Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in E flat major Op. 57
Urtext
[clar,orch] duration: 20' solo: clar – 2.2.0.2 – 2.2.0.0 – timp – str
Description
Louis Spohr’s technically, extremely demanding concertos have long been part of clarinetists’ standard repertoire. Like the first clarinet concerto, this second concerto was composed for the clarinetist Johann Hermstedt, probably in the spring of 1810. Critics praised the concerto at its premiere, stating that it was “undeniably one of the most accomplished works of art of its kind.” Emphasized was also the “great and brilliant treatment of the solo instrument, combined with a very original orchestra accompaniment, where every part, even the timpani, is obbligato.” The concerto was even then a great success with the audience. For publication, Spohr supplemented the solo part with various ossia passages as simplifying alternatives. These can of course be found in the score as well as in the piano reduction presented in Ullrich Scheideler’s new critical Urtext edition in collaboration with G. Henle Verlag, now for the first time in a reliable edition.
EB 10996
piano reduction
(equal to HN 996)
clar,pno
EAN: 9790201809960
56 pages / 23.5 x 31 cm / 229 g / stapled
PB 15146
study score
EAN: 9790004803400
72 pages / 16.5 x 22.5 cm / 157 g / stapled
OB 15127-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004347485
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 80 g / stapled
OB 15127-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004347492
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 15127-19
viola
EAN: 9790004347508
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 15127-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004347515
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 65 g / stapled
OB 15127-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004347522
8 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 49 g / stapled
OB 15127-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004347539
76 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 329 g / folder
Description
Description
Louis Spohr’s technically, extremely demanding concertos have long been part of clarinetists’ standard repertoire. Like the first clarinet concerto, this second concerto was composed for the clarinetist Johann Hermstedt, probably in the spring of 1810. Critics praised the concerto at its premiere, stating that it was “undeniably one of the most accomplished works of art of its kind.” Emphasized was also the “great and brilliant treatment of the solo instrument, combined with a very original orchestra accompaniment, where every part, even the timpani, is obbligato.” The concerto was even then a great success with the audience. For publication, Spohr supplemented the solo part with various ossia passages as simplifying alternatives. These can of course be found in the score as well as in the piano reduction presented in Ullrich Scheideler’s new critical Urtext edition in collaboration with G. Henle Verlag, now for the first time in a reliable edition.