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What are your most favorite violin concerti?


Mine are:

Beethoven's,
Tchaikovsky Concerto in D,
and Mendelssohn's in Em

Many would argue with me but I think the best of them all by far is from Beethoven. I know a lot of people including those in the academic circle believe it's the Tchaikovsky concerto.

But anyway that's only my opinion.
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My personal favorites:

1. Saint-Saëns no. 3 in b minor
2. Tchaikovsky in D Major 
3. Bach Double in d minor4. Shostakovich no. 1 in a minor
5. Lalo Symphonie Espagnole
6. Bach concerto no. 1 in a minor
7. Barber violin concerto 
8. Sibelius in d minor
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saintsaens_op61
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@mahgister, the Grumiaux Bach Double is definitely a good recording. My other two favorites are Perlman/Pinchas Zukerman and Hilary Hahn/Margaret Batjer. 

I think both “concertos” and “concerti” are valid spellings, although I generally say “concerti”. 

While Bach only wrote one double violin concerto, he did write a relatively obscure triple violin concerto in D Major.
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