Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Editeur(s) d'origine: Albert, Eugen d'/ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

Vl1. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Editeur(s) d'origine: Eisen, Cliff u. Levin, Robert/ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

Harm. Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. Editeur(s) d'origine: Jost, Peter/ Répertoire / Piano et Orchestre

Clara Wieck’s sincerest wish was that her future husband Robert Schumann turn his extraordinary genius toward the larger and more challenging task of composing orchestral music. Confiding in her diary in 1839 just one year before her marriage she explained that “it would be best if he composed for Orchestra: his imagination cannot find sufficient scope in the Piano…” In the years that followed their marriage Robert Schumann continued to devote much of his attention to Piano music but he also found the time to comply with his beloved Clara’s wish by creating a number of musical pieces composed specifically for Piano andOrchestra. Although Schumann’s genius is most in evidence in his masterful solo Piano compositions and superb lieder his lively and provocative imagination manifests itself with equal aplomb in the works composed for Piano and Orchestra. The same compelling romantic and lyrical qualities that captivate lovers of Schumann’s Piano music are evident in these compositions. Three of his finest are presented here in full score including the A Minor Piano Concerto one of the most popular and frequently performed concertos ever written. All demonstrate his remarkably innovative approach to music diverting substantially from the classic models of the day and display his immense creativity as well as his warmth and sensitivity. Included in this collection of Schumann’s compositions for Piano and Orchestra are: Piano Concerto In A minor Op. 54 (published 1846) Concertstück Op.92 (Introduction and Allegro appassionato; published 1852) Introduction and Allegro Op. 134 (published 1855) These three works by one of the greatest masters of romanticism will delight musicians music lovers and students as well as devotees of Schumann. Pianists will be especially pleased to have these appealing Schumann works in one convenient edition available at

Hans Abrahamsen's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra was composed in 1999 by commission for the BIT-20 Ensemble. A complex and multi-layered work opening with highly minimal material and very slowly building to an ecstatic frenzy across the four movements. As the piece progresses Abrahamsen has also included some significant nods towards composers Gyorgy Ligeti (a former teacher of the composer) and Gustav Mahler.The work was premiered at the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2000 with Anne Marie Abildskov as soloist. I Allegro Volante e nervoso II Adagio innocente e semplice III Tempo de grandegioia IV Fluente ma tranquillo Programmenote: ???The piano concerto starts entirely as I usually start with this filigree in the piano and many simultaneous layers ??? Hans Abrahamsen has explained ???The beginning is music that could continue almost minimalistically ad infinitum. But it doesn???t. Instead it has a seizure after just thirty seconds. It literally comes to a halt!???There is no programmatic structure behind the four-movement course of the concerto but a romantically minded listener may be tempted to interpret the development from a quick stalling of the familiar through the introduction (by the lyrical second movement) of something much more ???innocent and simple??? as it says - something feminine one feels like adding - to the third movement???s flashing firework display of a scherzo which draws the curtain aside for a liberating rush of joy as life after the advent of love. However the undersigned assumes full responsibility for this interpretation.The piano soloist is the undisputed main character in the concerto and plays almost constantly in the first three movements. It is only in the fourth movement that she takes a break and listens. ???The piano stirs up an anthill??? is Hans Abrahamsen???s own description ???and it becomes almost operatic! It is as if the music is about to fall right out over the edge of the abyss at the drastic general

for Piano and Orchestra-Concerto For Piano And Orchestra No.22 E-flat major K. 482.Piano Solo Flute Clarinet (in B-flat) (2) Bassoon (2) Horn (2) Clarin trumpet (2) Kettledrum Violin (2) Viola (2) Violoncello Double bass. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart's autograph manuscripts). At the same time it also serves as an aid to authentic performances. BÄRENREITER URTEXT: In the international music world “Bärenreiter Urtext” is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been preparedusing clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which include prominent musicologists as well as musicians take all available sources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research. For Bärenreiter “Urtext” is more than just a label – it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer’s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.

Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto is at the same time the culmination of his efforts in this genre and a reflection of all his artistic skill and expertise. The surviving manuscripts provide a clear insight into his working methods and his intentions regarding the work's performance.The editor, Jonathan Del Mar, has closely scrutinised the autograph solo piano part and reproduced Beethoven's sophisticated performance instructions for the first time in a modern edition. Among other things, this has special repercussions for the left-hand figured bass line of the piano part during the tutti passages.As with the Piano Concertos Nos. 1 to 4, the piano reduction appears with a separate solo part containing all the information needed by the soloist to conduct the ensemble from the piano.- Many wholly new corrections in the solo and orchestral parts- Piano reduction with a separate solo part, as was customary in Beethoven's day- With Beethoven's continuo figures for the first time in a modern edition / Score

for Piano and Orchestra-Mozart’s Piano Concerto In C Minor K.491 is one of his best-known works in the genre not least because of the special character of its minor key (rarely encountered in Mozart’s music) and the dramatic contrast between the soloist and Orchestra.

The Mysteries of Light-Sub-titled 'The Mysteries of Light? the composer states that this work attempts to revive the ancient practice of writing music based on the structure of the Rosary. The most famous example of this is the collection of the Rosary (or Mystery) Sonatas for violin by Heinrich Biber written in the late 17th century. MacMillan?s concerto is based on a set of five meditations introduced by John Paul II in 2002 the Luminous Mysteries. In spite of this rather than being devotional the work proceeds in quasi-dramatic fashion not too distant in concept from a tone poem. Commissioned by Osmo Vänskä and the Minnesota Orchestra on the occasion of the Orchestra?s Centennial and firstperformed with soloist Jean-Yves Thibaudet in April 2011. Performance materials available on hire.

for Piano and Orchestra-Piano Concerto No.25 in C major K.503.Piano Solo Flute Oboe (2) Bassoon (2) Horn (2) Trumpet (2) Kettledrum Strings. The New Mozart Edition offers researchers a musicologically unimpeachable text based on all the available sources (first and foremost Mozart's autograph manuscripts). At the same time it also serves as an aid to authentic performances. BÄRENREITER URTEXT: In the international music world “Bärenreiter Urtext” is synonymous with performing editions in which the musical text has been prepared using clearly formulated scholarly critical criteria. Editors which includeprominent musicologists as well as musicians take all available sources into account thus guaranteeing an authentic musical text which represents the latest in musicological research. For Bärenreiter “Urtext” is more than just a label – it is also a pledge and a guarantee for sheet music performing editions that present the authentic text and the latest findings of scholarly research enabling musicians to get as close to the composer’s intentions as the surviving sources will allow. There are no arbitrary editorial additions and the quality of the musical text is matched by an appearance on the page that satisfies the most discerning eye.