Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. The history of the origins and sources of Beethovens 'Choral Phantasy' is complex and poses considerable difficulties to todays researchers. A definitive 'final version' is not extant. Instead, there are contemporary printed editions which diverge from each other in many details. The English musicologist Clive Brown thus also based part of his text-critical work on his comprehensive knowledge of the performance and notation practice of Beethovens time. / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Choeur Mixte, Piano et Orchestre

With his sonatas op. 31 composed in 1802 Beethoven for the last time grouped together piano sonatas under one opus number. The centrepiece of the collection is undoubtedly the dramatic Sonata in D minor nicknamed 'Tempest' which already fascinated his contemporaries. According to Anton Schindler, who asked the composer about the 'key' to this work as well as to the sonata op. 57 ('Appassionata'), Beethoven advised him: 'Just read Shakespeares Tempest'. Jonathan Del Mar, currently one of the most renowned Beethoven scholars, stands for a meticulously edited Urtext edition on the basis of an intensive study of all sources. Performers are presented with a musical text offering new readings and based on the latest research findings. The detailed Critical Commentary accounts for sources, readings and editorial emendations. In this edition great care has been given to a user-friendly layout which on the one hand reflects the flow and tempo of the music and on the other hand facilitates the study of this complex music by means of a transparent and clear appearance on the page as well as good page turns. Particularly enlightening is the chapter on period performance practice which sheds light on certain issues of Beethovens instruments and their range, the usage of the pedals, tempo, dynamics, articulation and ornaments. / Piano

Le nouveau volume de la série à succès ' Get pour connaître les chefs-d'oeuvre classique ' présente une des oeuvres plus connus de la musique classique, Symphonie #5 opus 67 de Ludwig van Beethoven, le soi-disant ' Symphony sort '. Les thèmes principaux de l'Orchestre symphonique de vaste ont maintenant été facilement arrangées pour piano par Hans-Günter Heumann. Complété par les textes explicatifs et imaginatives illustrations colorées, ce volume donne tous les pianistes l'occasion d'apprendre à connaître cette oeuvre orchestrale et les humeurs de la musique - éternelle lutte fatidique de l'homme de souffrance et de salut, avec la décision de triomphe à la fin de la façon dont l'expérience. / Piano