Overture from The Magic Flute, arranged for string quartet by Christian Beyer. Score and parts.
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The two sonatas of Johannes Brahms' op. 120 are widely hailed as crowning points of the repertoire for clarinet and piano. Moreover, in the version for viola and piano arranged by Brahms himself, they rank
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