Piano Quintet In E-Flat Major K452 K 452

Piano Quintet E flat major op. 16-Les ?uvres pour instruments ? vent (autrefois appel?s harmonie) ou celles dont l?instrumentation en comportait constituaient ? l??poque du classicisme viennois un genre par-ticuli?rement appr?ci?. Beethoven laissa ?galement toute une s?rie d??uvres de ce genre parmi lesquelles son quintette avec piano op. 16 en Mi b?mol majeur compos? en 1796 lors de sa tourn?e de concerts ? Prague et Berlin. Le parall?le avec le quintette K. 452 de Mozart ne peut ?tre ignor? ? ? la fois du fait de leur tonalit? commune et de la succession des diff?rents mou-vements. Le caract?re gracieux et enjou? de l??uvre rappelle lui aussi le mod?le tant estim? par Beethoven. La valeur qu?il accordait? cette ?uvre transpara?t dans le fait qu?il le mit plusieurs fois au programme de ses propres concerts publics en tant que pianiste et qu?il en ?crivit ?ga-lement une version pour quatuor avec piano et trois instruments ? cordes.

Edition for piano two violins viola and violoncello-Edition for piano two violins viola and violoncello (2-piano reduction with 1 each of the string parts) 'Mr. Mozart Kapellmeister wishes to announce to the most worthy public the appearance in print of three of his recently contrived piano concertos. These three concertos may be performed not only with a large orchestra including wind instruments but also a quattro that is with two violins one viola and violoncello. They will be issued early in April of this year (1783).' As this advertisement shows it was Mozart's intention to keep the accompaniment part flexible in his piano concertos K.413-5 and as we know from a letter Mozart wrote to his father inK.449 as well. In addition to orchestral forces it is also possible to use a chamber setting with string instruments one to a part. This chamber music edition accommodates this option thereby enriching Mozart's charming chamber music with piano. These editions of Mozart's Piano Concertos are based on the Urtext editions published in the New Mozart Edition. In the present arrangement for two pianos the solo Part - as well as the strings - are unchanged and thus identical with the version in the NMA. The piano arrangement adheres to the original orchestral score. Chamber music editions available for: Piano Concerto No.11 in F major K.413 BA4875Piano Concerto No.12 in A major K.414 BA4877Piano Concerto No.13 in C major K.415 BA4879Piano Concerto No.14 in E-flat major K.449 BA4871

?In the evening we played Robert?s E-Flat Major Quartet for the first time ? and I was once again truly delighted at this beautiful and so youthful work? enthused Clara Schumann in 1842. Inpreparation for this work Schumann had studied String quartets by the Viennese Classical composers. This is why all of the parts in the quartet are treated equally forming a splendid ensemble. Our edition has anextensive critical commentary on account of the difficult source situation. The fold-out page in the Cello part was designed with music practice in mind. The Piano Quartet and the Piano quintet op. 44 referred toas ?sister works? were both composed in Schumann?s ?chamber music year?. For this reason we were publishing them both in the 2006 ?Schumann Year?.

Music Minus One Oboe-The E-flat Beethoven quintet is a wonderful example of Beethoven at his best. Beautiful sonorities in one of the great classics of chamber music. The Andante is especially beautiful with an almost perfect integration of all the instruments.