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Hi all,
I was wondering if it was possible to get concerto music with only the soloist's part? It seems like you can only get the ones for 2 pianos and it gets old turning the page every 30 seconds. I understand the purpose of having the accompaniment part, but it seems to me that it would be easier to practice with only the solo part.
Currently tackling: - Bach, Chromatic fantasy and fugue - Mozart, Sonata K. 284 - Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit - Rachmaninoff, Suite op. 17 n. 2 - 2 Scarlatti sonatas
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I don't know if that is available. I agree it would be nice to have just the solo part alone for practicing, so I've photocopied the whole thing, cut out the orchestral part, taped it back together and then slipped it into page protectors for practicing.
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Deborah
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Older French editions often published the solo part and the second piano part (eg Faure Ballade, D'Indy Mountain Symphony, Chaminade Concertstuck) in two separate copies included under the same cover. Older editions of the concertos of Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Weber, Schumann etc from publishing firms like Peters, Augener, Novello and Breitkopf and Hartel incorporated the orchestral (tutti) parts in small notes onto the same stave (brace) of the score as the solo part and thus involved less page-turning.
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When I first started playing piano I wanted to see the music for Rachmaninoff's c minor piano concerto so I ordered it from sheet music plus. I didn't really understand the differences between editions and thought I was getting the two piano score. Nope.....turns out it was for solo piano only. It's a pretty crappy edition to say the least but they do exist you just have to look. A lot of the actual piano part was cut out in some parts and replaced with an orchestral reduction of the, obviously, orchestral part.
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Originally posted by phanofbeethoven: When I first started playing piano I wanted to see the music for Rachmaninoff's c minor piano concerto so I ordered it from sheet music plus. I didn't really understand the differences between editions and thought I was getting the two piano score. Nope.....turns out it was for solo piano only. It's a pretty crappy edition to say the least but they do exist you just have to look. A lot of the actual piano part was cut out in some parts and replaced with an orchestral reduction of the, obviously, orchestral part. If the edition you bought was for solo piano, have you compared it with the original piano score to see if this may be an "arrangement" that doesn't incorporate the original writing for the piano part? That often happens when concerti are reduced "for solo piano". Regards,
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All of the actual parts that were written for solo piano are the same as what is in the original piano score. The only difference is that some of the original piano parts are cut out and replaced with orchestral reductions when the orchestra is playing a more prominent role. Also the printing job is really awful...a lot of smudges!!!
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Solo piano parts may be available along with the set of parts, usually sold separately. Check with Kalmus.
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