


They were in all probability not intended for his own use as Beethoven’s improvisatory skills were legendary. 61 as well as for Mozart’sConcerto in d minor K. 1 4 for his Piano arrangement of the Violin Concerto op. The edition presents numerous new findings about the genesis of both works./ Recueil / OrchestreĬadenzas and Lead-ins for Piano Concertos-This volume contains all of Beethoven’s surviving cadenzas and lead-ins for Piano concertos: both for his own concertos nos. The present volume of the Complete Edition of works by Bohuslav Martinu is based mainly on contemporary copies containing the composerÂ’s own modifications.

In this case, Martinu strongly influenced the edition of the work. The concerto in three movements, composed at the request of Swiss pianist Margrit Weber, is quite different from the previous work in terms of its compositional means. The next work, “Concerto in B flat major for Piano and Orchestra”, known under the name “Fantasia Concertante”, was to be Martinu’s very last concert work. It was composed for Martinu’s friend Rudolf Firkušný, who played from a copy of the autograph until 1970, when the composition was first put into print. “Incarnation” (1956), Bohuslav Martinu’s fourth piano concerto, follows an atypical two-movement structure. The Bohuslav Martinu Complete Edition III/1/5.
