Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on ?Der Freischütz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as ?Preciosa', ?Oberon', and ?Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad as late as the second half of the 19th century. However, any chance of a revival of Weber's influential and substantial oeuvre was wasted in the 1920s, when a complete edition - begun by Hans Joachim Moser and with potential contributors including Wilhelm Kempff, Hans Pfitzner, Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein and Richard Strauss - failed after the third volume.Ever since there have been numerous attempts to restart a complete edition of Weber's works, but as this kind of project would have required the co-operation of scholars from both sides of the inter-German border, the political situation after 1945 was not conducive to any such enterprise. Careful negotiations led to the first tangible steps in the 1980s. The intention, right from the beginning, was to place Weber's work in context, and not to separate his musical output from his influential work as a writer, critic and organiser in the musical field, but to publish his compositions together with his letters, diaries and other literary output as the best way to document the cross-fertilisation between his musical, literary and practical activities.Since the German re-unification both working-parties concerned - at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Detmold/Paderborn - have co-operated on the complete edition of the musical works (c. 45 volumes in 10 series: sacred music - cantatas, odes and other occasional works - stage works - lieder and vocal works - orchestral works - chamber music - music for piano - piano reductions - miscellanea, arrangements and orchestrations - works of doubtful attribution). The diaries (6-8 vols.) are edited in Berlin and the letters (8-10 vols.) and other writings (2 vols.) in Detmold. This complete edition aims to be a reliable basis of scholarly debate as well as for the authentic performance practice of Carl Maria von Weber's music. Conforming to the standards of recent historico-critical editions, the textual material will be based on all available authentic sources, accompanied by a detailed documentation of the genesis and a list of variants for each work. The musicological importance of the works will be evaluated by placing them in their historical context, the presentation of their genesis, history and Critical Commentaries. The letters, writings and diaries will be treated as inter-related and relevant to each other in the commentaries, therefore readers should benefit from a wealth of concise information and cross-references. / Piano Et Orchestre

Urtext edition study score of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.4 In G Op.58.Features:Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarshipAn ideal reference edition for pianists students conductors and librariesEach score contains an introduction by Barry Cooper (Ger/Eng)Format 17.5 x 22.5 cmBarenreiter has now published the scores Critical Commentaries and the complete performance material (BA 9021-9025) as well as a boxed set of study score editions (TP 920) to all five of Beethoven’s Piano concertos. The study scores can now also be purchased individually.Themusical text reflects a meticulous examination of every surviving source resulting in Urtext editions at the highest possible level. The study scores are supplemented by introductions by Beethoven scholar Barry Cooper on the genesis of the concertos as well as forewords by the renowned editor Jonathan Del Mar with descriptions of the sources and the editorial method.

Urtext edition study score of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.2 In B-Flat Op.19.Features:Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarshipAn ideal reference edition for pianists students conductors and librariesEach score contains an introduction by Barry Cooper (Ger/Eng)Format 17.5 x 22.5 cmBarenreiter has now published the scores Critical Commentaries and the complete performance material (BA 9021-9025) as well as a boxed set of study score editions (TP 920) to all five of Beethoven’s Piano concertos. The study scores can now also be purchasedindividually.The musical text reflects a meticulous examination of every surviving source resulting in Urtext editions at the highest possible level. The study scores are supplemented by introductions by Beethoven scholar Barry Cooper on the genesis of the concertos as well as forewords by the renowned editor Jonathan Del Mar with descriptions of the sources and the editorial method.

Urtext edition study score of Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 In C Op.15.Features:Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarshipAn ideal reference edition for pianists students conductors and librariesEach score contains an introduction by Barry Cooper (Ger/Eng)Format 17.5 x 22.5 cmBarenreiter has now published the scores Critical Commentaries and the complete performance material (BA 9021-9025) as well as a boxed set of study score editions (TP 920) to all five of Beethoven’s Piano concertos. The study scores can now also be purchased individually.Themusical text reflects a meticulous examination of every surviving source resulting in Urtext editions at the highest possible level. The study scores are supplemented by introductions by Beethoven scholar Barry Cooper on the genesis of the concertos as well as forewords by the renowned editor Jonathan Del Mar with descriptions of the sources and the editorial method.

B-flat major op. 19-Although the sources to Beethoven?s Piano Concerto Op. 19 are generally known many misconceptions and misinterpretations are put right in this Bärenreiter edition based exclusively on the authentic sources. Jonathan Del Mar?s scholarly-critical edition corrects misreadings of Beethoven?s autograph that were already present in the first edition and had subsequently been incorporated into other editions of this work.

The very lively three-movement Piano Concerto in G major is characterised with regard to style by jazz influences especially in the first and third movements but by late Romantic and impressionist influences in the middle movement.Ravel himself called it 'a concerto in the truest sense of this generic term: With that I want to say that it has been written in the spirit of the concertos by Mozart and Saint-Saëns.'