Best of Beethoven (Cello)

SKU: CF.YAS215F

ISBN 9781491160756. UPC: 680160919352.

Beethoven's 5th Symphony is one of the best-known musical compositions of the Classical period. Its opening measures are instantly recognizable, even to the non-musician. This arrangement takes a little different approach to this passionate masterpiece. Instead of the bold, dynamic energy of the original score, this arrangement features a softer, delicate interpretation, creating a sense of loneliness, loss, and heartbreak in a gentle setting. While the tempo of this piece is notated as Largo, rubato, the arranger encourages conductors to use rubato liberally for ultimate dramatic effect. Suggested measures for additional ritardando include the end of measure 9 and measures 13 through 15. Holding back the tempo momentarily at the discretion of the director can convey the fullest range of expression and emotion.
Beethoven’s 5th Symphony is one of the best-known musical compositions of the Classical period. Its opening measures are instantly recognizable, even to the non-musician. This arrangement takes a little different approach to this passionate masterpiece. Instead of the bold, dynamic energy of the original score, this arrangement features a softer, delicate interpretation, creating a sense of loneliness, loss, and heartbreak in a gentle setting. While the tempo of this piece is notated as Largo, rubato, the arranger encourages conductors to use rubato liberally for ultimate dramatic effect. Suggested measures for additional ritardando include the end of measure 9 and measures 13 through 15. Holding back the tempo momentarily at the discretion of the director can convey the fullest range of expression and emotion.

About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series

This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels

SKU: M7.DOHR-13751

ISBN 9790202027516.

Beethovens Eroica-Sinfonie liegt in zwei Bearbeitungen für Klavierquartett vor: von Ferdinand Ries (entstanden um 1804/1805) und von einem anonymen Bearbeiter (fl. 1807). Beide Fassungen bieten eine getreue Umsetzung der Vorlage, unterscheiden sich allerdings in Herangehensweise und Details. Obgleich Ries' Klavierquartett-Fassung der Eroica für den breiten Markt bestimmt war und folglich darauf zielen musste, von Laien musiziert zu werden, stellt sie doch erhebliche Anforderungen an jeden der vier Musiker; insbesondere das Pianoforte ist stark am musikalischen Geschehen beteiligt - ein Vergleich mit der Bearbeitung seines ungenannten Wiener Kollegen von 1807 ist dabei sehr aufschlussreich: Dort kommt der Klavierpart sehr viel simpler daher, verzichtet weitgehend auf Oktavierungen und vertraut imitatorisch geführte Passagen entweder ganz oder jedenfalls wesentlich den Streichern an. Ries' Bearbeitung ist einmal ein ausgewachsenes Klavierquartett, in dem sich die Kunstfertigkeit des angehenden Komponisten äußert, der um 1804/1805 gerade einmal zwanzig Jahre alt war. Und sie bietet eine kongeniale Umsetzung von Beethovens dritter Sinfonie für eine kleinere Besetzung.(Guido Johannes Joerg) Die Satzfolge ist: Allegro con brio Marcia funebre. Adagio assai Scherzo. Allegro vivace Finale. Allegro molto Für beide Fassungen erscheint ein separates Stimmenset, das jeweils auch eine Klavierstimme enthält.

SKU: CA.1039514

ISBN 9790007245368. Language: German.

Beethoven's Meeres Stille und Gluckliche Fahrt (Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage) op. 112 for four-part mixed chorus and symphony orchestra - his setting of a pair of poems by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - defies straightforward categorization, but can best be described as a choral ode. Beethoven in fact never voyaged by sea, but his composition, premiered in 1815, continues to surprise even today. He depicted in music the smooth surface of the motionless water and the oppressive calm, which meant nothing other than being becalmed, a delayed voyage, and short rations in the era of sailing, with the same intensity as a freshening increasing wind, with which Aeolus, the God of the winds, ultimately enabled the longed-for prosperous voyage to take place. The composed calmness of the motionless sea is conveyed in the low register used throughout, in which the chorus sings the first poem accompanied by washes of pianissimo sounds on the strings. There is a surprising moment with the musical portrayal of the ungeheuere Weite (immense breadth), at which the vocal-instrumental writing suddenly crescendos to forte and unfolds into a texture of over five octaves. By contrast Gluckliche Fahrt is written in restlessly-compiled meters, whose musical setting in flowing movement with diatonic scale passages evokes happy excitement and confidence. The work was dedicated to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whom Beethoven greatly admired throughout his life. The work has now been published in a new critical edition based on the first printed edition and the performance score which Beethoven himself checked and corrected. Score and part available separately - see item CA.1039500.

SKU: M7.BP-2804

ISBN 9790015280405.

Es ist mir ein großes Anliegen, der Oboenwelt 2 Quartette von Friedrich Thurner vorzustellen, die neben Mozarts genialem Meisterwerk zum Besten zählen, was im 18./19. Jhd. in dieser Besetzung für unser Instrument geschrieben worden ist. Heinz Holliger Die beiden sehr unterschiedlichen Quartette, stilistisch zwischen Beethoven, Spohr und sogar Schubert angesiedelt, offenbaren eine höchst originelle, eigenständige Komponistenpersönlichkeit von großer Ausdruckskraft und hohem handwerklichen Können.