Variations And Fugue On A Theme By Handel For Piano Op. 24

Christian Köhn is a pianist with a deep understanding of Brahms' piano music. Now he has edited a new Urtext edition of Brahms' variations (1861) on an eight-bar theme from Handel's 'Keyboard Suite #1 ('Suite de pièces de Clavecin , Vol. 2).Köhn has drawn on every available source and incorporated the most recent musicological discoveries. With his fingering, a well-presented layout and optimum page turns, the volume meets all the demands of a practical performing edition.A detailed foreword illuminates the work's genesis and sources while presenting valuable information on contemporary performance practice. This scholarly-critical edition of the 'Handel Variations adds a central work to Bärenreiter's comprehensive series of Brahms' piano music in Urtext editions.- Urtext edition based on all known sources and the latest musicological findings- With optimum page turns- Informative foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng)- Includes fingering and suggestions on performance practice (Ger/Eng) / Piano