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Johannes Brahms
String Quartets op. 51 no. 1 c minor and no. 2 a minor
Editor: Salome Reiser
50.95 $
Urtext Edition, paperbound
Pages: 125 (VII, 35, 31, 27, 25), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm
Order no. HN 40 · ISMN M-2018-0040-0
Brahms had already composed over 20 string quartets (he confessed to a friend that he had burnt all of that “stuff”) before he finally presented his Opus 51 to the public. In the end only three surviving works managed to withstand his high self-criticism; numerous layers of corrections bear witness to his struggle with each detail. We are now publishing the two passionate dark Quartets op. 51 separately from the rather more lively Opus 67. The basis for this edition is the volume in the New Complete Edition of Brahms’ works, published in 2004 by Henle, for which previously missing sources in a Swiss bequest were consulted for the first time.
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Reviews
In these two volumes Henle have again provided clarity of reading, useful fold-out pages for turning purposes and interesting information about the compositional and editing processes. Add these to your collection.
[Stringendo, 2009]
Zusammen mit dem Quartett op. 67, das getrennt erschien, bildet der vorliegende Band eine solide Notengrundlage zur Interpretation und Forschung der drei Brahms-Quartette.
[Die Tonkunst, 2009]
Zum 175. Geburtstag wurden nun die Quartettspieler und die mitlesefreudigen Konzertgänger reich beschenkt: mit der als Urtext bezeichneten, im Notenbild exzellenten Neuausgabe in Henles allbekanntem und gefragtem Taubenblau.
[Neue Musikzeitung, 2008]
Contents
- String Quartet no. 1 c minor op. 51
- String Quartet no. 2 a minor op. 51