Selected list of violin concertos

Selected list of violin concertos

The following concertos are presently found near the center of the mainstream Western repertoire. For a more comprehensive list of violin concertos,

see List of compositions for violin and orchestra.

 

John Adams Violin Concerto (1993) Malcolm Arnold Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra (1962) Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1717–1723) Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042 (1717–1723) Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043 (1723) Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 Violin Concerto for 3 violins in D major, BWV 1064 Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056 Samuel Barber Violin Concerto, op. 14 (1939) Béla Bartók Violin Concerto No. 1 (1908) Violin Concerto No. 2 (1938) Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, op. 61 (1806) Alban Berg Violin Concerto (1935) Johannes Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op. 77 (1878) Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, op. 26 (1867) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 44 (1878) Violin Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 58 (1891) Henri Dutilleux L'Arbre des Songes (1985) Antonín Dvořák Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 53 (1879–1880) Edward Elgar Violin Concerto in B minor, op. 61 (1910) Eduard Franck Violin Concerto in e minor, op. 30 (1855/1861) Violin Concerto in D major, op. 57 (1875) Richard Franck Violin Concerto in D major, op. 43 (1906) Alexander Glazunov Violin Concerto in A minor, op. 82 (1904) Karl Goldmark Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 28 (1877) Joseph Joachim Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major Mieczysław Karłowicz Violin Concerto in A major, op. 8 Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 46 (1940) Erich Wolfgang Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 (1945) Édouard Lalo Violin Concerto in F major, op. 20 (1874) Symphonie Espagnole (1874) Lowell Liebermann Concerto for Violin and Orchestra op. 74 (2001) Karol Lipiński Violin Concerto No. 1 op. 14 in F-sharp minor Violin Concerto No. 2 "Militaire" op. 21 in D major Violin Concerto No. 3 op. 24 in E minor Violin Concerto No. 4 op. 32 in A major Felix Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in D minor (1822) Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64 (1844) Nikolai Myaskovsky Violin Concerto in D Minor, op. 44 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K. 207 (1773) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K. 211 (1775) Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216, Strassburg (1775) Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218 (1775) Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219, Turkish (1775), with alternative Adagio in E, K.261 (added 1776)

Carl Nielsen Violin Concerto, op. 33 (1911) Niccolò Paganini Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 6, MS 21 (ca. 1811–17) Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, op. 7, MS 48, La Campanella (1826) Violin Concerto No. 3 in E major, MS 50 (ca. 1826–30) Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, MS 60 (ca. 1829–30) Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, MS 78 (1830) Violin Concerto No. 6 in E minor, op. posth., MS 75—probably the first to be written; only the solo part survives André Previn Violin Concerto "Anne-Sophie" Sergei Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, op. 19 (1917) Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, op. 63 (1935) Max Reger Violin Concerto in A Major op. 101 (1907–1908) Camille Saint-Saëns Violin Concerto No. 1 in A major, op. 20 (1859) Violin Concerto No. 2 in C major, op. 58 (1858) Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, op. 61 (1880) Arnold Schoenberg Violin Concerto (1936) Robert Schumann Violin Concerto, WoO 23 (1853) Dmitri Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, op. 77 (1948, rev. 1955 as op. 99) Violin Concerto No. 2 in C-sharp minor, op. 129 (1967) Aleksandr Shymko Violin Concerto (2012) Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op. 47 (1904) Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto (1931) Karol Szymanowski Violin Concerto No. 1, op. 35 (1916) Violin Concerto No. 2, op. 61 (1932-1933) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto in D major, op. 35 (1878) Henri Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No. 1 in E major, op. 10 (1840) Violin Concerto No. 2 in F-sharp minor, op. 19 (ca. 1835–36) Violin Concerto No. 3 in A major, op. 25 (1844) Violin Concerto No. 4 in D minor, op. 31 (ca. 1850) Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, op. 37, Grétry (1861) Violin Concerto No. 6 in G major, op. 47/op. posth. 1 (1865–1870) Violin Concerto No. 7 in A minor, op. 49/op. posth. 3 Antonio Vivaldi — many, particularly: L'estro Armonico, op. 3 (1711)—twelve concertos La stravaganza, op. 4 (ca. 1714) The Four Seasons (ca. 1725)—four concertos, the first four numbers of Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione, op. 8 William Walton Violin Concerto (1939) Henryk Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 14 (1853) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, op. 22 (1862) Malcolm Williamson Violin Concerto (1963–1964)

Selected list of other works for violin and ensemble[edit]

Béla Bartók Violin Rhapsody No. 1 Violin Rhapsody No. 2 Ludwig van Beethoven Romance No. 1 in G major, op. 40 (1798–1802) Romance No. 2 in F major, op. 50 (1798–1802) Hector Berlioz Rêverie et Caprice Leonard Bernstein Serenade, after Plato's Symposium (1954) Ernest Bloch Baal Shem Max Bruch Romance in A minor, op. 42 (1874) Scottish Fantasy, op. 46 (1880) Adagio Appassionato in C-sharp minor, op. 57 (1890) Schwedische Tanze, op. 63/2 (1892) In memoriam, op. 65 (1893) Serenade in A minor, op. 75 (1899–1900) Konzertstück in F-sharp minor, op. 84 (ca. 1911) Ernest Chausson Poème, op. 25 (1896) John Corigliano Chaconne from "The Red Violin" Antonín Dvořák Romance in F minor, op. 11 (1877) Richard Franck Serenade in A major, op. 25 (1896) Édouard Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, op. 21 (1874) Jules Massenet Méditation from Thaïs (1894) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Concertone in C major, for two violins and orchestra, K. 190 (1774) Adagio in E major, K. 261 (1776) Rondo in B-flat major, K. 261a (1776) Rondo in C major, K. 373 (1781)

Arvo Pärt Fratres for violin, string orchestra and percussion (1992) Darf ich... for violin, bells and string orchestra (1995/1999) Maurice Ravel Tzigane (1924) Camille Saint-Saëns Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso in A minor, op. 28 (1863) Romance in C major, op. 48 (1874) Morceau de concert in G major, op. 62 (1880) Havanaise in E major, op. 83 (1887) Caprice andalous in G major, op. 122 (1904) Pablo de Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, op. 20 (1878) Carmen Fantasy, op. 25 (1883) Navarra for two violins and orchestra, op. 33 (1889) Miramar-Zortzico, op. 42 (1899) Introduction and Tarantella, op. 43 (1899) Franz Schubert Konzertstück in D major, D. 345 (1816) Rondo in A major, D. 438 (1816) Polonaise in B-flat major, D. 580 (1817) Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Sérénade mélancolique Souvenir d'un lieu cher (written for violin and piano in 1878; arranged for violin and orchestra by Alexander Glazunov in 1896) Valse-Scherzo Daniel Theaker Violin Concerto Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (1914) Henryk Wieniawski Légende in G minor, op. 17 (1859) Fantasy brillante on Gounod's "Faust", op.20