You could try Barry Tuckwell's recording with the English Chamber Orchestra of Mozart's 4 Horn concertos released on Decca. Also there is a pairing of Mozart & R. Strauss's oboe concertos with Douglas Boyd (soloist) with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe conducted by Paavo Berglund on ASV.

Handel's Concerti Grossi Op. 3 are wonderful and many feature oboes. Handel's Op. 4 and Op. 7 Organ Concerti are excellent.

For all of these I like the Academy of Ancient Music performances with Richard Egarr.

Handel Organ Concertos. Egarr is rightly recommended, but add in also Simon Preston with Trevor Pinnock.

Haydn Trumpet Concerto. Haakon Hardenberg on Philips is good as is Maurice Andre on EMI, and Ole Edvard Antonsen also on EMI.

Mozart Harp and Flute Concerto. The old Munchinger recording on Decca [with the Vienna Philharmonic] absolutely gets the amiable nature of this music.

Webber Bassoon Concerto. Gwydion Brooke made a splendid recording of this many years ago, and re-issued on Testament.

Mozart Basson Concerto. any number of splendid records of this!

That's for starters!

ATB from George

The Webber in the characterful performance mentioned above in a splendid 1947 performance. Let's just say they don make recordings like this any more!

ATB from George

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndSWuAwpKGg

Another recommendation for the Handel Organ Concerti is the recording on Pentatone by Jaap Schröder and Concerto Amsterdam. It is also excellent and notable for its use of a tracker organ, in contrast to the Egarr/ACM recording which does not.

Bottesini's Grand Duo Concertante:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrwN5QgZ81w

I recommend Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, which is a wonderful concerto for guitar and orchestra. Look for a recording by either Pepe Romero or Angel Romero. Then enjoy.

BBM

This is an excellent set on CD.

The first 3 CDs are harsichord, and for 2, 3, and 4 harsichords.

CD 4 is flute, violin, harsichord, and strings concerto. 

Only CD5 is the JSB violin concertos.

Or if you prefer vinyl this is even nicer, and is around for not a lot of money : )

Debs

recent - quite good..

some 20th century favourites:

Lutoslawski oboe

Dickinson organ

Nielsen flute

Tippett triple (ok it has a violin)

Ligeti cello

I've already been beaten to recommending Mozart's Horn concertos and Bach's concerti for 2, 3 and 4 harpsichords, but I would +1 all of those suggestions.

I don't think Mozart's concerto for Flute and Harp (K299) has been mentioned - it's quite calm, as you might expect. I like the version engineered by Tony Faulkner with Richard Hickox conducting.

Vivaldi was one of the most prolific solo concerto composers ever - only about 70% of what he wrote in this genre survives, but that's still about 350 concerti! I enjoy his bassoon and recorder concerti, but you'll find he wrote for almost anything - even the mandolin. Pick a few at random and see if you like them.

Mark

Yes it has, and I agree that it is sublime calm entertainment.

Of course the elephant in the room that has not been mentioned is Bach's Brandenburg Concertos.

A natural starting point for concertos, let alone concertos that are not for violin or cello, though both appear in combination with flutes, trumpets and other strange creatures like the Viola da Gamba!

ATB from George

PS: Current thread here:

https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...randenburg-concertos

Hi all,

many thanks for suggestions.

This time around I put this into my shopping basket:

Mozart, Horn Concertos; Halstead, Hogwood

And beautiful Bottesini (Martin, Gibson...), apparently the same recording as the one on ASV, but much cheaper on Naxos:

Unfortunately Weber (Gwydion Brooke) is not available ATM.

Also unavailable is Mozart's Bassoon C. (Brooke/Beecham).

Will come back to this thread next time I will be record shopping.

All the best

A very fine recording of the Mozart Horn Concertos is the one by Dennis Brain on EMI. It really should not be missed.

BBM

My preferences : 

WW,

I am very fond of the Norbert Kraft recording. I am not familiar with the two others, but I have heard great things about both Russell and Isbin.

One other recording I like is by Carlos Bonell with Dutoit conducting the OSM.

BBM 

Not often I get to weigh in on classical music threads, but in this case I will make a strong recommendation for this recording:

Something else to consider is Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra. Look for a recording by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra either under Reiner or Solti.

BBM

Poulenc's Organ Concerto, and also his delightful Concert Champêtre (for harpsichord), if you want to try something different. Both on Naxos, by the Lille Philharmonic under Casadesus.

Thanks for the recommendation, BBM . I will track it down !

WW.

J. Haydn - concerto in C major (1st mov) - Božo Paradžik double b

Lute. Vivaldi Lute Concertos. Wonderful stuff

Harpsichord. Bach Harpsichord Concertos for 1, 2, 3 and even 4 harpsichords

Flute. Vivaldi Flute Concertos.