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Unquestionably to me, piano concertos are the very much The Concertos for an instrument and orchestras. My second favorite is Cello Concertos. The violin concertos are popular and they great but I frequently find that they might be annoying, particularly if performance is not the best and it is was too up-closed recorded. The viola and double bass concertos are too rare unfortunately but I love a lot the few available. Therefore, my full hart goes to Cello Concertos.

There are many Cello Concertos composed. The Wikipedia lists is large list but even that is not complete.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_for_cello_and_orchestra

I would like to mention a few most popular greatest Cello Concertos and name some distinctive recordings. The Concertos will me mentioned without any order and the performances will be mentioned without any order as well. The most distinctive among the mentioned, if there is more ten one, will be marked with ***

Dutilleux	Rostropovich with Serge Baudo and Orchestre de Paris Truls Mork with Myung-Whun Chung and Philharmoniq de France Radio ***
Shostakovich #1	Rostropovich with Ormandy with Philadelphia *** Rostropovich with Kondrashin and Czech Philharmonic
Shostakovich #2	Truls Mork with Jansons and London Philharmonic *** Natalia Gutman with Temirkanov and Royal Philharmonia Heinrich Schiff with Maxim Shostakovich and Bavarian Radio
Schnittke #2	Valery Polyansky with Ivashki and Russian State Symphony
Lutoslawski	Rostropovich with Witold Lutoslawski and Orchestre de Paris *** Bauer with Wit and some Polish Symphony
Brahms Double	Heifetz/Feuermann with Ormandy and pre-war Philadelphia Francescati/Fournier with Walter and Columbia Symphony Oistrakh/Fournier with Galliera and Philharmonia Ferras/Tortelier with Paul Kletzki and London Thibaud/Casals with Cortot with French orchestra Starker/Schneiderhan with Fricsay and Berliner Rundfunk Heifetz/Piatigorsky with Wallenstein and RCA Victor Symphony *** Szeryng/Starker with Haitink and Concertgebouw
Boccherini	Jacqueline du Pre with Barenboim and English Chamber Casals with Ronald and London ***
Prokofiev Concertante	Rostropovich with Rozhdestvensky and USSR State Rostropovich with Ozawa and London Ivashkin with Polyanskii and Russian State Symphony Rostropovich with Samosud and Moscow Philharmonic *** Harrell with Ashkenazy and Royal Philharmonic Truls Mork with Järvi and Birmingham Orchestra Maisky with Pletnev and Russian National
Haydn #1 and #2	Wispelwey with van Steen and Netherlands Radio Bylsma with Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Fournier with Münchinger and Stuttgart Chamber *** Vogler with Güttler and Virtuosi Saxoniae Jacqueline Du Pre with Barbirolli and London *** Jacqueline Du Pre with Barenboim and English Chamber Janos Starker with Schwarz and Scottish Chamber ***
Dvorak	Paul Tortelier with Malcolm Sargent and Philharmonia  *** Casals with Rafael Kubelik and Czech Philharmonic *** Casals with Szell and Czech Philharmonic Fournier with Szell and Cleveland Rostropovitch with Karajan and Berlin
Rodrigo #1	Sebastian Hess with Yinon and Hannover Radio
Rodrigo #2	Cohen with Batiz and London Symphony
Bruch	Pablo Casals   with Ronald and London Symphony
Delius	Jacqueline du Pre with Sargent and Royal Philharmonic
Strauss Don Quixote variations	Jacqueline du Pre with Adrian Boult and New Philharmonia
Monn	Jacqueline Du Pre with Barbirolli and London
Martinu #1	Chuchro with Zdenek Kosler and Czech Philharmonic
Khachaturian	Tarasova with Dudarova and Symphony of Russia Lidstrom with Ashkenazy and Gothenburg Symphony
Weinberg	Rostropovitch with Rozhdestvensky and Moscow Philharmonic Drobinsky with Mnatsakanov and Russian Radio Orchestra
Shchedrin	Ylonen with Olli Mustonen and Helsinki Philharmonic Rostropovich with Ozawa and London *** Yltsen with Mustonen and Helsinki Symphony
Grechaninov	Ivashkin with Polyansky and Russian State Symphony
Elgar	Jacqueline Du Pre with Barbirolli and London *** Pablo Casals with Boult and BBC Symphony *** Heinrich Schiff with Elder and Halle Orchestra Robert Cohen Mackerras with Royal Philharmonic
Britten	Truls Mork with Simon Rattle and City of Birmingham Rostropovich with Britten and Moscow Philharmonic ***
Schumann	Mischa Maisky with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Starker with Skrowaczewski and London Du Pre with Barenboim and New Philharmonia Orchestra *** Rostropovich with Rodzhstvensky and Moscow Philharmonic Rostropovich with Rodzhstvensky and Leningrad Philharmonic Rostropovich with Samosud and Moscow Philharmonic Rostropovich with Bernstein and National de France Yo-Yo-Ma with Colin Davis and Bavarian Radio Symphony Schiff with Haitink and Berlin Philharmonic Piatigorsky with Barbirolli and London ***
Miaskovsky	Mork with Järvi and Birmingham Orchestra Rostropovich with Svetlanov and Russian State *** Maisky with Pletnev and Russian National
Saint-Saëns	Du Pre with Barenboim and New Philharmonia Orchestra *** Starker with Dorati and London *** Rostropovich with Giulini and London
Tchaikowsky Rococo Variations	Rostropovich with Rozhdestvensky and Leningrad Rostropovich with Karajan and Berlin Rose with Szell and NY Philharmonic Yo-Yo Ma with Lorin Maazel and Pittsburgh Symphony Starker with Dorati and London ***

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