Two Pianos Four Hands-Edited by Edwin Hughes.Please note: two scores needed to perform.
SKU: BR.OB-5302-27
ISBN 9790004340059. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Between Beethoven and Brahms, a long neglected workSchumann's last work for solo instrument and orchestra was not given its premiere until 1937, at which time it was also released in an editorially inadequate version. A re-evaluation of Schumann's late oeuvre began in the 1980s, in the wake of which the missing link between the concertos of Beethoven and Brahms (Yehudi Menuhin) also drew increasing attention. Since then, those in the know have come to appreciate the work, whose unique musical and technical demands challenge for both interpreter and listener.This new edition of what is perhaps the most underestimated masterpiece of the Romantic era is the first meticulously prepared Urtext edition of the score. Nothing short of incredible is the fact that the composer's own piano reduction from which Clara Schumann and Joseph Joachim played the piece is being published here for the first time! Thomas Zehetmair, who has significantly contributed to the re-assessment of the concerto, assumed the task of providing a sound technical basis to his revision of the solo part.Perhaps this edition will help stimulate awareness and appreciation of this unjustly forgotten romantic violin concerto described by Menuhin as the missing link between the concertos by Beethoven to Brahms. (John Thomson, Stringendo)Schumann's last work for solo instrument and orchestra was not given its premiere until 1937. This new edition is the first meticulously prepared Urtext edition of the score and the composer's own piano reduction - from which Clara played the piece!
SKU: BR.OB-5302-19
ISBN 9790004340035. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5302-30
ISBN 9790004340066. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5302-23
ISBN 9790004340042. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-5302-16
ISBN 9790004340028. 10 x 12.5 inches.
SKU: BR.PB-5317
ISBN 9790004212356. 6.5 x 9 inches.
SKU: BR.OB-15121-19
ISBN 9790004340141. 10 x 12.5 inches.
Schumann's A minor concerto is considered as the ultimate romantic piano concerto. Since the Schumann anniversary year 2010, musicians will be able to base their performance on a complete Urtext edition. The state of the sources is unfortunately patchy, as the original version of the first movement, a Phantasie of 1841 that was given two trial performances, can no longer be reconstructed. On the other hand, the posthumously published score raises certain questions, since it diverges from the editions (solo part and orchestral parts) authorized by Schumann and published in 1846, after the first performance. The pianist Mitsuko Uchida contributed the fingering for the version for two pianos. Schumann's great solo concertos are thus available in their entirety from Breitkopf, in editions prepared with the expert help of major interpreters: the Cello Concerto with Heinrich Schiff and the Violin Concerto with Thomas Zehetmair. Dans l'incomparable qualite de gravure de la plus ancienne maison d'edition musicale au monde! (L'education musicale).
SKU: BR.OB-15121-30
ISBN 9790004340172. 10 x 12.5 inches.