Favourites

minimalistme wrote this on June 14, 2009, at 4:05 pm

These are my personal favourite symphonies and concerti, which I heartily recommend to anybody actually reading this.

Symphonies

  1. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 “Leningrad”
  2. Gloria Coates: Symphony No. 15 “Homage to Mozart”
  3. Nielsen: Symphony No. 6 “Sinfonia Semplice”
  4. Gloria Coates: Symphony No. 7
  5. Smetana: Triumphal Symphony
  6. Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1
  7. Berwald: Symphony No. 4
  8. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 1
  9. Nielsen: Symphony No. 1
  10. Glass: Symphony No. 2
  11. Bliss: Colour Symphony
  12. Rautavaara: Symphony No. 8 “The Journey”

Concerti

  1. Psathas: Saxophone Concerto No. 2 “Zahara”*
  2. Adams: Violin Concerto
  3. Psathas: Piano Concerto “Three Psalms”*
  4. Psathas: Concerto for Piano and Percussion “View from Olympus”*
  5. Perreur-Lloyd: Piano Concerto No. 1 “2001″
  6. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto
  7. Britten: Violin Concerto
  8. Boieldieu: Harp Concerto
  9. Rautavaara: Harp Concerto
  10. Segerstrale: Violin Concerto**

* Look for this on John’s YouTube channel

**Look for this on SibeliusMusic.com