Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Mozart Requiem (K.626) (Ostrzyga completion) (Full Score) This publication offers a source-critical edition of Mozart’s fragmentary “Requiem” as well as an alternative to the traditional Süssmayr version. It makes it possible to perform 1) the fragment, identified in print in both the score and the parts, 2) the authentic sections left incomplete by Mozart, now in a s…

Par BEETHOVEN LUDWIG VAN. Beethoven’s Sonatas for Pianoforte and Violin are now available at a special set price. The set consists of volume I (BA 9014) and volume II (BA 9015). Beethoven’s ten sonatas for piano and violin, along with those by Mozart, constitute the heart of this classical music genre. Following the lead of Mozart’s late sonatas, Beethoven lets the violin part become increasingly…

Ausgabe mit den Ergänzungen von Ferdinand Schubert. Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. edition based on the autograph score [1815], with the recommendations of Ferdinand Schubert. / Messe / Répertoire / Solistes STB, Choeur SATB Version 1 (original) : (

Par SCHUMANN ROBERT. In 1925, Breitkopf & Härtel approached the young pianist Wilhelm Kempff to prepare Clara Schumann’s “Instructive Edition” of her husband’s works for the new engraving. “[…] The comparison with the autograph and the Urtext edition [First Schumann Complete Edition], the results of the Schumann research, the modern principles of notation – all of this would have to be taken into …

Beethoven's fifth and final piano concerto is at the same time the culmination of his efforts in this genre and a reflection of all his artistic skill and expertise. The surviving manuscripts provide a clear insight into his working methods and his intentions regarding the work's performance.The editor, Jonathan Del Mar, has closely scrutinised the autograph solo piano part and reproduced Beethove…

This setting of the opening to Psalm 102 was composed in the early 1680s. Purcell, who was in his early twenties, had succeeded John Blow as organist of Westminster Abbey around the beginning of the decade and his star was in the ascendant as a court composer. In this piece he pulls off a remarkable compositional coup: a single, gradual climax, lasting over two minutes and culminating on the final…

Epistelsonate. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. Edition based on the Mozart autograph in the Saltikov-Shtchedrin Library in St. Petersburg. Carus editions of the Mozart masses for which the Epistle Sonata KV 263 would be suitable. Missa in C KV 259 [Organ Solo Mass, CV 40. 628]; Missa longa in C KV 262 [CV 51. 262, in prep. ]; Missa in C KV 258 [Spaur Mass, CV 40. 627]; Missa in C KV 257 [Great Credo …

Marienantiphon. Par MOZART WOLFGANG AMADEUS. The new edition is based on the autograph which was presumed to have been missing since the second world war but which was rediscovered in 1964. It is the basis for the present new critical edition by Christine Martin. In contrast to previous sources, several matters concerning articulation have been corrected. / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Solo S…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. Schubert's much-loved masterpiece is a mainstay of the classical choral repertoire. Prepared from the composer's autograph manuscript, Brian Newbould's authoritative new performing edition takes account of invaluable additional source material in Schubert's hand, discovered recently and now held in the Monastery Library at Klosterneuburg./ Répertoire / Conducteur

In 1739 Bach's Third Part of the Clavier Übung was published on 80 pages closely printed. Ever since then the collection has been regarded as a high point in the history of organ composition as it offers an impressive cross section of Bach's artistry.This present volume is an updated edition of Volume 4, Series IV, of the New Bach Edition, presented by Manfred Tessmer in 1969. A fully revised edit…

Par SCHUBERT FRANZ. This study score of Franz Schubert 's complete string trios (Violin, Viola and Violoncello) takes its text from the New Schubert Edition. It also includes Schubert 's very first essay in the genre, which only resurfaced in 1997: the draft trio in B-flat major, D 111A (1814). Besides this draft, two other trios in B-flat major written a short while later have come down to us: D …

Par CHOPIN FREDERIC. A must for any discerning pianist, Roy Howat?s new critical edition for The Complete Chopin from Edition Peters provides a beautifully presented performing text based on Chopin?s autograph, restoring Chopin?s original text and correcting important pitches wrongly presented in previous editions. Variants are clearly presented as ossias within the main text of each Etude and onl…

Only few pieces have ever won over the audience and haunted their composer as much as Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor. The composer virtually complained that 'people want to have it played all the time'. The present new edition of this 'highlight' of the piano music repertoire considers the differences between autograph and first edition very carefully, comparing them with the composer's r…

Arrangeur: Hartmut Schick. Par DVORAK ANTONIN. When Antonín Dvorák started composing his String Quartet No. 10 in late 1878, none of his quartets had yet been performed. However this new work, deliberately cast in the 'Slavonic” style, quickly achieved international renown and has remained among one of the most popular string quartets by Dvorák. The authoritative Dvorák scholar Hartmut Schick has…

Par DVORAK ANTONIN. For several years following composition of his first piano quartet, Dvorák?s publisher Simrock pushed him to compose a follow-up piece in the genre. The work, written during a few short weeks in summer 1889, fulfilled Simrock?s wishes. With his op. 87, Dvorák delivered a challenging and mature work in which a mastery of form is combined with memorable themes and surprising harm…