Solo Violin and Orchestra (V-solo,2Fl,2Ob,2Clar-iA, 2bassoon,2Hn,2Trp,Timp,2V ,V...(+)
Solo Violin and Orchestra
(V-solo,2Fl,2Ob,2Clar-iA,
2bassoon,2Hn,2Trp,Timp,2V
,Va,Vc,Db)
SKU:
BA.TP00394
Composed
by Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by
Clive Brown and R. Larry
Todd. This edition:
urtext edition.
Paperback. Barenreiter
Urtext. Late version
1845. Study score. Opus
64. Duration 00:26:00.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#TP00394_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.TP00394).
ISBN
9790006203086. 22.5 x
16.5 cm inches. Key: E
minor. Preface: Todd, R.
Larry / Brown, Clive /
Sutcliffe,
Richard.
This
standard work of the
cello literature has been
extracted from volume II
of the Complete Works for
Violoncello and
Pianoforte (BA 9096 and
BA 9097) which was
published in 2016.
Mendelssohn scholar R.
Larry Todd edited the
scholarly-critical
edition ofSong without
Words.
This work
is not based on the
surviving autograph
manuscript, which could
not have been the basis
for the posthumous first
edition, but rather on
the only plausible
source: the German first
edition itself. This was
published in 1868 as op.
109 and is unquestionably
based on an untraceable
complete final
manuscript, perhaps once
previously owned by the
dedicatee, French cellist
Lisa Barbier
Cristiani.
The
publication is free from
editorial amendments and
modern performance
instructions and provides
an excellent basis for
musical
interpretation.
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SKU: BA.BVK01950 Composed by Andreas N. Tarkmann and Johannes Kohlmann. P...(+)
SKU: BA.BVK01950
Composed by Andreas N.
Tarkmann and Johannes
Kohlmann. Paperback.
Book. 240 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BVK01950_00. Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BVK01950).
ISBN
9783761819500. 19 x 12.5
cm inches. Language:
German. Preface:
Tarkmann, Andreas
N.
Mendelssohn's
Violin Concerto op. 64,
is a key work of the 19th
century, adhering to the
classical style of
Beethoven while pointing
the way to the romantic
ethos of Brahms. It has
long been known that
Mendelssohn performed the
work with three soloists
in succession: Ferdinand
David, who worked closely
with the composer during
its composition and
played it at the
premiere; the 'child
prodigy' Joseph Joachim;
and Hubert Leonard, a
young Belgian virtuoso
about whom little is
known.
As proof
sheets for the Violin
Concerto in E minor were
long considered lost, it
could be described as
somewhat of a sensation
when proofs for the solo
violin part resurfaced
together with a letter
from Mendelssohn to
Leonard.
The
letter informs us that
the composer invited
Leonard to his home in
Frankfurt in order to
make his acquaintance. It
was already known that
Mendelssohn had given
proof sheets to David;
now we know that he also
gave some to
Leonard.
The
recently discovered
proofs reveal how Leonard
played the concerto with
Mendelssohn on that
memorable evening in
February 1845. Besides
containing bowing marks
and fingering, they also
show how Leonard executed
shifts of position and
where he employed open
strings. Furthermore
modifications made to
dynamic markings and
additional legato bowing
are shown.
It is
safe to assume that all
of this was done with
Mendelssohn's approval.
That the young violinist
made a positive
impression on the
composer is confirmed in
the latter's
correspondence following
their joint performance.
Mendelssohn is full of
praise for Leonard's
playing and offers to
lend his support in
finding employment in
Germany.
This
revised edition of the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (only the
orchestral parts remain
unchanged) includes a
separate booklet on
performance practice.
The editor, Clive
Brown, is an acknowledged
expert on Romantic
performance
practice.
- New
source situation owing to
recently rediscovered
proofs - Revised
Urtext edition - With
a separate booklet on
performance practice
(Eng/Ger).