Editor's Choice: Musical Instruments

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The Viola d'Amore by Raphael Möst (Füssen) from 1643 is the oldest Vioa d'Amore in the world. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Accordion 

» Carmen Carozza: Paul Creston Accordion Concerto, Boston Pops Orchestra

Bangdi (Chinese flute)

» Kuan Nai-Chung: Concerto for Bangdi and Orchestra

Basset Horn

» Jane Booth: Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen Quintet for Basset Horn

Bassoon
» John Williams: The Five Sacred Trees Bassoon Concerto, London Symphony

Cello
» Mstislav Rostropovich: Bach, Dvorak, Rachmaninoff, Strauss, and much more.

» Ofra Harnoy: Viotti Cello Concerto

» Ofra Harnoy: Vivaldi Complete 25 Cello Concertos

» Sol Gabetta: Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto 1

» Steven Isserlis: Dvorak Cello Concerto

Clarinet
» Colin Lawson: John Mahon Clarinet Concerto 2, Peter Holman
» Robert Marcellus: Mozart Clarinet Concerto K 622, George Szell

» Thea King: Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto, Alun Francis

Contrabass
» Duets for Cello and Contrabass

Cornett
» Bruce Dickey: Virtuoso Solo Music for Cornett

Erhu

» Xu Ke: Flight of the Bumblebee on erhu

» Xu Ke: Monti Czardas on erhu

» Xu Ke: Tchaikovsky Andante Cantabile on erhu

Flageolet
» Conrad Steinmann: Thomas Greeting The Nightingale for flageolet

Flute, Piccolo, Transverse Flute, Pan Flute

» Dan Laurin: Baroque Works for a small Flute

» Sigiswald Kuijken: Vivaldi 9 Concertos for Transverse Flute

» The Pan Flute in Renaissance and Baroque
» Vladislav Brunner: Flute Sonatas (Benda, Blavet, Platti)

Musical Glasses

» Glass Duo Collection

Guitar

» Classical and Flamenco Guitar: 87 Videos Collection
» Eric Clapton: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra, Michael Kamen

» Jose Miguel Moreno: The Spanish Guitar in the Renaissance and Baroque

» Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra, Jozef Zsapka, Bohdan Warchal

» Joaquin Rodrigo Concierto Andaluz for Four Guitars, Los Romeros, Neville Marriner

» Joaquin Rodrigo Six Pieces for Solo Guitar, Pepe Romero
» Salvador Bacarisse Concertino for Guitar and Orchestra, Manuel Cubedo

Harp

» Louis Spohr Harp Sonatas (Sophie Langdon and Hugh Webb)

» Villa-Lobos Concerto for Harp and Orchestra, Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

» Nicanor Zabaleta: Harp Selections

Harpsichord

» Harpsichord Concerti: 111 Videos Collection

» Harpsichord, Organ and Harp (Haydn, Brahms, Halffter, de Cabezón, Palero)

Horn

» Antonio Rosetti Horn Concerto in D minor, Czech Chamber Orchestra

» Tylsar Brothers: Concertos for 2 Horns Collection

» Vienna Horns and Art of Brass: Bruckner Symphony 4

Japanese Drums
» Akira Ifukube Rondo in Burlesque for Japanese Drums and Orchestra

Lute
» Jakob Lindberg: Virtuoso Lute Music from Italy and England

Marimba
» Paul Creston: Marimba Concertino

Oboe

» Some of the Best Oboe Concertos and Sonatas
» Vivaldi: Complete Oboe Concertos

Organ

» Joseph Payne: Early French Organ Music

» Karl Richter (conductor, choirmaster, organist, and harpsichordist): 161 Videos Collection

» Luca Scandali: Gaetano Valeri Organ Concertos and Symphonies

» Pachelbel: 205 Videos Collection

Piano

» Lazar Berman: Beethoven Appassionata

» Marc-André Hamelin: Saint-Säens Piano Concertos Nos 2,4,5

» Maurizio Pollini: Chopin Etudes Op.10, Op.25

» Peter Donohoe: Henry Litolff Concertos Symphonique Nos 2, 3, 4, 5

» Yuja Wang: Mendelssohn Piano Concerto 1

2 Pianos

» Genova and Dimitrov: Mendelssohn Concertos for Two Pianos

2 Pianos 8 Hands
» Smetana Sonata for 2 pianos 8 hands (Argerich, Zilberstein, Gerzenberg)

3 Pianos

» Robert Casadeus Concerto for 3 Pianos: Robert, Gaby and Jean Casadeus

4 Pianos
Morton Gould Inventions for 4 Pianos, Winds and Percussion

Piano - Left Hand

» Jean-Efflam Bavouzet: Ravel Left Hand Concerto, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Prepared Piano
» John Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Chamber Orchestra

Piano Rolls

» Debussy plays Debussy: both on piano rolls and acoustic records

Tangent Piano
» Mario Martinoli: Johann Schobert 6 Sonatas on Tangent Piano

Recorder
» Diogenio Bigaglia: Sonatas for recorder and thorough bass
» Handel The Complete Sonatas for Recorder (Verbruggen, Koopman, Linden)

Saxophone 

» John Harle: Debussy Rapsodie for Alto Saxophone, Sir Neville Marriner

» Two Great Performances: Glazunov Alto Saxophone Concerto
» Paul Creston Sonata for Saxophone and Piano

» Sigurd Rasche: Erland von Koch Saxophone Concerto, Stig Westerberg

Sitar

» Zubin Mehta: Ravi Shankar Raga-Mala (Sitar Concerto No. 2), New York Philharmonic

Timpani
» Georg Druschetzky: Concerto for Oboe, Eight Timpani and Orchestra

Trombone

» Christian Lindberg: Ole Olsen Trombone Concerto

» Jörgen van Rijen: Henri Tomasi Trombone Concerto

Trumpet

» Arturo Sandoval: John Williams Trumpet Concerto, London Symphony

» Maurice Andre: Trumpet Concertos (Telemann, Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Fasch)

» Tine Thing Helseth: 4 Trumpet Concertos

» Trumpet Concertos Collection

Tuba

» Dmitri Anakovsky: Andrei Eshpai Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra

» James Gourlay: Edward Gregson Tuba Concerto

Viola

» Nobuko Imai: Allan Pettersson Viola Concerto, Lev Markiz

» Yuri Bashmet: Bartok Viola Concerto

Viola d'Amore
» Valerio Losito and Andrea Coen: Domenico Scarlatti Sonatas for Viola d'Amore and Cembalo
» Fabio Biondi: Vivaldi The 8 Concertos for Viola d'Amore

Viola da Gamba
» Purcell Quartet: Marais Viola da Gamba Suites
» John Dornenburg: Marin Marais Chaconne for Solo Viola da Gamba

Violin

» Beethoven Violin Concerto with 14 CADENZAS

» Brahms Violin Concerto with 16 CADENZAS

» Maxim Vengerov: Mendelssohn Violin Concerto, Kurt Masur

» Pinchas Zukerman: Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto 5

» Rudolf Koelman: Conus Violin Concerto

» Ruggiero Ricci: Virtuoso Recital


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