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Piano
Monumental
Ludwig van Beethoven:
Grande Sonate
in B-flat major
for Pianoforte op. 106
“Hammerklavier”
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
“Here’s a sonata that will challenge pianists and that one will be able
to play in 50 years”: thus Beethoven is said to have written to his
publisher Artaria regarding his mighty “Hammerklavier” Sonata
op. 106. Given its monumental scale and extreme musical and
pianistic demands, the term “Grande Sonate” seems almost an
understatement. Dedicated to Archduke Rudolph of Austria, this
sonata is famous not least for the seemingly unplayable autograph
metronome marks in the opening movement and final fugue –
a matter on which the editor offers a new explanation. Nothing is
uncomplicated in this pinnacle of the classical-romantic piano
sonata, composed in “adverse circumstances” from 1817 to 1819.
Even the sources pose supreme editorial challenges.
Edited by Jonathan Del Mar
With an Introduction by Misha Donat
and notes on performance practice
by Jonathan Del Mar and
Misha Donat
☞ BA 11810 · approx. € 11.95
To appear in December 2018
• Urtext edition with the latest musicological findings
• Detailed Critical Commentary and source descriptions (Eng)
• Informative Introduction and valuable notes on central issues
of period performance practice (Ger/Eng)
New Issue Title
9 New Publications II/2018 · The Programme