Clarinet and piano (solo:
clar - 2.2.0.2 - 2.2.0.0
- timp - str)
SKU:
BR.EB-10996
Urtext. Composed
by Louis Spohr. Edited by
Ullrich Schedeler. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf. Solo
concerto; Classical;
Romantic. Piano
reduction. 56 pages.
Duration 20'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 10996.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.EB-10996).
ISBN
9790201809960. 9.5 x 12
inches.
Louis
Spohr's technically,
extremely demanding
concertos have long been
part of clarinetists'
standard repertoire. Like
the first clarinet
concerto, this second
concerto was composed for
the clarinetist Johann
Hermstedt, probably in
the spring of 1810.
Critics praised the
concerto at its premiere,
stating that it was
undeniably one of the
most accomplished works
of art of its kind.
Emphasized was also the
great and brilliant
treatment of the solo
instrument, combined with
a very original orchestra
accompaniment, where
every part, even the
timpani, is obbligato.
The concerto was even
then a great success with
the audience. For
publication, Spohr
supplemented the solo
part with various ossia
passages as simplifying
alternatives. These can
of course be found in the
score as well as in the
piano reduction presented
in Ullrich Scheideler's
new critical Urtext
edition in collaboration
with G. Henle Verlag, now
for the first time in a
reliable edition.