Sextet In E Flat Major Op. 81B

Sextet in E flat major op. 71 and March WoO 29-BEETHOVEN SEXTET IN Eb MAJOR OP71 MARCH WOO 29 WIND INST URTEXT BOOK

After the Sextet in B-flat major op. 18-A much welcomed edition to the Piano trio literature.Includes an informative introduction (Eng/Ger) and a critical commentary (Eng).In addition to Bärenreiter?s scholarly-critical editions of Brahms? trios an arrangement of Brahms? String Sextet Op.18 for Piano trio by his contemporary and friend Theodor Kirchner is now being published. Simrock Brahms publisher issued it in 1883. Brahms responded to the arrangement of his sextet with total enthusiasm and praise for the skills of his friend Kirchner (1823 1903).Christopher Hogwood?s scholarly-critical edition includes an introduction which sheds light not just on thehistory of the arrangement and its validity in its own right but also on Kirchner and his relationship to Brahms.Chamber Works by Brahms already published:Trio for Violin Violoncello and Piano Op.87 (BA 9436)Trio for Violin Violoncello and Piano Op.101 (BA 9437)Trio for Violin Horn (Viola or Violoncello) and Piano Op.40 (BA 9435)Trio for Clarinet (Viola) Violoncello and Piano Op.114 (BA 9438)

for two Clarinets two Horns and two Bassoons-The Serenade in E-flat K.375 exists in two versions one for two clarinets two horns and two bassoons and another for the same forces plus two oboes forming an octet.From Mozart himself we know a fair amount about the occasion that led to the first six-instrument version of this work and about its early performances. Written for the sister-in-law of the court painter Hickl it probably originated toward the end of September or the beginning of October in 1781 and was first performed on 15 October the name-day of St. Theresa.The octet version probably arose in the summer of the following year. It is far more than a mechanical expansion of the sextetwith the oboes merely reinforcing the clarinets colla parte. Not only did Mozart take advantage of the occasion to make changes in the articulation and the dynamics he also altered the work’s melodic substance and formal design. The two additional high-register instruments allowed him to achieve more subtle distinctions and gradations of timbre thereby enabling him for example to vary the timbral homogeneity of the two clarinets. The opportunity arose to divide melodic phrases among the clarinets and oboes or to make them more brilliant and incisive by doubling them at the unison or octave.- scored for Clarinet (in B-flat) (2) Horn (2) Bassoon (2)- Urtext of the New Mozart Edition- Parts (BA5334) and study score both versions format 22.5 x 16.5cm (TP315) available for sale

L'opus 71 de Beethoven fait partie d'une série d'oeuvres pour diverses formations d'instruments à vent, composées dans les années 1790. En 1805, lors de l'exécution à Vienne de cette oeuvre au caractère dansant et léger, des auditeurs louèrent ses 'belles mélodies', ainsi que la 'richesse d'idées nouvelles et surprenantes'. Cinq années plus tard, Beethoven se décida finalement à faire publier le Sextuor. Se basant sur la partition de l'édition complète des oeuvres de Beethoven, notre édition propose, comme de coutume, les parties séparées de cors aussi bien dans la tonalité d'origine, en Mi bémol, qu'en Fa. Offerte en supplément, la Marche WoO 29 est la seule autre composition de Beethoven pour deux clarinettes, deux cors et deux bassons. / Clarinettes, Cors et Bassons