Violin Concerto in D minor WoO 1
Urtext
[vl,orch] duration: 32' solo: vl – 2.2.2.2 – 2.2.0.0 – timp – str
Description
Schumann’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.
PB 5302
score
EAN: 9790004212103
68 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 308 g / stapled
EB 8648
piano reduction
EAN: 9790004183441
62 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / 254 g / stapled
EB 8648D
piano reduction
EAN: 9790004813669
63 pages / 23 x 30.5 cm / digital edition
PB 5317
study score
EAN: 9790004212356
64 pages / 16.5 x 22.5 cm / 139 g / stapled
OB 5302-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004340011
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 69 g / stapled
OB 5302-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004340028
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 69 g / stapled
OB 5302-19
viola
EAN: 9790004340035
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 5302-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004340042
14 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 78 g / stapled
OB 5302-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004340059
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 54 g / stapled
OB 5302-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004340066
64 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 287 g / folder
Description
Schumann’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.
Table of contents
| 1. | In Powerful, Not too Fast Tempo |
| 2. | Slowly |
| 3. | Lively, but Not Fast |
Reviews and Testimonials
„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