Rachmaninoff wrote this second concerto after a years-long sink into deep depression following the failure of his first piano concerto. One can only imagine the demons he had to make peace with. The ...

We rank the all-time great, most stirring violin concertos… from Bruch and Beethoven, to Mozart and Marsalis, here are the very best. The violin is one of the most expressive instruments in the ...

From the J.S. Bach keyboard works of the Baroque era to Bartók’s note-splitting masterpiece of the 20th century, here are some of the greatest piano concertos ever to have been written. Piano ...

The unfailingly stylish Alexandre Tharaud completes his odyssey into the French composer’s piano music with his two piano concertos, and the additional work, de Falla’s celebrated suite, finds him ...

Keyboard Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": I. Larghetto Keyboard Concerto No. 13 in F Major, HWV 295 "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale": II. Allegro Keyboard Concerto ...

Bach’s Six Brandenburg Concertos are widely regarded as some of the finest compositions of the Baroque period. Each virtuosic concerto is crafted with a unique combination of instruments, showcasing ...

The passion of Flamenco blends with the elegance of courtly dances in the most popular guitar concerto of all time: Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez. The work was composed in Paris in 1939 during a ...

Franz Krommer's Clarinet Concerto in E-Flat even predates the famous concertos by Carl Maria von Weber. Charles Neidich is the clarinetist in this amazing early example of clarinet virtuosity. Jiri ...