Johannes Brahms : Four Ballades, Opus 10

With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms??? early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851???53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public???s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article ???New Paths??? in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: ???They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand???. This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich. With opuses 1 2 4 5 and 10 this volume contains virtually all of Johannes Brahms??? early piano oeuvre with which the budding composer and pianist introduced himself to the public. The Scherzo op. 4 from 1851 stands alongside the sonatas composed between 1851???53 as a substantial single movement that particularly delighted Robert Schumann leading him to direct the public???s special attention to his young colleague in his famous article ???New Paths??? in 1853. Written the following year the Four Ballades op. 10 complete the volume. Already they strike a new more Romantic note that Brahms described to Clara Schumann thus: ???They are not very difficult and even less difficult tounderstand???. This Urtext edition offers a revision of the musical text based on the new Brahms Complete Edition with an extensive preface by editor Katrin Eich.

La Ballade écossaise «Edward», tirée du recueil de chants populaires «Stimmen der Völker in Liedern» de J. G. Herder (Voix des peuples), impressionna à tel point Brahms que, comme il le dit à un ami, les mélodies s?arrangèrent d?elles-mêmes en lui. «Edward» fournit le motif de la première des quatre ballades, contes musicaux de nature romantique et dramatique, liés pour Brahms à des souvenirs communs avec Clara Schumann. Pour Julius Grimm, à qui les pièces sont dédiées, «c?est à elle qu?appartiennent en fait les ballades». Robert Schumann quant à lui s?exprima avec enthousiasme sur l??uvre de son jeune collègue. C?est le grand pianiste Lars Vogt qui a apporté les doigtés à notre édition Urtext de cette oeuvre facile à jouer. Celle-ci offre le texte fondé à partir du volume musicologique à paraître prochainement de l?Edition Complète des ?uvres de Brahms / Classique / Editeur: Katrin Eich / Doigtés: Lars Vogt / Partition / Broché /

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