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Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created a standard work with his final violin concerto in E minor op. 64 MWV O 14 that is now firmly established in today's concert repertoire. When in 1838 the composer in...

Richard Strauss was aware (especially following the success of his 'Don Juan') of his reputation and above all of his 'value' as a composer, which led him to rewrite several of his successful works by...

Joachim Raff's Fifth Symphony "Lenore" op. 177, composed in 1872, reveals the composer as a representative of the middle ground between Neo-German aesthetics and the symphonic tradition. It owes its n...

Joachim Raff’s celebrated first cello concerto is only gradually being rediscovered today. This is astounding, taking into account both the quality of the composition as well as its enthusiastic recep...

Strauss had originally intended that Don Quixote always be performed, if possible, together with Heldenleben, “since Don Q. in particular is only fully comprehensible alongside Heldenleben.” To date,...

Johann Sebastian Bachs Magnificat BWV 243 ist eine opulente Festmusik, die in vielerlei Hinsicht eine Besonderheit in seinem Œuvre darstellt. Die erste Fassung (Es-dur, BWV 243.1) erfährt ihre Urauff...

Immediately after finishing his First Symphony in B flat major op. 38, Robert Schumann wrote the present D minor Symphony in 1841. Despite its successful world premiere at the Leipzig Gewandhaus on 4...

The six last and musically most important symphonies of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Breitkopf & Härtel Urtext edition. Editors Cliff Eisen and Henrik Wiese present a text-critical authentic musical...

“The Blue Danube“ is said to be Austria’s secret anthem, and alongside the “Radetzky March” it is the traditional encore piece at the annual New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Al...

Johann Strauß Sohn revolutionized the Viennese waltz in the 19th century and made it popular all over the world. His works, such as the famous waltzes "The Beautiful Blue Danube" op. 314 and "Tales fr...

Das hier vorliegende Concertino in Es-Dur op. 5 wurde eigens für den Leipziger Posaunenvirtuosen Carl Traugott Queisser (1800-1846) komponiert, der auch Widmungsträger des Werkes ist. Hinweise auf das...

Die Ausgabe versammelt alle originalen Posaunenpartien aus Bachs Kantatenschaffen und berücksichtigt dabei die wesentlichen Erkenntnisse zur historisch angemessenen Musizierpraxis dieser Werkgruppe. D...

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Die 12 Duos sind vermutlich für zwei Bassetthörner gedacht gewesen. Das Autograf trägt die Überschrift "Di Wolfgang Amadé Mozart mp. Wien den 27t Jullius 1786 untern Kegelschieben", was den Duetten -...

CD Minguet Quartett MDG 603 0665-2

Experience classical chamber music in consummate harmony: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s "Divertimento No. 1 in B-flat major, K. Anh. 229" captivates with buoyant vitality, melodic elegance, and a masterfu...

CD Lukas David (Violine), Fabian Diederichs (Violoncello)

UA Helsinki, 2. April 1959 CD Jean Sibelius Quatett, FACD 355

Orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern: The two captivating quartets are now available as Urtext editions. With his first String Quartet in D minor, op....

Orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern: The two captivating quartets are now available as Urtext editions. With his first String Quartet in D minor, op....

In view of Mendelssohn's strong revising obsession, the quintets pose some challenges to the editor: in the A-major quintet, after he replaced an inner movement and switched the order of the movements...