By Ulrich (Hg.) Mahlert. 416 pages. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (German import).

Chorus with inst. (choir: SATBB - 0.2.2.2 - 2.0.3.1 - timp)

SKU: BR.CHB-3541-02

,,Nun lasst uns den Leib begraben - Urtext. Composed by Johannes Brahms. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library).

Now complete with piano-vocal score

Requiem; Romantic. Choral score. 8 pages. Duration 10'. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 3541-02. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-3541-02).

ISBN 9790004404720. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Brahms' Begrabnisgesang op. 13 has long been one of Breitkopf & Hartel's standard works. Yet while musicians were able to acquire the score, orchestral parts and choral score, there was no piano-vocal score up to now. This gap is now being closed. The piano-vocal score will be a valuable asset to all choirs learning and performing the work, not least because the piano reduction is conceived so as to sound compelling on the organ as well. In his preface, Ulrich Mahlert suggests that the work of the then 25-year-old composer is perhaps to be seen in the light of Robert Schumann's death and Clara Schumann's own thoughts of death.

Piano

SKU: BR.EB-8993

Urtext. Composed by Joachim Raff. Edited by Ulrich Mahlert. Solo instruments; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Sonata; Romantic. Score. 112 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 8993. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-8993).

ISBN 9790004187227. 9 x 12 inches.

The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822-1882), representing his three main creative phases, occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant compositional aspiration whereas Raff otherwise frequently leans towards the salon-music genre in his piano music. Raff composed the early sonata op. 14 in 1844 after his first works were positively evaluated and Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy had encouraged him to venture a career as a composer. The Fantasie-Sonate [Fantasy Sonata] in d minor op. 168, Raff wrote in 1871 at the height of his fame as one of Germany's then most-played composers. Its dedication to Camille Saint-Saens shows his opposition to the rampant German disapproval of France and its music representatives in the wake of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870/71. The second version of the sonata op. 14, composed in the fall of 1881, had only the opus number in common with the earlier version. In this late work Raff had created an entirely new sonata. ,,Beautifully presented on cream paper, with exceptional clarity and generous spacing. The Fantasie-Sonate in D minor Op. 168, in particular, is a masterpiece which manifests both considerable power and exquisite craftsmanship. (www.pianodao.com).