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…

The present reduction derives from the critical edition of the score published in this catalog in 2002 (PR 1362). Although it is not possible to establish with certainty the time and the occasion for which it was composed - between the end of 1716 and beginning of 1717 - the Gloria RV 589 is the best known among the works Vivaldi wrote on this subject, enough to be considered the Gloria by Vivaldi…

Bärenreiter Johann Sebastian Bach Christmas Oratorio BWV 248: Facsimile of the autograph score in the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, edited by Christoph Wolff and Martina Rebmann, from the series ‘Documenta musicologica II/54 / Bärenreiter Facsimile’, ISBN 9783761824481, BVK02448, 24.5 x 40.5 cm, 148/33 pages, half leather / Bärenreiter

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 …