Apologies if we've had this discussion before!

I have a few favourites. They are:

Britten
Shostakovich 1
and possibly Nielsen...

Haven't learned any of these yet. Maybe one day...

Yup, this one has been asked before.

Paganini in D and the Sibelius are probably my favourite, but I also like the Mozart K216 in G.

We're definitely on the same wavelength with those two

I play 2nd violin in an ensumle and in our last concert in easter, we played the final move of the Brittens Simply Symphony.
but for me the best violin concertos would be the violin concerto in D by Beethoven and violin concerto in D again but by Brahm.
wayne

I wonder if its coincidence they are both opus 61, or if Brahms did it on purpose

Kabalevsky, Mendelsohn, Bruch

Mendelssohn, Brahms, Shosti, Glass.
I'm hearing Shosti done by Sergey Khachatryan (sp?) in my smallish home town in June
Quite keen on Vivaldi too, but they're all fairly similar.
Currently I'm on Mozart 3, next stop...meh. Who knows? Hopefully something a lot more challenging technically. But not Bruch - it bores me.

Hmmm, one of those that's grown on me. I thought the second movement to be wrist-slittingly depressing when I first heard it. Once I'd got hold of a copy of the score it really helped me understand how each line of the music was put together.

Be careful what you say there! Mozart might not appear challenging when you first approach it, but the solo line is very exposed and any incorrect phrasing sticks out like a sore thumb. The first movement of No. 3 or 4 (with cadenza) are usually asked for at professional orchestral auditions, along with the first movement (again with cadenza), of a major 19th or 20th century concerto. Beware, the panel will be listening for very a precise, almost an operatic singing style of playing in the Mozart - and it catches many auditionees out! They get the notes right, but it often sounds bland or badly phrased.

Probably on purpose, as he and Tchaikovsky wrote concertos in D to celebrate Beethovens.

My favourites include
Bach in E and A minor
Mendelssohn
Bruch
Paganini in D and B minor
Bruch in G minor
Sibelius
Britten
Beethoven
Saint Saens in B minor
Barber
Vivaldi
Brahms
Tchaikovsky
Korngold

That's why I stopped myself from learning it when my teacher first suggested it when I was 14 - I get intimidated by big pieces, and wouldn't want to kill it. I think I'm getting it now - the notes are so easy though, it's tempting to just skip over it. Today I spent 30 minutes working on 4 bars (when it goes to the minor, the last little phrase after the semi-quavers with the arpeggios, before it goes to a different minor key...) - that's how I'm approaching it at the mo.

I really love the Glass by the way! No idea why. I think it was performed at the Proms last summer? Some bloke in a white suit.

I love:

Mendelssohn
Bruch
Brahms
Beethoven
Mozart No.4 and 5
TCHAIKOVKSY!!!!!!