CLARINET CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E-FLAT MAJOR, OP. 57
PIANO REDUCTION
COMPOSER: LOUIS SPOHR

HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS SOFTCOVER
SERIES: HENLE MUSIC FOLIOS
PUBLISHER: HENLE URTEXT EDITION
FORMAT: SOFTCOVER
SCORE AND SOLO PART
EDITOR: ULRICH SCHEIDELER

DESCRIPTION:
-LOUIS SPOHR`S CONCERTOS HAVE LONG BEEN A STANDARD FEATURE IN THE CLARINET REPERTOIRE, BUT UP TO NOW THEY HAVE SUFFERED DUE TO A LACKOF RELIABLE EDITIONS. IN ORDER TO FILL THIS GAP, G. HENLE PUBLISHERS IS NOW FOLLOWING ITS EDITION OF THE CONCERTO NO. 1 IN C MINOR (HN 995) WITH A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE CONCERTO NO. 2 IN E FLAT. THIS IS THE ONLY ONE OF SPOHR?S FOUR CLARINET CONCERTOS IN A MAJORKEY, AND ITS BUOYANT ATMOSPHERE AND JOIE DE VIVRE REMAIN CAPTIVATING - ESPECIALLY IN THE FINAL, “ALLA POLACCA” MOVEMENT. IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST-EVER URTEXT EDITION OF THIS CONCERTO! FOR THIS EDITION, ULLRICH SCHEIDELER HAS CONSULTED BOTH THE FIRST EDITION OF 1822, PUBLISHED IN LEIPZIG, AS WELL AS AN IMPORTANT EARLY MANUSCRIPT. A NEW, PRACTICAL, EASY-TO-PLAY PIANO ARRANGEMENT OF THE ORCHESTRAL ACCOMPANIMENT HAS BEEN MADE BY CHRISTOPH SOBANSKI. THE ORCHESTRAL PARTS MAY BE HIRED FROM BREITKOPF & HÄRTEL.