- High quality Bärenreiter Urtext edition
- Urtext solo piano part and an additional piano part with fingering
- New kind of presentation of the piano reduction incorporating solo piano parts as customary in the 19 th century
After attending the premiere of Beethoven’s stately concerto for violin and orchestra Muzio Clementi approached the composer and requested the work in a transcription for piano and orchestra; his wish was fulfilled in 1807 providing us with not just an alternative version of the composition but also one with authentic cadenzas which Beethoven had not written for the Violin Concerto! This version has waited a long time to be properly edited after the existing sources and the famed Beethoven scholar Jonathan Del Mar has done just that!
Working with all known sources, Del Mar finally presents us with Beethoven’s solo piano articulation and dynamics and Beethoven’s cadenzas. And, for the first time we now have clarity regarding the meaning of Beethoven’s Solo and Tutti markings.
All in all, a groundbreaking scholarly critical edition; a “must“ for every pianist, every orchestra and every music library.
The piano reduction will be presented in a new format: