Johannes Brahms: Clarinet trio for Piano, Clarinet (or Viola) and Violoncello A minor op. 114

SKU: FH.WC7

ISBN 978-1-55440-583-1.

This new series offers a sequenced approach to the study of clarinet from the beginner to advanced levels. With a progressive collection of Repertoire, Etudes, Recordings, Orchestral Excerpts, and Technique, the Clarinet Series, 2014 Edition provides complete support for teachers and students at every level of study. Nine progressive volumes of Repertoire expose students to a wealth of music from the earliest works for clarinet to accompanied and unaccompanied contemporary compositions. Students will explore some of the most definitive solo pieces written for clarinet, along with popular folk tunes, Klezmer melodies, Classical solos, and contemporary compositions that incorporate traditional and extended techniques.
Level 7:
De Hebriden, op. 26: Overture - Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 39, K 543: II, III, IV - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No. 5, op. 64: I, II - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 2, op. 36: II - Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No. 2, op. 18: II - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68: I - Ludwig van Beethoven
Level 8:
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 8, Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr Borodin
Il barbiere di Siviglia: Overture - Gioachino Rossini
Symphony No. 4 (Italian), op. 90: IV - Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 4, op. 98: II - Johannes Brahms
Ouverture zu Offenbach's Orpheus in der Unterwelt - Carl Binder
Symphony No. 8 (Unfinished), D 759: II - Franz Schubert
Symphonie fantastique: III - Hector Berlioz
Level 9:
Symphony No. 6 (Pastoral), op. 68 : I, II, III - Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 3, op. 90: I, II - Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 4, op. 60: II - Ludwig van Beethoven
Semiramide: Overture - Gioachino Rossini
Symphony No. 3 (Scottish), op. 56: II - Felix Mendelssohn
Prelude a l'apres midi d'un faune - Claude Debussy
Symphony no. 9, op. 125: II - Ludwig van Beethoven
Level 10:
Symphony No. 2, op. 27: III - Sergei Rachmaninoff
Violin Concerto, op. 61: II - Ludwig van Beethoven
Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream, op. 61: Scherzo - Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1, op. 39: I, III - Jean Sibelius
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, op. 56a: Variation II, Variation IV, Variation V - Johannes Brahms
Symphony No. 8, op. 93: III - Ludwig van Beethoven
Sheherazade, op. 35: II, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Associate: B_, A, C Clarinet:
Capriccio espagnole, op. 34: I, III, IV - Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Dances of Galanta - Zoltan Kodaly
Pini di Roma: III - Ottorino Respighi
Suite de l'oiseau de feu: Variation de l'oiseau de feu - Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 6 (Pathetique), op. 74: I - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 9, op. 70: II, III - Dmitri Shostakovich
Don Juan, op. 20 - Richard Strauss
Symphonie fantastique: V - Hector Berlioz
Peter and the Wolf, op. 67: Nervoso - Sergei Prokofiev
Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dance No. 17 - Aleksandr Borodin
Associate: E_ Clarinet:
Symphony no. 5, op 100: IV - Sergei Prokofiev
Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, op. 28 - Richard Strauss
Symphony no. 5, op. 47: II - Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphonie fantastique: V - Hector Berlioz
Bolero - Maurice Ravel
Associate: Bass Clarinet:
Les Huguenots: Trio from act 5 - Giacomo Meyerbeer
Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 77: II - Dmitri Shostakovich
Grand Canyon Suite: III - Ferde Grofe
Don Quixote, op. 35: Sancho Panza, Variation X - Richard Strauss.

SKU: BR.EB-9440

ISBN 9790004189177. 9 x 12 inches.

The two sonatas of Johannes Brahms's op. 120 are widely hailed as crowning points of the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Moreover, in the version for viola and piano arranged by Brahms himself, they rank among the most frequently played viola works of the 19th century. They far surpass in compositional substance the relatively few original sonatas written for these instrumentations during the same period.Of the two fellow works, the Sonata No. 2 in E flat major is the more accessible. Diverging from the classical-romantic tradition, Brahms used the key of E flat major here not to express the heroic or monumental, but to obtain lyrical, chiefly restrained characterizations. The serenade-like beauty of the principal theme, which opens the sonata, has always been particularly admired. In his review of the world premiere, the renowned Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick, a friend of Brahms's, raves with the words it was as if it had fallen from the Heavens. The closing set of variations also follows with gentle gracefulness this lyrical character. However, the middle movement, with its tempestuous outer sections in E flat minor and the hymnic trio in B major provides a passionate and serious contrast, which allows the flanking idyll to unfold its beauties all the more insistently.

SKU: BR.EB-9441

ISBN 9790004189184. 9 x 12 inches.

The two sonatas of Johannes Brahms's op. 120 are widely hailed as crowning points of the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Moreover, in the version for viola and piano arranged by Brahms himself, they rank among the most frequently played viola works of the 19th century. They far surpass in compositional substance the relatively few original sonatas written for these instrumentations during the same period.Of the two fellow works, the Sonata No. 2 in E flat major is the more accessible. Diverging from the classical-romantic tradition, Brahms used the key of E flat major here not to express the heroic or monumental, but to obtain lyrical, chiefly restrained characterizations. The serenade-like beauty of the principal theme, which opens the sonata, has always been particularly admired. In his review of the world premiere, the renowned Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick, a friend of Brahms's, raves with the words it was as if it had fallen from the Heavens. The closing set of variations also follows with gentle gracefulness this lyrical character. However, the middle movement, with its tempestuous outer sections in E flat minor and the hymnic trio in B major provides a passionate and serious contrast, which allows the flanking idyll to unfold its beauties all the more insistently.