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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto d minor BWV 1043 for 2 Violins and Orchestra
Editor: Hans Eppstein
Piano reduction: Johannes Umbreit
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Kurt Guntner
21.95 $
Urtext Edition, Piano reduction, paperbound
with marked and unmarked string parts
Pages: 66 (III, 23, 10, 10, 10, 10), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 672 · ISMN M-2018-0672-3
Level of difficulty (Violin): medium (Level 5)
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Reviews
...l'intenzione dell'editiore è evidentemente di conciliare il rigore filologico con le esigenze partiche, non solo dello studente di violino ma anche del pianista accompagnatore, la cui parte risulta sempre perfettamente eseguibile (anche per una scelta oculata delle corrette voltate di pagina).
[Hortus musicus]
... Les éditions Henle sortent une nouvelle collection comprenant les grandes pages de la musique concertante du répertoire avec la partie orchestrale réduite à un piano. ... Cette collection comporte les doigtés pour la partie soliste, une présentation claire (avec un effort particulier concernant les tournes) ainsi qu'une introduction trilingue.
[Ecouter voir]
... doch erscheinen diese Ausgaben aus verschiedenen Gründen empfehlenswert. Dies beginnt bereits mit der sehr spielfreundlich eingerichteten Aufmachung von BWV 1041, durch die der Kopfsatz und v.a. auch das rasche Allegro (wie auch in BWV 1042) ohne hastiges Blättern bewältigt werden können. Reduziert und ansprechend präsentieren sich die Violinstimmen, die vom Münchner Geiger Kurt Guntner mit Fingersätzen und Strichen versehen worden sind. ... Die Überlegenheit langjähriger Erfahrung des praktizierenden Musikers, die aus den Eintragungen spricht, dürfte auch eingefleischten Traditionalisten unmittelbar einsichtig werden. Die Klavierparts sind aufs Nötigste beschränkt und erinnern an den Cembalopart der Bach'schen Violonsonaten; so können diese drei klassischen Konzerte mit Gewinn und Geschmack kammermusikalisch musiziert werden.
[Das Liebhaberorchester]
... Für die neue Henle-Ausgabe spricht der schlanke und geschickt arrangierte Klavierauszug, der sich an der linearen Struktur der Orchesterstimmen orientiert und fürs Klavier gut geeignet ist; ...
[Schweizer Musikzeitung]
The levels of difficulty of the
music for violin published by G. Henle Publishers
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| easy | medium | difficult | ||||||
The levels of difficulty of the violin music published by G. Henle Publishers
| Level | Degree | Example |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | easy | Beethoven, 6 German Dances WoO 42 |
| 2 | Beethoven, Rondo G major WoO 41 |
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| 3 | Mozart, Violin Sonata F major KV 547 |
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| 4 | medium | Haydn, Violin Concerto A major Hob. VIIa:3 |
| 5 | Bach, Violin Concerto a minor BWV 1041 |
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| 6 | Brahms, Violin Sonata G major op. 78 |
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| 7 | difficult | Paganini, No. 9 from Capricci op. 1 |
| 8 | Beethoven, Violin Concerto D major op. 61 |
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| 9 | Berg, Violin Concerto |
I have assigned all of the violin music in G. Henle Publishers' catalogue a level of difficulty, ranging from "very easy" to "very difficult". The model for this was the evaluation system with nine levels developed for Henle's piano catalogue by Rolf Koenen. Unlike the works for solo piano, I have decided against evaluations that lie between two levels (e.g. 4/5 or 7/8).
This kind of attempt will always be "relative" to some degree. While the work remains the work, what is relative is the technical and musical ability of the player. Let us take a look at Mozart, for example, from the perspective of an Arthur Grumiaux and from that of a very young pupil. It is clear to whom my levels of difficulty are addressed: to the pupils or their teacher. I have, of course, always endeavoured to objectively assess the purely technical level of difficulty. But everything "between the lines" is, of course, left up to the judgement of each individual musician. Depending on our abilities, we perceive the "difficulty" of a work for violin differently, yet with the same conviction.
At the start, categorizing violin literature into levels of difficulty from 1 to 9 seemed to carry a certain risk as well as being unknown territory, yet I have now gained a deep insight into all of the works for violin in G. Henle Publishers' catalogue.
Ernst Schliephake © 2013