Ludwig van Beethoven

Konzert für Violine und Orchester D-Dur op. 61

Well-founded re-evaluated

Can there still be new readings compared to traditional editions? This is the question that editor Clive Brown has addressed, meticulously scrutinizing the often contradictory sources. Beethoven would probably also have been pleased to commission him with a new edition of his violin concerto, because Brown, like hardly any other researcher, has profound knowledge and experience with the performance practice of Beethoven's time. The result: a wealth of new readings in the score that are just as eye-opening as the extensively annotated edition for violin and piano. The solo instrument deserves special attention. In addition to the 'Urtext solo part', the edition contains a historically-informed arranged part with fingerings and bowings that go back to Franz Clement, the premiere interpreter and the Viennese performance tradition of Beethoven's time. A treasure trove for today's interpreters, a cornucopia of suggestions for one's own arrangement that has not existed before.