Trio Sonata Canon Perpetuos : aus dem Musikalischen Opfer

Bach’s Trio Sonata for flute, violin and basso continuo from the Musical Offering is probably the pre-eminent trio sonata in music history. When Bach met King Frederick the Great in Potsdam in 1747, the sovereign presented the composer with the celebrated “Royal Theme”, composed by himself. It underpins the entire Musical Offering, which also contains several fugues and canons as well as the Trio Sonata. The Canon perpetuus that follows the Trio can also be played by a trio. The term “perpetuus” here means that the performers themselves are to determine when the canon ends.

Complete Piano Sonatas Volume II w/o fg pb. : Edition without fingering

The revision of the three-volume edition of Haydn’s piano sonatas also appears in a version without fingerings. Whoever wishes to study the Classical sonata canon in pure” Urtext, free from added fingering suggestions, will now also find these in the Henle catalogue. Volume II contains three sets of six sonatas, each more famous than the last and all replete with delightful thematic ideas – it is here one finds the core of Haydn’s sonata production, which amateurs and professionals alike simply cannot do without!

Mikrokosmos for Piano, Critical Commentaries : Béla Bartók Complete Critical Edition Volume 41

Complete Piano Sonatas Volume III w/o fg pb. : Edition without fingering

The revision of the three-volume edition of Haydn’s piano sonatas also appears in a version without fingerings. Whoever wishes to study the Classical sonata canon in pure” Urtext, free from added fingering suggestions, will now also find these in the Henle catalogue. Volume III offers the crowning achievement of Haydn’s sonata-writing with these late works, including famous works such as the stormy Sonata in e minor Hob. XVI:34 and the grand” Sonata in E-flat major Hob. XVI:52. Superbly laid-out settings for the piano are combined here with great musical expressivity, which is why these sonatas remain firmly anchored in concert life to this day.

Complete Piano Sonatas Volume I w/o fg pb. : Edition without fingering

The revision of the three-volume edition of Haydn’s piano sonatas also appears in a version without fingerings. Whoever wishes to study the Classical sonata canon in pure” Urtext, free from added fingering suggestions, will now also find these in the Henle catalogue. Volume I contains Haydn’s early sonatas, very much still born of the spirit of the early Classical period: catchy music, fun to play, often at a moderate level of difficulty, without which modern piano instruction would be nearly unthinkable. Time and again, the authenticity of individual sonatas from this group has been questioned – the preface by Armin Raab, the Scholarly Director of the Joseph Haydn Institute,now provides comprehensive information on new findings regarding this important topic area.

Années de pèlerinage : Première Année - Suisse

The three volumes of the “Années de pèlerinage” belong to the core of Liszt’s piano oeuvre. In the first volume, “Suisse”, the composer realised impressions of an extended sojourn in Switzerland in 1835/36. The pieces, for themost part published already in 1840/41, were later substantively reworked by Liszt, and the collection enlarged by two numbers, until it received its final form in 1855. For the revision of the Henle Urtext edition, it waspossible for the first time to also take into account the engraver’s copy of the first edition that was once again accessible. The resulting modification in the weighting of the sources and further important new findings in Lisztresearch are presented in detail in the preface and the comments. We were able to enlist the Swiss pianist Francesco Piemontesi for the fingerings.