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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,...

El oratorio de Pascua BWV 249 se estrenó el Domingo de Pascua de 1725 con el texto "Venid, daos prisa y corred". En el cómputo de la nueva BWV, se trata ya de la BWV 249.3, tras dos cantatas de felici...

Se dice que "El Danubio Azul" es el himno secreto de Austria y, junto con la "Marcha Radetzky", es la pieza tradicional del Concierto de Año Nuevo de la Filarmónica de Viena. Ya en su estreno mundial...

Johann Strauß Sohn revolucionó el vals vienés en el siglo XIX y lo popularizó en todo el mundo. Sus obras, como los famosos valses "El bello Danubio azul" op. 314 y "Cuentos de los bosques de Viena" o...

The genesis of Beethoven’s 4th symphony came at an extraordinary time for the composer not only regarding productivity: Thus, in 1806 he composed, among other things, the 4th piano concerto, the three...

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...

Some eighteen years elapsed between Raff’s first counted String Quartet op. 77 and his Quartets Nos. 6–8 op. 192, combined as one work. As such, Raff parted with the weighty single opus in quartet com...

Some eighteen years elapsed between Raff’s first counted String Quartet op. 77 and his Quartets Nos. 6–8 op. 192, combined as one work. As such, Raff parted with the weighty single opus in quartet com...

Some eighteen years elapsed between Raff’s first counted String Quartet op. 77 and his Quartets Nos. 6–8 op. 192, combined as one work. As such, Raff parted with the weighty single opus in quartet com...

Schumann’s close collaboration with the David quartet, together with the valuable advice of his friend Mendelssohn Bartholdy, led the composer to make extensive changes to the Streichquartette op. 41...

These Impromptus are arrangements of the impromptus for piano from op. 5. The exact date for arranging the piano impromptus for string orchestra is presently not known, but it took place approximately...

Exactly 300 years after Bach completed his unique cosmos of the Sei Solo á Violino senza Basso accompagnato, Kolja Lessing is presenting a collection, rich in discovery, of also 6 solo violin works in...

Edición de fuentes puras (sin mezcla de tradiciones diferentes)Con textos sobre fuentes, órganos, cronología, uso de claves, categorización litúrgica, así como notas individuales detalladas, incl. eje...

Hasslers Liedsammlung 'Lustgarten Neuer Teutscher Gesäng' (1601) war so beliebt, dass sie um 1640 vollständig für Tasteninstrumente eingerichtet wurde. Martin Böcker hat für den Erstdruck 25 wirkungsv...

In his Preludes and Fugues, Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the...

In his Preludes and Fugues, Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the...

Although the 'fantasia' was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach - he had since relocated to Köthen - and the experienced...

Although the 'fantasia' was already considered as old-fashioned around 1700, this genre exerted a particular fascination on the very young Bach - he had since relocated to Köthen - and the experienced...

In this volume with the Toccatas (and Fugues) as well as individual works the Swiss organist Jean-Claude Zehnder has amply proven his mettle as a Bach specialist here. Of particular interest in this b...

Genres such as sonata, trio and concerto were initially uncommon in the keyboard music of the early 18th century. Thus it comes as no surprise that many of the pieces in this volume are arrangements b...

Volume 6 contains the three collections that Bach himself took to the printer: the Dritter Teil der Clavier-Übung was published in 1739; the Sechs Choräle von verschiedener Art ('Schübler-Choräle') an...

The basic repertoire of the 45 choral preludes of the Orgelbüchlein is hard to get by for any organist. Edited by Sven Hiemke, the volume offers the best possible prerequisites for everyday use. The m...

Volume 8 presents the work group called the 'Leipziger Choräle.' Next to the late versions compiled and entered by Bach himself in the manuscript 'P 271', all of the early versions with their sometime...