User:Willi Gers07/Quintessential Music Lists

These lists represent what I think are the most quintessential, representative pieces of music, of various genres.

List of quintessential concertos

 * Piano: Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Opus 58
 * Guitar: Joaquín Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez


 * Orchestra: Béla Bartók, Concerto for Orchestra; you don't even have to think about this one. Jennifer Higdon's Concerto for Orchestra may be fun for musicians, but it's boring for the listeners. Jay Greenberg's Symphony No. 5 is, to an extent, modelled on Bartók's Concerto, but it's definitely a symphony.


 * Flute: Antonio Vivaldi, Flute Concerto "Il Gardelino" RV 428
 * Oboe: Vincenzo Bellini, Oboe Concerto in E-flat major
 * Clarinet: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
 * Bassoon: Mozart, Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191
 * Horn: Mozart, Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-flat major, K. 495. He wrote four of them, all good, and three are in the same key. It's a tough choice.
 * Trumpet: Joseph Haydn, Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major, Hob. VII e 1; it might not have been the first for the fully chromatic trumpet, but it's the first in our hearts as far as trumpet concertos are concerned.
 * Trombone: Michael Haydn, Trombone Concerto in D major
 * Tuba:
 * Timpani: Georg Druschetzky, Timpani Concerto. This is the only timpani concerto I have ever heard.
 * Violin: Johannes Brahms, Violin Concerto in D major. Tchaikovsky's is a close second. A tough call, but my call to make.
 * Viola: Sally Beamish, Viola Concerto (1995)
 * Cello: Antonín Dvořák, Cello Concerto in B minor, Opus 104, Burghauser 191. This is the cello concerto Brahms wished he could have written.
 * Double bass: Serge Koussevitsky, Double Bass Concerto, Opus 3

By number

 * 1) Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 1 in D major
 * 2) Johannes Brahms, Symphony No. 2 in D major
 * 3) Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major
 * 4) Robert Schumann, Symphony No. 4 in D minor
 * 5) Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 5 in C minor
 * 6) Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 6 in A minor
 * 7) Anton Bruckner, Symphony No. 7 in E major
 * 8) Antonín Dvořák, Symphony No. 8 in G major
 * 9) Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony No. 9 in D minor
 * 10) Dmitri Shostakovich, Symphony No. 10 in E minor

By key

 * C major, Joseph Haydn, Symphony No. 97 in C major
 * G major
 * D major
 * A major
 * E major