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Violoncello, Orchestra (Violoncello, Piano) SKU: BA.BA09040-90 Arrangement for Violoncello and Piano by the Composer. Composed by Edward Elgar. Edited by Jonathan Del Mar. Arranged by Edward Elgar. This edition: urtext edition. Stapled. Barenreiter Urtext. Piano Reduction; Urtext Edition. Opus 85. 32/15 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA09040-90. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA09040-90). ISBN 9790006526949. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Key: E minor.Edward Elgar's concerto for violoncello, his last major work, is a cleanly structured and emotionally charged composition. It is no wonder that this work is of central importance in the cello literature. Jonathan Del Mar's editorial skills show themselves in the exacting placement of dynamics, articulation and expression markings. The edition restores all Elgar's solo cello fingerings and bowings and offers a facsimile of the original solo cello part in the critical commentary. Jonathan Del Mar also documents the performing tradition of the work and its recording under Elgar's baton. This is the last word on this famous work, a reference edition for every cellist! - First ever critical edition - All existing sources consulted - First ever critical commentary

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