Who said that there are no arguments in music? On the contrary, the never-ending “competition” is an inseparable part of music itself, be it between instruments, within the dynamics or through the phrasing. In a solo concerto, a virtuosic soloist duels with the accompanying orchestra, and all being well, in the end, everybody wins! Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all concertos from all eras with Stretta today!
The word “Concerto” is derived from the Latin term “concertare”, which means to dispute, contend or fight, while the same word took on a completely opposite meaning in Italian, to harmonise. The term was initially used for sacred choral compositions with bass accompaniment. First the Italian baroque composers Alessandro Stradella, Giuseppe Torelli and Arcangelo Corelli began to compose in the instrumental form that we now call “Concerto Grosso”. It consists of a small group of solo instruments, a “Concertino”, and a larger accompanying orchestra, the “Ripieno”, with basso continuo.
In the high baroque period, the first solo instrumental concertos began to appear, with a classic three-movement structure, for one, but sometimes for two or more instruments. The master of this form was without a doubt Antonio Vivaldi, from whose pen, to this day, 447 concertos have survived, 226 of them for violin. Vivaldi’s best-known concerto is his violin concerto Four Seasons. Both Bach and Handel are also well known for their concertos.
The solo concerto was also very popular in the classical period. All great composers who were accomplished pianists or instrumentalists wrote solo concertos, often for themselves, but also for other contemporary virtuosos, here are a few great classical solo concertos:
In the romantic period, almost all major composers devoted themselves to solo or double concertos of all kinds. Here are a few romantic favourites:
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for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Violin, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for: Violin, orchestra
Score
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for: Clarinet (A) [basset clarinet], orchestra
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Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
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for: Cello solo, string orchestra
Piano reduction, solo part
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for organ solo arranged
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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with a preface by Gidon Kremer
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for two pianos
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Piano reduction
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Bärenreiter Urtext
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ars instrumentalis 016
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Piano reduction, solo part
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Breitkopf Urtext
for: Violin, orchestra
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Chopin National Edition
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for: String orchestra, basso continuo
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for: Mandolin, strings, basso continuo
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for: Flute, harp, piano
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for: Flute, orchestra
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1948/1956
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for: Harpsichord
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Russische Musik der Moderne
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per il Clavicembalo o l'Organo
Diletto Musicale
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for: Trombone, piano
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Piano reduction
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for: Horn, orchestra
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for: Violin, cello, orchestra
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for Double Bass and orchestra
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in C and D (with parts in solo- and orchestral tuning)
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for: Alto saxophone (E-flat), chamber orchestra
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Facsimile after the autograph of the Library of Congress, Washington.
With a commentary (German/English) by Douglas Jarman
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