Category Archives: piano + orchestra

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto – extraordinary works involve extraordinary solutions

Probably no other work in recent years has brought us … Continue reading

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On Mozart’s ‘second naïveté’ (Alfred Einstein)

I can’t recall when I first read Alfred Einstein’s Mozart … Continue reading

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Waiting can be worthwhile – On Maurice Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G major

At the outset the piano reduction of Ravel’s Piano Concerto … Continue reading

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No end to Rachmaninoff in sight: several annotations to opp. 3 and 16

Perhaps – despite the anniversary year – I’m rather overdoing … Continue reading

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Bach’s harpsichord concertos and their autograph

If you’re looking for a simple answer to the question … Continue reading

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Viva la música española – Spanish music in Henle Urtext Editions

Emerging in the 19th century in nearly all of Europe … Continue reading

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Don’t miss a beat! The first movement of Saint-Saëns’ 2nd piano concerto

As editors we are occasionally confronted with questions that at … Continue reading

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