“The concertino instruments sometimes play alone and sometimes are heard in combination with the ripieno group.”

“The concertino was given a public performance last May in Los Angeles and is poised for wider revival.”

“It is more baroque than the first in that for obbligato piano it substitutes real interchange between ripieno strings and concertino quartet.”

“Lorraine gave a brilliant account of the technically demanding solo role in the concerto.”

“This is surely a work that deserves better exposure in the concerto repertoire.”

“Nonetheless, a movement such as the Largo in the B flat concerto can only amaze with its expressiveness and power.”

“The limited menu of three classical and three romantic concerti composers is nonetheless a representative sampling of the rich repertoire.”

“If I compare it to the symphonies, concerti, and chamber music, it seems rather bland to me, but why deny people their fun?”

“He preferred to start again, with the result that he produced one of the finest concerti of the Romantic era.”

“In the 1770s he began composing symphonies, concertos, operas and theater music.”

“For one thing, the programmes completed a Barbican cycle of Beethoven's piano concertos with the American soloist Richard Goode.”

“Aren't all romantic concertos about the individual asserting herself against powerful orchestrations?”