Für Violine und Orchester Op. 64-Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto op. 64 is a key work of the 19th century adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the premi re; the ‘child prodigy’ Joseph Joachim; and Hubert L onard a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known.As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the soloviolin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to L onard.The letter informs us that the composer invited L onard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David; now we know that he also gave some to L onard.The recently discovered proofs reveal how L onard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering they also show how L onard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown.It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn’s approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter’s correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for L onard’s playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany.This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice.The editor Clive Brown is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice.- New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs- Revised Urtext edition- With a separate booklet on performance practice (BA9060) (Eng/Ger)- Full score in the revised early and late (popular) versions (BA9099)
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ISBN 9790004332481. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy was commissioned by the city of Leipzig to write the Symphony Cantata Lobgesang for the 400th anniversary of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenberg. The work was given its first performance in Leipzigs Thomaskirche on 25 June 1840. Another performance took place at the Birmingham Music Festival on 23 September 1840. The composer created a hybrid genre here, a formal designation that he took quite literally and which he used here for the first and only time: after the three symphonic movements have flowed one into the other attacca, comes the Lobgesang Cantata in several sections Alles, was Odem hat. The present Urtext edition is the first to take into account the parts which were written for the first performances in Leipzig and which help clear up a number of discrepant readings.,,Der Herausgeber hat sich die Muhe gemacht, die 1841 im selben Verlag erstveroffentlichte Partitur mit dem Erstdruck der Stimmen zu vergleichen und konnte mit im Stimmensatz gefundenen Angaben zur Artikulation, Dynamik etc. die neue Partitur enorm bereichern. (Hans Gebhard, Chor und Konzert )The Urtext edition of the Lobgesang Symphony is the first to take into account the parts which were written for the first performances in Leipzig and which help clear up a number of discrepant readings.
SKU: BR.OB-5102-15
ISBN 9790004332436. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004332467. 10 x 12.5 inches.
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ISBN 9790004332450. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.CHB-5296-02
ISBN 9790004412053. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / English.
SKU: BR.OB-5102-16
ISBN 9790004332443. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: HF.FH-7020
ISBN 9790203470205. 9 x 12 inches.
Joseph Haydn:1. Symphonie Nr.2 (D-Dur), ,,Londoner Symphonie, 2. Symphonie Nr.18 (fis-Moll), ,,Abschiedssymphonie, 3. Symphonie Nr.16 (G-Dur), ,,Oxford-Symphonie, 4. Allegro vivace (D-Dur), 5. Jahreszeiten, Oratorium, 6. Schopfung, Oratorium, 7. Konzert fur Violoncello (D-Dur); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:1. Cosi fan tutte, Oper, 2. Idomeneo, Oper, 3. Die Hochzeit des Figaro, Oper, 4. Die Zauberflote, Oper, 5. Don Giovanni, Oper, 6. Klavierkonzert (c-Moll), 7. Symphonie (g-Moll); Ludwig van Beethoven:1. Violinkonzert (D-Dur), 2. Klavierkonzert Nr.5 (Es-Dur), 3. Ouverture zu ,,Konig Stephan, 4. Ouverture zu ,,Die Weihe des Hauses, 5. Ouverture zu ,,Egmont, 6. Fidelio, Oper, 7. Ouverture ,,Leonore Nr.1, 8. Ouverture ,,Leonore Nr.3, 9. ,,Die Ruinen von Athen, 10. Symphonie Nr.1 (C-Dur), 11. Symphonie Nr.2 (D-Dur), 12. Symphonie Nr.3 (Es-Dur), ,,Eroica, 13. Symphonie Nr.4 (B-Dur), 14. Symphonie Nr.5 (c-Moll), 15. Symphonie Nr.6 (F-Dur), ,,Pastorale, 16. Symphonie Nr.7 (A-Dur), 17. Symphonie Nr.8 (F-Dur), 18. Symphonie Nr.9 (d-Moll); Franz Schubert:1. Symphonie Nr.4 (c-Moll), ,,Tragische, 2. Symphonie Nr.5 (B-Dur), 3. Symphonie Nr.7 (C-Dur), 4. Symphonie Nr.8 (h-Moll), ,,Unvollendete, 5. Stabat mater Nr.2 (f-Moll) 1 (C-Dur); Carl Maria von Weber:1. Abu Hassan, Singspiel, 2. Klarinettenkonzert Nr.1 (f-Moll), 3. Der Freischutz, Romantische Oper, 4. Preziosa, Schauspielmusik, 5. Euryanthe, Romantische Oper, 6. Oberon, Romantische Oper; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy:1. Musik zum Sommernachtstraum, 2. Symphonie Nr.3 (a-Moll), ,,Schottische, 3. Symphonie Nr.4 (A-Dur), ,,Italienische; Robert Schumann:1. Symphonie Nr.1 (B-Dur), ,,Fruhlingssymphonie, 2. Genoveva, Oper, 3. Symphonie Nr.3 (Es-Dur), ,,Rheinische; Johannes Brahms:1. Klavierkonzert Nr.1 (d-Moll), 2. Variationen uber ein Thema vom Joseph Haydn (B-Dur), 3. Symphonie Nr.1 (c-Moll), 4. Symphonie Nr.2 (D-Dur), 5. Klavierkonzert Nr.2 (B-Dur), 6. Symphonie Nr.3 (F-Dur), 7. Symphonie Nr.4 (e-Moll).
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