Richard Strauss: Oboe Concerto (1945)

SKU: HL.48024944

ISBN 9781784545543. UPC: 840126946819. 9.25x12.0x0.337 inches.

If there was ever a composer in the modern era from whom instrumentalists would hanker for a sonata or concerto, Richard Strauss must be right up there. His wide-ranging orchestral and operatic creations bleed with gloriously idiomatic writing for every instrument, and yet only the piano, violin, clarinet (in tandem with the bassoon), oboe and horn can really claim to have bespoke solo works from the composer's seamlessly productive pen, and collectively they form only a small proportion of the composer's output. No mere transcription, this three-movement Sonata after Richard Strauss extends well beyond a redeployment of the composer's music to fit a new idiom, filling the gaping chasm of 'serious' late-Romantic recital material for trumpet players, to be performed in toto or as Drei Konzertstücke. Thomas Oehler and Jonathan Freeman-Attwood have drawn on a wide range of Strauss's works to create the new offering, including the Violin Sonata, Von den Hinterweltlern (Also sprach Zarathustra), the Serenade for Winds ('From an invalid's workshop') and Zerbinetta's Aria (Ariadne auf Naxos).

SKU: SU.00220214

AVAILABLE FOR SALE TO U.S. CUSTOMERS ONLY The complete Oboe and English Horn parts [CD-ROM] for the 50 orchestral works included in The Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library™, Volume 9: Strauss, Sibelius and more. If these parts were purchased separately, this collection could cost several hundred dollars. Parts are easily viewable and printable on either PC or Mac using embedded Adobe® Reader technology. Contents: BLOCH Schelomo; J. STRAUSS II Fledermaus Overture, Gypsy Baron Overture, Perpetuum Mobile; R. STRAUSS Alpine Symphony, Also sprach Zarathustra, Aus Italien, Bürger als Edelmann (Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme), Burleske for Piano and Orchestra, Cäcilie, Dance of the Seven Veils, Death and Transfiguration, Don Juan, Don Quixote, Ein Heldenleben, Freundliche Vision, Horn Concerto No. 1 in Eb, Macbeth, Morgen (2 keys), Das Rosenband, Rosenkavalier Waltzes, Symphonia Domestica, Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks, Zueignung (2 keys); SIBELIUS Andante festivo, En Saga, Finlandia, Karelia Suite, Lemminkäinen Suite Nos. 1-4, Pelleas and Melisande, Pohjola's Daughter, Symphonies Nos. 1-5, Valse triste, Violin Concerto; SCHOENBERG Chamber Symphony No. 1, Gurrelieder, Pelleas and Melisande, 5 Pieces for Orchestra, Pierrot lunaire, Verklärte Nacht; WEBERN Passacaglia, Op. 1 Visit for more information

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SKU: HL.49042434

ISBN 9783795794491. 10.25x13.5x1.141 inches. German.

Carl Maria von Weber's fame rests mainly on 'Der Freischutz'. The unprecedented success of this opera overshadowed all his other works and contributed to their increasing fall into oblivion. Certain works such as 'Preciosa', 'Oberon', and 'Euryanthe', the overtures, solo concertos and piano sonatas, the lieder and chamber works enjoyed great popularity and were widely known in Germany and abroad as late as the second half of the 19th century. However, any chance of a revival of Weber's influential and substantial oeuvre was wasted in the 1920s, when a complete edition - begun by Hans Joachim Moser and with potential contributors including Wilhelm Kempff, Hans Pfitzner, Max von Schillings, Fritz Stein and Richard Strauss - failed after the third volume.Ever since there have been numerous attempts to restart a complete edition of Weber's works, but as this kind of project would have required the co-operation of scholars from both sides of the inter-German border, the political situation after 1945 was not conducive to any such enterprise. Careful negotiations led to the first tangible steps in the 1980s. The intention, right from the beginning, was to place Weber's work in context, and not to separate his musical output from his influential work as a writer, critic and organiser in the musical field, but to publish his compositions together with his letters, diaries and other literary output as the best way to document the cross-fertilisation between his musical, literary and practical activities.Since the German re-unification both working-parties concerned - at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, and at the Musikwissenschaftliches Seminar, Detmold/Paderborn - have co-operated on the complete edition of the musical works (c. 45 volumes in 10 series: sacred music; cantatas, odes and other occasional works; stage works; lieder and vocal works; orchestral works; chamber music; music for piano; piano reductions; miscellanea, arrangements and orchestrations; works of doubtful attribution). The diaries (6-8 vols.) are edited in Berlin and the letters (8-10 vols.) and other writings (2 vols.) in Detmold. This complete edition aims to be a reliable basis of scholarly debate as well as for the authentic performance practice of Carl Maria von Weber's music. Conforming to the standards of recent historico-critical editions, the textual material will be based on all available authentic sources, accompanied by a detailed documentation of the genesis and a list of variants for each work. The musicological importance of the works will be evaluated by placing them in their historical context, the presentation of their genesis, history and Critical Commentaries. The letters, writings and diaries will be treated as inter-related and relevant to each other in the commentaries, therefore readers should benefit from a wealth of concise information and cross-references.