Symphony in Eb major Hob. I:103 SE : Symphony in Eb major Hob. I:103 (Drumroll)

The twelve London Symphonies” comprise the sublime final statement of Haydn’s symphonic œuvre. They were written for the London impresario Johann Peter Salomon, and Haydn himself conducted their premieres during his lengthy stays in the English metropolis in 1791/92 and 1794/95. The E-flat-major Symphony no. 103 was composed in 1795 as the penultimate of the London Symphonies. It owes its epithet to its unique beginning: a solo drumroll in the timpani ushers in the slow introduction. This opening bar, marked with Haydn’s heading Intrada” and a pause, even inspires many a performer to venture a short timpani improvisation. This study edition adopts the musical text of the HaydnComplete Edition, thereby guaranteeing the highest scholarly quality. An informative preface and a brief Critical Report make the handy score an ideal companion for all current and soon-to-be Haydn fans.

Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op.77 And Op.103 (Urtext Edition)

These are the last of the nearly seventy quartets in Haydn ’s oeuvre. Originally he intended to write a set of six quartets, as so often in the past, but at the time they were written, in 1803, Haydn ’s health was so poor that he could not fully satisfy the commission from Prince Lobkowitz. Instead he published only two complete quartets as op. 77. Later he allowed an incomplete work consisting of two middle movements to appear as op. 103, adding to the print the portentous words: “Gone is all my strength, old and weak am I”. Musically, however, these quartets are anything but weak: they represent the aged composer virtually at the zenith of his powers. Haydn even went so far as to call op. 77, no. 2, his “most beautiful string quartet”.

7 Bagatellen Op. 103

Songs with Piano accompaniment Op. 103?121 : with Critical Report

Song Cycle op. 24 on Poems by Heine

At long last, singers with a lower vocal range can also rely on Henle’s Urtext editions of Schumann: the wonderful Song Cycle op. 24 on poems by Heine now appears in a transposed version, edited by Schumann expert Kazuko Ozawa. With the support of celebrated Lieder accompanist Gerold Huber, Henle now offers altos carefully arranged transpositions for medium voice. This Urtext edition includes an extensive preface on the origin of the work and a detailed Critical Report on the edition. The original edition for high voice is available in HN 548.

Song Cycle op. 24 on Poems by Heine

At long last, singers with a lower vocal range can also rely on Henle’s Urtext editions of Schumann: the wonderful Song Cycle op. 24 on poems by Heine now appears in a transposed version, edited by Schumann expert Kazuko Ozawa. With the support of celebrated Lieder accompanist Gerold Huber, Henle now offers baritones carefully arranged transpositions for low voice. This Urtext edition includes an extensive preface on the origin of the work and a detailed Critical Report on the edition. The original edition for high voice is available in HN 548.

Romanian Folk Dances

Bartók’s Rumanian Folk Dances, composed in 1915, are among his best-known works. They exist in multiple forms, since as well as several piano arrangements and a later orchestral version of his own there also exist arrangements by his contemporaries that were made with his consent. Today we can even access performances of the dances by Bartók himself; these recordings document varied repeats enriched by octave doublings to make a sort of “concert version” of the dances. Bartók expert László Somfai brings order to the rich fund of sources, and in Henle’s Urtext edition enters significant variants directly into the musical text itself.

Piano Sonatas Vol. II

In celebration of Beethoven Year 2020, G. Henle Publishers presents the first of three volumes with the complete piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven in a new Urtext edition, prepared by Maestro Murray Perahia and the renowned Beethoven expert at G. Henle Publishers, Norbert Gertsch. This volume contains the eleven sonatas published between 1802 and 1806, nos. 12 to 22, op. 26 to 54. All the sonatas have been edited to reflect the current state of research and include an extensive preface and a Critical Report that presents the source situation and problems of readings. Along with his invaluable fingerings, Murray Perahia bestows upon the piano world his in-depthreflections on the emotional world and structural makeup of these compositions. In celebration of Beethoven Year 2020, G. Henle Publishers presents the first of three volumes with the complete piano sonatas by Ludwig van Beethoven in a new Urtext edition, prepared by Maestro Murray Perahia and the renowned Beethoven expert at G. Henle Publishers, Norbert Gertsch. This volume contains the eleven sonatas published between 1802 and 1806, nos. 12 to 22, op. 26 to 54. All the sonatas have been edited to reflect the current state of research and include an extensive preface and a Critical Report that presents the source situation and problems of readings. Along with his invaluable fingerings, Murray Perahia bestows upon the piano world his in-depthreflections on the emotional world and structural makeup of these compositions.

Five Easy Piano Sonates

This selection of five “easy” sonatas offers advanced students of piano and aficionados the perfect entry point into the singular world of this great composer’s piano sonatas. Arranged in increasing level of difficulty (op. 49, op. 14, and finally op. 2, no. 1), this volume features all the benefits of the new Urtext edition, prepared by maestro Murray Perahia and the Beethoven expert Nobert Gertsch: an extensive preface on the genesis and publication of the works, comprehensive source information and the discussion of problematic readings among the sources, an in-depth essay by Perahia on the sketches and structure of the Sonata op. 14, no. 1, as well as - last but not least! -invaluable fingerings from his pen. This selection of five “easy” sonatas offers advanced students of piano and aficionados the perfect entry point into the singular world of this great composer’s piano sonatas. Arranged in increasing level of difficulty (op. 49, op. 14, and finally op. 2, no. 1), this volume features all the benefits of the new Urtext edition, prepared by maestro Murray Perahia and the Beethoven expert Nobert Gertsch: an extensive preface on the genesis and publication of the works, comprehensive source information and the discussion of problematic readings among the sources, an in-depth essay by Perahia on the sketches and structure of the Sonata op. 14, no. 1, as well as - last but not least! -invaluable fingerings from his pen.

Harpsichord Concerto no. 1 in d minor BWV 1052

Bach’s Harpsichord concerti, extremely popular among pianists, are presumably reworkings of pieces originally written for the Violin. Bach, however, succeeded in transferring the diverse idiosyncrasies of Violin technique to the keyboard with such ingenuity that most of today’s pianists also include these concerti in their standard repertoire. The first concerto in d minor is perhaps the most popular – not least because of its jaunty outer movements and the eminently forceful solo part. Now, as a prelude to a series of all of Bach’s Harpsichord concerti, G. Henle Publishers presents a Piano reduction and study edition (score) of the d-minorconcerto. None other than András Schiff, the outstanding Bach expert, has provided fingering suggestions.

Harpsichord Concerto no. 1 in d minor BWV 1052

Bach’s Harpsichord concerti, extremely popular among pianists, are presumably reworkings of pieces originally written for the Violin. Bach, however, succeeded in transferring the diverse idiosyncrasies of Violin technique to the keyboard with such ingenuity that most of today’s pianists also include these concerti in their standard repertoire. The first concerto in d minor is perhaps the most popular – not least because of its jaunty outer movements and the eminently forceful solo part. Now, as a prelude to a series of all of Bach’s Harpsichord concerti, G. Henle Publishers presents a Piano reduction and study edition(score) of the d-minor concerto. None other than András Schiff, the outstanding Bach expert, has provided fingering suggestions.

Sonata For Violin And Piano : Op. 82

Edward Elgar spent the summer of 1918 in the countryside. In August he received reports of the approaching end of the First World War, and this good news so inspired him that he was able to finish an initial draft of his great Violin Sonata in barely four weeks. Writing about it in his diary, he notated laconically: “Wrote some music”. His wife Alice was more enthusiastic: “E. writing wonderful new music, different from anything else of his”. This magnificent music is now available in a Henle Urtext edition by the British violinist and Elgar expert Rupert Marshall-Luck. He has examined and evaluated the many sources according to all the rules of Urtext editing –the sketches, drafts, autograph fair copies, proofs and first edition.

String Quartets Volume II

After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart’s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II – in full score and individual parts. Included are the “Early Viennese Quartets” from 1773, K. 168–173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composer’s father Leopold, however, suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover, he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation, thereby producing a new, assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet, Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition! After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart’s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II – in full score and individual parts. Included are the “Early Viennese Quartets” from 1773, K. 168–173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composer’s father Leopold, however, suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover, he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation, thereby producing a new, assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet, Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition!

String Quartets Volume II

After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart’s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II – in full score and individual parts. Included are the “Early Viennese Quartets” from 1773, K. 168–173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composer’s father Leopold, however, suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover, he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation, thereby producing a new, assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet, Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition! After Volumes IV and III of the series with Mozart’s complete string quartets appeared as Henle Urtext editions in early 2017 and 2019 respectively, Mozart expert Wolf-Dieter Seiffert now presents Volume II – in full score and individual parts. Included are the “Early Viennese Quartets” from 1773, K. 168–173. Entries in the autograph manuscript by the composer’s father Leopold, however, suggest that the ordering of the six works into a unified series of quartets was his doing. In his preface, Wolf-Dieter Seiffert shares brand-new findings on the actual chronology of the genesis of these quartets. Moreover, he succeeds in correcting what in prior editions were occasionalinaccuracies in dynamics and articulation, thereby producing a new, assured musical text. With artistic input from the Armida Quartet, Volume II of the String Quartets also sets the benchmark in the Mozart Edition!

1 X 1905

The composition “1.X.1905,” generally referred to as a “sonata,” stems from the autumn of 1905, the peak of the riots between the Czech- and German-speaking populations in Janá ek’s hometown Brno. Reacting to the violent death of a Czech worker, Janá ek wrote a three-part composition for Piano originally bearing the title “From the Street, on October 1, 1905.” Dissatisfied with the work, however, Janá ek is said to have first burned the third movement in his fireplace and then thrown the remaining two movements into the Vltava, even before its premiere. A copy of these first two movements on which thepublication of the first edition was later based is also missing today. For this reason, the Urtext edition of G. Henle Publishers and Universal Edition is based solely on the first edition from 1924, which Janá ek expert Ji í Zahrádka has carefully evaluated and annotated for this volume.

Samtliche Klavierwerke Band 5 (Clothbound)

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth, an ambitious project has been realized in 2010: For the first time since Clara Schumann’s Complete Edition of 1879 93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorialproject. All of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision by Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich who also added works previously missing from our catalogue. The complete piano works, comprising six volumes,are now available in paperbound or clothbound editions, as well as a study edition set in a slipcase. Clearly ordered by opus numbers, the complete edition includes not only all of Schumann’spiano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarlyfindings, but also informative commentary texts, alternative versions and many things more.Contents: Faschingsschwank aus Wien op. 26- 3 Romanzen op. 28- Scherzo, Gigue, Romanze und Fughette op. 32- Album für die Jugend op. 68 - Vier Fugenop. 72- Vier Märsche op. 76- Waldszenen op. 82

Samtliche Klavierwerke Band 6 (Clothbound)

To commemorate the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann’s birth, an ambitious project has been realized in 2010: For the first time since Clara Schumann’s Complete Edition of 1879 93, all of the works for piano solo are appearing as one editorialproject. All of the Schumann titles published by G. Henle Publishers have undergone a careful revision by Schumann expert Ernst Herttrich who also added works previously missing from our catalogue. The complete piano works, comprising six volumes,are now available in paperbound or clothbound editions, as well as a study edition set in a slipcase. Clearly ordered by opus numbers, the complete edition includes not only all of Schumann’spiano works, revised to reflect the latest scholarlyfindings, but also informative commentary texts, alternative versions and many things more.Contents: Exercises - Etüden in Form freier Variationen über ein Thema von Beethoven- Variationen über ein eigenes Thema in Es [Geistervariationen]Es-dur - Drei Fantasiestücke op. 111- Drei Klaviersonaten für die Jugend op. 118- Albumblätter op. 124- Sieben Klavierstücke in Fughettenform op. 126- Gesänge der Frühe op. 133 - "Einsame Blume" aus Waldszenen op. 82- Bunte Blätter op. 99

Piano Sonata G Major Op. 78 D 894

The large and technically demanding G major Sonata was composed two years before Schubert’s death in October 1826 and is one of only three piano sonatas that appeared in print during his lifetime. The unusual title of the first edition “Fantasie, Andante, Menuetto und Allegretto” stems from the publisher Haslinger and is probably due to the dreamy-melancholy underlying mood of the first movement which corresponded little to the traditional concepts of a sonata’s first movement. It is hardly surprising that the “Fantasy-Sonata”, as it is often still called today, later inspired artists such as Franz Liszt and Robert Schumann with its free and romantic nature, who described it as being consummate “in form and spirit”. For the present Urtext edition a thorough re-examination of all known sources was undertaken, including the autograph in the British Library, and the edition now presents itself with the usual crystal clear Henle music engraving. The preface by Schubert expert Andrea Lindmayr-Brandl and the detailed commentary section provide comprehensive information about the genesis of the work, the sources and their readings. A further highlight are the fingerings by pianist Martin Helmchen.