Cello and piano (solo: vc
- 2.2.2.2 - 2.2.0.0 -
timp - str)
SKU:
BR.EB-9426
Urtext. Composed
by Joachim Raff. Edited
by Andrea Wiesli and
Jonas Kreienbuhl. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf. Solo
concerto; Romantic. Piano
reduction. 88 pages.
Duration 25'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9426.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9426).
ISBN 9790004189030. 9
x 12
inches.
Joachim
Raff's celebrated first
cello concerto is only
gradually being
rediscovered today. This
is astounding, taking
into account both the
quality of the
composition as well as
its enthusiastic
reception in the past.
All renowned cellists of
the time performed the
work, but the history of
op. 193 is still more
closely linked to
Friedrich Grutzmacher,
its commissioner,
co-editor, and soloist in
its world premiere, than
to any other musician.
Grutzmachers wish for a
concerto to free us poor
cellists from our
situation that is
becoming truly unbearable
and driving us to the
utmost discontent was
certainly fulfilled by
Raff.The extensive
preface of this first
Urtext-Edition documents
the close collaboration
between composer and
interpreter, as well as
performance practice of
the time. The
corresponding piano
reduction includes not
only an Urtext-solo part,
but also a part with the
markings by the Zurich
cellist Jonas Kreienbuhl.
In collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Archiv
Lachen (CH).