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Best edition for Brahms

on: April 10, 2007, 09:21:14 PM

What's the best edition for Brahms?

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Re: Best edition for Brahms

Reply #1 on: April 10, 2007, 10:05:55 PM

ABRSM definitely

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Re: Best edition for Brahms

Reply #2 on: April 10, 2007, 10:37:05 PM

I use the one published by Henle Verlag, which is quite readable, durably constructed, and seems to have no mistakes, as Dover, Schirmer, and Cortot's editions are apt to.

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Reply #3 on: April 10, 2007, 11:12:26 PM

Is the ABRSM edited by Tovey?

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Reply #4 on: April 11, 2007, 12:00:11 AM

The Dover edition is a reprint of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Edition of Brahms' complete works, published in 1927 by Breitkopf & Hartel. It's one of the first urtext editions, and is very reliable. My grad school teacher was an urtext nazi; if this edition was bad, he'd have told me to burn it. And the price is right; for about $30-$40 all Brahms' piano music is yours (in three volumes).

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Re: Best edition for Brahms

Reply #5 on: April 11, 2007, 12:14:46 AM

Quote from: pita bread on April 10, 2007, 11:12:26 PM

Is the ABRSM edited by Tovey?

nope, howard ferguson

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Reply #6 on: April 11, 2007, 12:22:16 AM

That's the same editor for the Beethoven editions, is it annotated by Tovey, or does Tovey have anything to do with it? (Because if so, I'll shell out the money for it fo sho)

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Reply #7 on: April 11, 2007, 05:33:31 PM

he doesnt have anything to do with it. but you should still buy them. trust me howard ferguson is brilliant

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Re: Best edition for Brahms

Reply #8 on: April 12, 2007, 08:11:42 PM

Sauer edition

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Reply #9 on: April 21, 2007, 05:12:01 AM

Arg, I ended up getting Henle, but I might still order the ABRSM.

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