repertoire.

Violin Concertos (BWV 1041, 1042) & Double Concerto (BWV 1043)

Johann Sebastian Bach

4 recordings
Top Choice: Arthur Grumio, Hermann Krebers

Violin Concerto

Samuel Barber

2 recordings
Top Choice: Hilary Hahn

Piano Concertos (Nos. 1, 2, 3)

Béla Bartók

1 recording
Top Choice: Geza Anda

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Ludwig van Beethoven

3 recordings
Top Choice: Murray Perahia

Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major

Ludwig van Beethoven

4 recordings
Top Choice: Emil Gilels

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major 'Emperor'

Ludwig van Beethoven

9 recordings
Top Choice: Edwin Fischer

Violin Concerto in D major

Ludwig van Beethoven

8 recordings
Top Choice: David Oistrakh

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel'

Alban Berg

2 recordings
Top Choice: Itzhak Perlman

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor

Johannes Brahms

6 recordings
Top Choice: Emil Gilels

Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major

Johannes Brahms

9 recordings
Top Choice: Emil Gilels

Violin Concerto in D major

Johannes Brahms

15 recordings
Top Choice: Hermann Krebers

Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

Max Bruch

3 recordings
Top Choice: Itzhak Perlman

Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor

Frédéric Chopin

5 recordings
Top Choice: Krystian Zimerman

Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor

Frédéric Chopin

4 recordings
Top Choice: Krystian Zimerman

Cello Concerto in B minor

Antonín Dvořák

6 recordings
Top Choice: Mstislav Rostropovich

Cello Concerto in E minor

Edward Elgar

2 recordings
Top Choice: Jacqueline du Pré

Rhapsody in Blue

George Gershwin

3 recordings
Top Choice: Leonard Pennario

Piano Concerto in A minor

Edvard Grieg

7 recordings
Top Choice: Leon Fleischer

Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

Franz Liszt

3 recordings
Top Choice: Sviatoslav Richter

Violin Concerto in E minor

Felix Mendelssohn

7 recordings
Top Choice: Itzhak Perlman

Clarinet Concerto in A major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 recordings
Top Choice: Gervase de Peyer

Horn Concertos (Nos. 1-4)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2 recordings
Top Choice: Dennis Brain

Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10 recordings
Top Choice: Clifford Curzon

Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 recordings
Top Choice: Géza Anda

Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5 recordings
Top Choice: Clifford Curzon

Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7 recordings
Top Choice: Robert Casadesus

Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-flat major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4 recordings
Top Choice: Clifford Curzon

Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3 recordings
Top Choice: David Oistrakh, Igor Oistrakh

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major

Sergei Prokofiev

2 recordings
Top Choice: William Kapell

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff

6 recordings
Top Choice: Byron Janis

Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor

Sergei Rachmaninoff

6 recordings
Top Choice: Byron Janis

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Sergei Rachmaninoff

4 recordings
Top Choice: Leonard Pennario

Piano Concerto in G major

Maurice Ravel

3 recordings
Top Choice: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli

Concierto de Aranjuez

Joaquín Rodrigo

1 recording
Top Choice: Pepe Romero

Piano Concertos (Nos. 1-5)

Camille Saint-Saëns

3 recordings
Top Choice: Stephen Hough

Piano Concerto in A minor

Robert Schumann

6 recordings
Top Choice: Solomon

Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor

Dmitri Shostakovich

1 recording
Top Choice: David Oistrakh

Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major

Dmitri Shostakovich

1 recording
Top Choice: Mstislav Rostropovich

Violin Concerto in D minor

Jean Sibelius

7 recordings
Top Choice: Cho-Liang Lin

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

7 recordings
Top Choice: Martha Argerich

Violin Concerto in D major

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

8 recordings
Top Choice: Maxim Vengerov

The Four Seasons

Antonio Vivaldi

10 recordings
Top Choice: Alan Loveday