Johannes Umbreit

Two copies necessary for performance. Shortly after a rather unsuccessful performance of his Piano Concerto no. 1, Johannes Brahms wrote to Joseph Joachim in 1859: '... a second one will sound differe...

Given Saint-Saëns' talents both as pianist and composer, it stood to reason that he would engage with the piano concerto genre early on. But he gave a clear renunciation of the 'concerto brilliant' th...

Despite its unusual form - a structure with two sections, each comprising two movements that are to be played without interruption - this work from 1875 enjoyed great success from the start. In its ba...

It is almost impossible to tell from listening to them that Bach's extremely popular concerti for harpsichord were probably his own transcriptions of solo concerti which had originally been composed f...

Hummels 'Potpourri' for Viola and Orchestra op. 94 is part of every viola player's core re­pertoire, especially in its shortened version, the 'Fantasy'. Sprinkled with quotes from operas by Mozart and...

> Original cadenza no. 1 also in a version by Eugène Ysaye > With a marked and unmarked string part > Recital Piece for advanced students > Preface by the Belgian expert on Vieuxtemps, Marie Cornaz >...

Dvořák composed this concerto at his publisher's suggestion. He drafted it relatively swiftly in summer 1879, but completing it was a more drawn-out process that lasted until 1882. He had the famous v...

Bach's E major Violin Concerto has survived solely in the form of a copy, but in view of its significant compositional substance, and of Bach's arrangement (which has come down to us as an autograph)...

For a long time, Swedish composer Bernhard Henrik Crusell was considered an insider tip among clarinetists, but his concertos have now found their way onto concert stages. No wonder, given the ravishi...

Following our edition of the Grand Concerto in f minor op. 5 (HN1209), we are expanding our series of Crusell's clarinet concertos to include the one in B flat major op. 11. The Swedish composer was h...

Tras sensacionales éxitos con el musical "Lady, be good!", con obras imperecederas como "Fascinating Rhythm" y "The Man I love" y con la "Rhapsody in Blue", Gershwin estrenó su "Concierto en fa" para...