Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major Op. 83
Urtext from the new Brahms Complete Edition
[pno,orch] duration: 50' solo: pno – 2.2.2.2 – 4.2.0.0 – timp – str
Description
Brahms’ “Piano Symphony” in the Urtext of the complete edition
Johannes Brahms enjoyed a bit of understatement every now and then, and whenever his second piano concerto was the object of discussion, he called it his “little” concerto – although it was more than clear that, with its four movements (including Scherzo), he was giving his contemporaries something truly symphonic to chew on. The press didn’t hesitate long: soon it was being derisively called “piano symphony,” which, however, did nothing to prevent its popularity. Brahms himself and other pianists played the work everywhere in the 1880s, and the piano reduction was so successful that it had to be reprinted three times within three months after its first printing.
The Urtext edition follows the text of the respective volume in the Brahms Complete Edition published in 2013. It takes the first printing of the score as the main source; moreover, both the autograph as well as the printed reduction provided further information with which engraving errors of the first edition could be corrected.
PB 16107D
score
EAN: 9790004823484
129 pages / 25 x 32 cm / digital edition
EB 11231
piano reduction
(equal to HN 1231)
pno duet
EAN: 9790201812311
124 pages / 31 x 23.5 cm / 504 g / softbound
OB 16107-15
violin 1
EAN: 9790004342527
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 16107-16
violin 2
EAN: 9790004342534
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 70 g / stapled
OB 16107-19
viola
EAN: 9790004342541
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 69 g / stapled
OB 16107-23
violoncello
EAN: 9790004342558
16 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 87 g / stapled
OB 16107-27
double bass
EAN: 9790004342565
12 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 71 g / stapled
OB 16107-30
wind parts
EAN: 9790004342572
102 pages / 25 x 32 cm / 440 g / folder
Description
Description
Brahms’ “Piano Symphony” in the Urtext of the complete edition
Johannes Brahms enjoyed a bit of understatement every now and then, and whenever his second piano concerto was the object of discussion, he called it his “little” concerto – although it was more than clear that, with its four movements (including Scherzo), he was giving his contemporaries something truly symphonic to chew on. The press didn’t hesitate long: soon it was being derisively called “piano symphony,” which, however, did nothing to prevent its popularity. Brahms himself and other pianists played the work everywhere in the 1880s, and the piano reduction was so successful that it had to be reprinted three times within three months after its first printing.
The Urtext edition follows the text of the respective volume in the Brahms Complete Edition published in 2013. It takes the first printing of the score as the main source; moreover, both the autograph as well as the printed reduction provided further information with which engraving errors of the first edition could be corrected.
Table of contents
| 1. | Allegro non troppo |
| 2. | Allegro appassionato |
| 3. | Andante |
| 4. | Allegretto grazioso |