Written in just two days in February 1849, Robert Schumann's Fantasy Pieces Op. 73 were first performed by his wife Clara and the clarinettist Johann Gottlieb Kotte. Initially entitled Soirée Pieces, the composer later had the works published under the name of Fantasy Pieces, thus establishing a connection with poetical aspects. The first edition published in July 1849 contained not only a clarine…

Following the publication of Dvorák's early set of love songs 'Cypresses?, all his other songs with piano accompaniment are now appearing in Urtext editions.'Songs II? includes the mature works from Dvorák's late period. Besides the well-known cycle 'Love Songs? and the less well-known cycle 'Three Modern Greek Songs?, the volume also contains some entirely unknown and previously unpublished piece…

First ever publication based on the autographOriginally written for violin and orchestra between 1873 and 1877, Dvorák's 'Romance? immediately followed his String Quartet in F minor (1873) and draws on the theme from its slow movement. He probably wrote the 'Romance? for his friend, the violin virtuoso Franti?ek Ondrícek, who later premiered Dvorák's Violin Concerto in 1883.Our edition is the firs…

Although the sources to Beethoven's piano concerto op. 19 are generally known, many misconceptions and misinterpretations are put right in this Bärenreiter Urtext edition. Up till now, no edition was based exclusively on the authentic sources. Previous publications tended to rely on earlier editions, such as the old Beethoven Complete Edition which in turn also did not take exclusively authentic s…

Over the years, the need for a new edition of Mahler's Symphony #2 became apparent for several reasons. First, many new sources for this work have become accessible since 1970, when Erwin Ratz completed the first critical edition of this symphony, the most significant being Mahler's personal reference score in which he recorded changes to be made (his last entries were made in September 1910). The…

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók?s Second String Quartet was composed ? with several long interruptions ? between 1915 and 1918, after he had spent several years almost solely devoted to collecting folk music. The melody and rhythms of the riotous middle movement ?Allegro, molto capriccioso? provide impressive testimony of how his research trips had taken him as far as North Africa. The first edition of th…

Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók' s 'Romanian Christmas Songs' are based on folk melodies that originated in a pagan celebration of the winter solstice, and which he felt gave ' the impression of a fiery, war-like type of song, rather than a pious and religious one”. Nevertheless, he chose 20 melodies from this collection of ' colinde” and published them under the title of ' Christmas Songs”. In the first …

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix
Lobgesang / Hymn of Praise op. 52 MWV A 18
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
- Urtext edition taking all sources into account
- Piano reduction by the composer including his piano version of the ?Sinfonia?
- Extensive Foreword (Ger/Eng) and detailed Critical Commentary (Eng)
Mendelssohn?s contemporaries frequently men…

Dvorak's Serenade in E major for string orchestra is one of his most popular and frequently played works. It was written in the spring of 1875, when he had just experienced his first successes at the conductor's podium and had received a state arts scholarship. The score and parts were published by Bote and Bock, Berlin, in 1879. This Urtext edition is based on the composer's autograph score. It c…

Opus 11. Par SCHOENBERG ARNOLD. Arnold Schönberg?s Piano Pieces op. 11 are a milestone in the development of piano music. Schönberg had also already composed other atonal works, but always for voice with sung text. By contrast the Piano Pieces op. 11 are the first instrumental compositions to be written in so-called ?free atonality?. For all its revolutionary explosive power, the cycle is classica…