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Author: Melissa
Date: 2003-12-29 01:12
What version do you think is the best to purchase? Why or why not?
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Author: rbell96
Date: 2003-12-29 20:25
With the Mozart Concerto it all depends on what you want to see on the score.
Do you want a score with lots or articulation? Do you need a basset part? Do you need A or Bb?
I use the Barenreiter Urtext edition which is very good. You have the raw material then to base your interpretation on. (I think that is the edition a friend used in a masterclass we had with Antony Pay the other week)
Hope this helps,
Rob
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Author: Melissa
Date: 2003-12-29 23:05
What key is that edition in? I only want one in Bb since I only have a Bb clarinet and trying to sight transpose and play the concerto would be extremly frustrating (I'm not the best sight transposer).
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Author: theclarinetist
Date: 2003-12-29 23:27
I have the Breitkopf edition for A clarinet and the Southern Music Company version for Bb clarinet.
I think each edition has pros and cons. I like the Breitkopf because it has a lot of the parts transposed down. One might like this because it's closer to the original basset version, I just like the way that it sounds personally. A few cons of this version is that there is very little articulation and the piano/orchestra cues are the same size as the clarinet part notes (as opposed to being smaller), which can make reading the piece a little more difficult.
The Southern Music Company version has more parts transposed all the way up a whole octave (I suppose this could be better than the Breitkopf. It just depends on whether you prefer to have as many notes as possible in the original octave or if you prefer to keep the passages as a whole more original (by not having certain notes in relatively different octaves that original written)). Also, the SMC version has plenty of articulation written in (which is good or bad, depending on what you want). I don't really see any problems with this version. Some people say the "lesser" versions are not as accurate, but I've not noticed any problems yet.
Both editions are fine in my opinion and they're similar in price. I prefer the range (of some passages) of the Breitkopf, but I find the SMC version a lot easier to read (because the cues are small). It's up to you ultimately!
Don Hite
theclarinetist@yahoo.com
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Author: Katrina
Date: 2003-12-30 02:34
I was just studying my Peters "Urtext" version today, and think I may end up springing for the Barenreiter as well. 20-odd years ago I got the Southern Ed. to use for "solo and ensemble contest" because at age 14 I didn't have an A clarinet. I needed that version because it has the piano part transposed...the clarinet part is still written in C major.
Katrina
(who is amazed at the synchronicity of this question because she was wondering the same thing about 3 hours ago...)
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Author: Micaela
Date: 2003-12-30 21:41
I also like the Breitkopf because it is unobtrusive in its markings and very nicely printed but it's a bit expensive. The Southern edition is good because it has so many cadenza options for the second movement (like most people, I just use the quintet one). The Breitkopf edition doesn't have any cadenzas at all.
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-12-30 22:31
Micaela wrote:
> The
> Southern edition is good because it has so many cadenza options
> for the second movement (like most people, I just use the
> quintet one). The Breitkopf edition doesn't have any cadenzas
> at all.
No edition should have "cadenza" options.
Eingang options - yes
Cadenza options - no ...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-12-31 01:56
The Mozart Concerto does not have a cadenza...never had, never will... The proper terminology is eingang, which is very different than a cadenza ...GBK
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Author: GBK
Date: 2003-12-31 15:21
I think the 3 editions which offer the most recent insight and thought, yet leave the door open for one to make the Concerto a personalized piece would be the 1977 Bärenreiter edition (edited by Giegling), the 1974 Schott edition (edited by Hacker) or the 1987 Breitkopf and Härtel edition (re-edited by the Trio Di Clarone).
All of the above are in the key of A. I believe that the Bärenreiter edition is also published with a Bb accompaniment ...GBK
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