Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 18

SKU: HL.50601560

ISBN 9781540039699. UPC: 888680894047. 9.0x12.0x0.163 inches.

44 bagatelles, German dances, ländler, minuets, sonatinas, and more. Contents: Allegretto in B minor, WoO 61 • Bagatelle in G minor, Op. 119, No. 1 • Bagatelle in A Major, Op. 119, No. 4 • Bagatelle in C Major, Op. 119, No. 8 • Bagatelle in A minor, Op. 119, No. 9 • Bagatelle in B-flat Major, Op. 119, No. 11 • Bagatelle in G Major “Lustig und Traurig,” WoO 54 • Bagatelle in A minor “Fur Elise,” WoO 59 • Bagatelle in B-flat Major, WoO 60 • Ecossaise in G Major, WoO 23 • German Dance in E-flat Major, WoO 86 • German Dance in E-flat Major, WoO 8, No. 5 • German Dance in G Major, WoO 8, No. 6 • German Dance in C major, WoO 8, No. 7 • German Dance in D Major, WoO 13, No. 1 • German Dance in B-flat Major, WoO 13, No. 2 • German Dance in B-flat Major, WoO 13, No. 6 • German Dance in E-flat Major, WoO 13, No. 9 • German Dance in C Major, WoO 13, No. 10 • Klavierstuck in G minor, WoO 61a • Seven Landler, WoO 11 • Six Landler, WoO 15 • Minuet in B-flat Major, WoO 7, No. 8 • Minuet in F Major, WoO 7, No. 8 • Minuet in F Major, WoO 7, No. 12 • Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2 • Minuet in E-flat Major, WoO 10, No. 3 • Minuet in C Major, WoO 10, No. 6 • Miinuet in E-flat Major, WoO 82 • Sonata in G minor, Op. 49, No. 1, Andante and Rondo. Allegro • Sonata in G Major, Op. 49, No. 2, Allegro ma non troppo and Tempo di Minuetto • Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 1 • Sonatina in F major, Anh. 5, No. 2 • Waltz in E-flat Major, WoO 84 • Waltz in D Major, WoO 85.

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.