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Works in which one or more solo instruments play with an orchestra or a band, including the Baroque concerto grosso and the Romantic piano concerto. A work belongs here when the cited article calls it a concerto, a collection of concertos or a work for solo instrument and orchestra or band. It excludes symphonies, which have no solo part. The group follows the form named in the cited article. The group runs from the Baroque concertos of Bach and Vivaldi through Mozart's last instrumental work to a Romantic piano concerto and a piece for piano and jazz band. It excludes symphonies, which have no solo part, and works with sung text. The group follows the form the cited article names.

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The Four Seasons (Vivaldi) (Wikipedia)
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The Four Seasons (Italian: Le quattro stagioni) is a group of four violin concerti by Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi, each of which gives musical expression to a season of the year.
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Brandenburg Concertos (Wikipedia)
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The Brandenburg Concertos (BWV 1046-1051) by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six instrumental works presented by Bach to Christian Ludwig, Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, in 1721 (though probably composed earlier).
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Clarinet Concerto (Mozart) (Wikipedia)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622, was completed in October 1791 for the clarinettist Anton Stadler.
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Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) (Wikipedia)
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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901.
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Rhapsody in Blue (Wikipedia)
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Rhapsody in Blue is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band by George Gershwin.
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