Partitions de Eulenburg

'Nobody knows the music of the whole world better than Monsieur Saint-Saëns' Claude Debussy praised his fellow composer and there are only few who left such a comprehensive oeuvre covering all genres like he did. The French musician contributed particularly to the violin repertoire also thanks to his friendship with the Spanish virtuoso Pablo de Sarasate who gave Saint-Saëns many a piece of advice on what is technically possible on the instrument – it was he to whom he dedicated his Violin Concerto No. 3 and Introduction et Rondo capriccioso Opus 28. The composer's acquaintance with the violinist certainly was also the reason for his penchant for Spanish atmosphere andcolour. The folklore of the neighbouring country is apparent in the Rondo an effective bravura piece. The score and orchestral material of this highlight of the Romantic violin repertoire is now available in a new edition in addition to Maria Egelhof's edition for violin and piano (VLB 119).

5-aug-In his opus 1 the young Locatelli succeeded in preserving the traditional method of composition while nevertheless being open to new influences. This collection follows Corelli's famous Op. 6 and like that is divided in eight 'Concerti da chiesa' and four 'Concerti da camera' with the eighth work like Corelli's being structured like a Christmas concerto.The study score is based on the Locatelli Complete Edition which makes the works of the Italian master available in accordance with the most recent research and current musicological techniques of editing.With German/English preface and Critical Report!

The première of Daudet's play L'Arlésienne with incidental music by Bizet at the Théâtre du Vaudeville on 30 September 1872 was a devastating event for both playwright and composer and the production was removed from the repertory after 19 performances. The critic Johannès Weber however was alert to the quality of Bizet's score and suggested that the composer should excerpt and rescore several pieces for the Concerts populaires where 'the lovely music would be better appreciated than at the Vaudeville'. Bizet must have moved rather quickly to follow Weber's suggestion for the première of the first Arlésienne suitetook place only six weeks later at the Concerts populaires on 10 November 1872 and the work in its new abridged form was soon taken up by many other orchestras. Thus before his death in June 1875 Bizet had the satisfaction that his suite from L'Arlésienne was played by all the major concert societies in Paris and it has remained firmly in the concert and recorded repertoire ever since.

No. 4 for piano in Tchaikovsky's own arrangement-These little lyrical and sumptuous gem is based on the piano piece of the same name in C sharp minor No. 4 of Six Pieces Op. 19. The arrangement was probably written in Paris in 1888 for his friend the Russian cellist Anatoly Brandukov.The current edition is based on the edition from the volume of the old Tchaikovsky Complete Edition published by Victor L. Kubacky (1891-1970) a pupil of Brandukov.