We owe a debt of gratitude to the clarinettist Richard Mühlfeld for making the elderly Brahms so interested in his instrument. In the 1890s the composer wrote the Trio op. 114, the Quintet op. 115 and the Sonatas op. 120 – three gems in the clarinet chamber music repertoire.
Brahms also provided a part for viola as an alternative to the clarinet. The revision of our edition of the viola version of opus 120 is based on the musical text of the New Brahms Complete Edition and in many respects contains significant improvements: we were able to consult the autograph for the first time; the newly set piano score now contains the viola part; and viola players can benefit from fingerings and bowings by Tabea Zimmermann in the solo part.
我們應該感謝單簧管演奏家理查德·穆爾費爾德,是他讓年邁的布拉姆斯對單簧管產生了濃厚的興趣。 19世紀90年代,布拉姆斯創作了作品114號三重奏、作品115號五重奏和作品120號奏鳴曲——這三首作品堪稱單簧管室內樂曲目中的瑰寶。
布拉姆斯也為中提琴創作了聲部,作為單簧管的替代選擇。我們修訂的作品120號中提琴版樂譜是基於《新布拉姆斯全集》的樂譜,並在許多方面進行了重大改進:我們首次得以查閱勃拉姆斯的親筆手稿;新編的鋼琴總譜中加入了中提琴聲部;中提琴演奏者還可以參考塔貝亞·齊默爾曼在獨奏部分提供的指法和弓法部分提供的指法和弓法。