Mozart wrote his first concerto at the age of ten and completed his last a few weeks before his death. In the intervening twenty-five years he composed over fifty concertos for various instruments. The most numerous are, of course, those for the piano, which are the subject of a separate BBC Music Guide by Philip Radcliffe. This volume is dedicated to Mozart's other concertos--those for wind and stringed instruments--masterpieces such as the powerful Sinfonia Concertante in E flat and the lyrical Clarinet Concerto, or the Flute Concerto in G and the last two Horn Concertos, all perfect of their kind.

Vivaldi's finest compositions for flute solo and string orchestra. Op. 10: Concerto No. 1 in F, "The Sea Tempest" (RV433); Concerto No. 2 in G minor, "Night" (RV439); Concerto No. 3 in D, "The Goldfinch" (RV428); Concerto No. 4 in G (RV435); Concerto No. 5 in F (RV434); and Concerto No. 6 in G (RV437).