Urtext. Composed
by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Edited by Klaus Hofmann.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Bach's manuscript
leaves several questions
unanswered.
Solo
concerto; Baroque. Full
score. 24 pages. Duration
16'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 5354.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5354).
ISBN 9790004211533. 9
x 12 inches.
When
an editorial formula
proves to be as
compelling as in the case
of the E-major Concerto
BWV 1042, then its
obvious that it is going
to be applied again: this
time to Klaus Hofmanns
new Urtext edition of the
A-minor Concerto. Bachs
manuscript leaves several
questions unanswered. The
slurring, particularly in
the solo part, is once
again equivocal and
inconsistent. Bach
himself expected his
performers to be
creative, which is why
the interpretative
suggestions of Baroque
expert Sigiswald Kuijken
are particularly welcome.
The edition for violin
and keyboard instrument
(with continuo ad lib.)
once again contains three
violin parts (the first
unmarked, the second with
markings and comments by
Sigiswald Kuijken, the
third as a facsimile).
This provides
well-grounded stimuli for
ones own personal
interpretation based on
historically informed
performance practice. The
keyboard arrangement by
Siegfried Petrenz is
transparent and easy to
play. A violoncello part
has been added for
chamber-music.
Bac
h's manuscript leaves
several questions
unanswered.
Cello and orchestra SKU: FG.55011-608-5 Variaatioita sellolle ja orkes...(+)
Cello and orchestra
SKU:
FG.55011-608-5
Variaatioita sellolle
ja orkesterille op 5.
Composed by Aulis
Sallinen. Score. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-608-5.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-608-5).
ISBN
9790550116085.
Auli
s Sallinen (b. 1935) is
one of the most famous
Finnish contemporary
composers. In his early
instrumental works,
Sallinen was still
seeking to establish a
style of his own. He had
studied at the Sibelius
Academy in the late
1950s, first with Aarre
Merikanto - a composer
representing a national
brand of Neoclassicism -
and then with Joonas
Kokkonen, at that time
just transitioning from
Neoclassicism to
dodecaphony. Twelve-tone
music had won fairly
widespread acceptance in
contemporary Finn-ish
music, and Sallinen was
influenced, too. The
Variations are Sallinen's
first real work for the
cello - an instrument
that would later be one
of his favourites, its
warm, deep voice
corres-ponding to his
music's often dark
undercurrent.
The Variations for Cello
and Orchestra, Op. 5 were
composed in 1961-1962 and
premiered in October
1962. The basic motif
consists of a set of
three descending
intervals stated by the
cello at the beginning:
D-D flat-F, C-B-G and B
flat-A-F sharp. Their use
as basic material is a
ref-lection of the
composer's
dodecaphony-oriented
period, and variation of
this material provides
the framework for the
piece.
Variations for Cello and
Orchestra are now
published for the first
time. Available are a
reduction for cello and
piano, study score and
complete performance
material with
orchestra.
Violin and orchestra (solo: vl - str - bc) SKU: BR.PB-5297 Composed by Fr...(+)
Violin and orchestra
(solo: vl - str - bc)
SKU: BR.PB-5297
Composed by Franz Joseph
Haydn. Edited by Walter
Heinz Bernstein.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
Haydn's C major
Concerto now in a new,
up-to-date
edition
EB 8634
(edition for violin and
piano) with cadenzas by
Thomas Zehetmair
Solo
concerto; Classical. Full
score. 24 pages. Duration
24'. Breitkopf and
Haertel #PB 5297.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.PB-5297).
ISBN 9790004211755. 10
x 12.5
inches.
Haydn's
Violin Concerto in C
major has always been
closely linked to
Breitkopf & Hartel,
which began selling
copies of the work back
in 1769. The first
edition came out in 1909
and helped secure the
work a broad
dissemination and lasting
popularity. Strangely
enough, this first
edition is one of the
most important sources
today, since its own
source a copy of Haydn's
autograph, perhaps the
autograph itself was lost
at the end of World War
II. Although other copies
from Haydn's time were
made, they are textually
less reliable. Walter
Heinz Bernstein has
created an easily
playable and
pleasant-sounding piano
score on the basis of the
first edition, whereby he
has respected the early
classical continuo
practice. As he did
earlier in the G major
Concerto (EB 8606),
Thomas Zehetmair has once
again accepted the
challenging task of
embellishing the solo
part with stylistically
accurate cadenzas and
flourishes. This
delightful concerto is
thus now available in a
modern edition.The
piano-harpsichord part by
Walter Heinz Bernstein
features a continuo part
in keeping with the late
Baroque performing
tradition and offers a
much cleaner, unfettered
realization.(Stringendo)<
br> Haydn's C major
Concerto now in a new,
up-to-date edition.