Cadenzas

SKU: BR.EB-8736

ISBN 9790004181232. 9 x 12 inches.

One could say that Michael Kuhn's cadenzas to Mozart's beloved Double Concerto K. 299 went directly from the concert stage to the publisher, and from the publisher back to performers. Commissioned by the Concentus Musicus Wien, they were recorded on CD in 1998 under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Although the musicians played on original instruments (transverse flute and single-action pedal harp), the cadenzas can be executed just as effectively on modern instruments. For his work, Kuhn took as his guideline the original cadenzas Mozart wrote for his Sinfonia concertante K. 364 and his Concerto for two pianos and orchestra K. 365, which date from about the same time. Kuhn's new edition should be seen as an alternative to Carl Reinecke's popular cadenzas (EB 6859), which continue to be available from Breitkopf & Hartel.

Kuhn's new edition should be seen as an alternative to the popular cadenzas 3 Cadenzas for Mozart's Concerto in C major K. 299 (297c) by Carl Reinecke.

SKU: PR.114402020

UPC: 680160005109.

Composed for cellist Barbara Haffner, CADENZAS AND VARIATIONS III is based on the opening of the composer’s Kaddish Requiem composed in the fall of 1971. When Wernick decided to revise portions of the requiem’s first movement, he became intrigued with where the opening cadenza might lead in a totally different context, leading him to use it as the “theme” for the 1973 work. Much of the work was written in the exotic city of Dar es Salaam in a studio overlooking a luxuriant tropical garden of bouganvillia, hibiscus, wild orchids, and flamboyants. None of this is evident in the music, not even the “waltzing” dove which was wonderfully entertaining except during working hours, when he nearly drove the composer mad.