The Concerto: A Listener's Guide (Listener's Guide Series)

✍ Scribed by Michael Steinberg

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Year: 2000
Tongue: English
Leaves: 515
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Michael Steinberg's 1996 volume The Symphony: A Reader's Guide received glowing reviews across America. It was hailed as "wonderfully clear...recommended warmly to music lovers on all levels" (Washington Post), "informed and thoughtful" (Chicago Tribune), and "composed by a master stylist" (San Francisco Chronicle). Seiji Ozawa wrote that "his beautiful and effortless prose speaks from the heart." Michael Tilson Thomas called The Symphony "an essential book for any concertgoer." Now comes the companion volume--The Concerto: A Listener's Guide. In this marvelous book, Steinberg discusses over 120 works, ranging from Johann Sebastian Bach in the 1720s to John Adams in 1994. Readers will find here the heart of the standard repertory, among them Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, eighteen of Mozart's piano concertos, all the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms, and major works by Mendelssohn, Schumann, Liszt, Bruch, Dvora'k, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, Elgar, Sibelius, Strauss, and Rachmaninoff. The book also provides luminous introductions to the achievement of twentieth-century masters such as Arnold Schoenberg, Be'la Barto'k, Igor Stravinsky, Alban Berg, Paul Hindemith, Sergei Prokofiev, Aaron Copland, and Elliott Carter. Steinberg examines the work of these musical giants with unflagging enthusiasm and bright style. He is a master of capturing the expressive, dramatic, and emotional values of the music and of conveying the historical and personal context in which these wondrous works were composed. His writing blends impeccable scholarship, deeply felt love of music, and entertaining whimsy. Here then is a superb journey through one of music's richest and most diverse forms, with Michael Steinberg along as host, guide, and the best of companions.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS......Page 7
Violin Concerto......Page 12
The Brandenburg Concertos......Page 20
Harpsichord (or Violin) Concerto in D Minor......Page 24
Two-Violin Concerto......Page 26
BARBER......Page 29
Piano Concerto......Page 30
Violin Concerto......Page 36
BARTÓK......Page 42
Piano Concerto No.1......Page 46
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 48
Piano Concerto No. 3......Page 50
Violin Concerto No. 2......Page 54
BEETHOVEN......Page 59
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 61
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 64
Piano Concerto No. 3......Page 68
Piano Concerto No. 4......Page 73
Piano Concerto No. 5......Page 80
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello......Page 85
Violin Concerto......Page 90
Violin Concerto......Page 101
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 115
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 123
Violin Concerto......Page 129
Double Concerto for Violin and Cello......Page 137
Oration, for Cello and Orchestra......Page 141
Violin Concerto......Page 147
Symphony for Cello and Orchestra......Page 152
BRUCH......Page 158
Violin Concerto No. 1......Page 159
Scottish Fantasy, for Violin and Orchestra......Page 161
CARTER......Page 164
Oboe Concerto......Page 168
Violin Concerto......Page 171
Double Concerto for Harpsichord, Piano, and Two Orchestras......Page 174
Poème, for Violin and Orchestra......Page 180
Clarinet Concerto......Page 184
Cello Concerto......Page 189
Cello Concerto......Page 194
Violin Concerto......Page 198
Piano Concerto......Page 209
Cello Concerto......Page 213
Der Schivanendreher, for Viola and Orchestra......Page 218
Trauermusik, for Viola and Orchestra......Page 221
Violin Concerto......Page 224
Symphonie espagnole, for Violin and Orchestra......Page 229
LIGETI......Page 233
Cello Concerto......Page 236
Piano Concerto......Page 239
Violin Concerto......Page 242
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 246
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 249
Cello Concerto......Page 253
MARTIN......Page 261
Concerto for Seven Winds, Timpani, Percussion, and String......Page 263
Polyptyque, for Violin and Two String Orchestra......Page 264
MENDELSSOHN......Page 270
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 271
Violin Concerto......Page 273
Clarinet Concerto......Page 280
Horn Concerto No. 3......Page 285
Piano Concerto No. 9, K. 271......Page 290
Piano Concerto No. 11, K. 413......Page 292
Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414......Page 293
Piano Concerto No. 13, K. 415......Page 295
Piano Concerto No. 14, K. 449......Page 297
Piano Concerto No. 15, K. 450......Page 298
Piano Concerto No. 16, K. 451......Page 302
Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453......Page 304
Piano Concerto No. 18, K. 456......Page 307
Piano Concerto No. 19, K. 459......Page 309
Piano Concerto No. 20, K. 466......Page 312
Piano Concerto No. 21, K. 467......Page 314
Piano Concerto No. 22, K. 482......Page 316
Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488......Page 319
Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491......Page 321
Piano Concerto No. 25, K. 503......Page 322
Piano Concerto No. 26, K. 537......Page 326
Piano Concerto No. 27, K. 595......Page 328
Violin Concerto No. 3, K. 216......Page 333
Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218......Page 334
Violin Concerto No. 5, K. 219......Page 335
Sinfonia concertante, for Violin and Viola......Page 337
NIELSEN......Page 340
Clarinet Concerto......Page 341
Flute Concerto......Page 343
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 346
PROKOFIEV......Page 352
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 353
Piano Concerto No. 3......Page 356
Violin Concerto No. 1......Page 358
Violin Concerto No. 2......Page 361
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 365
Piano Concerto No. 3......Page 371
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for Piano and Orchestra......Page 376
Piano Concerto in G......Page 380
Concerto for Piano Left-Hand and Orchestra......Page 384
Piano Concerto......Page 389
SAINT-SAËNS......Page 395
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 398
Piano Concerto No. 4......Page 400
SCHOENBERG......Page 403
Piano Concerto......Page 404
Violin Concerto......Page 408
Violin Concerto......Page 414
Cello Concerto......Page 418
Piano Concerto......Page 422
Violin Concerto......Page 428
Concertstück, for Four Horns......Page 435
Violin Concerto......Page 438
Cello Concerto No. 1......Page 443
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 445
Violin Concerto No. 1......Page 448
Violin Concerto......Page 453
Burleske, for Piano and Orchestra......Page 458
Horn Concerto No. 1......Page 462
Horn Concerto No. 2......Page 465
Oboe Concerto......Page 468
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra......Page 472
Piano Concerto......Page 474
Violin Concerto......Page 477
Piano Concerto No. 1......Page 482
Piano Concerto No. 2......Page 488
Violin Concerto......Page 493
Variations on a Rococo Theme, for Cello and Orchestra......Page 497
WALTON......Page 501
Cello Concerto......Page 502
Viola Concerto......Page 504
Violin Concerto......Page 507
Nobody Knows de Trouble I See, for Trumpet and Orchestra......Page 511

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