Krzysztof Penderecki

The solo part in this edition contains the annotations made for the first performance with the soloist Anne Sophie Mutter.

after the Quartet for Clarinet and String Trio

The long-term friendship between Anne-Sophie Mutter and Krzysztof Penderecki has not only produced the second violin concerto ('Metamorphoses') and the second sonata for violin, but also the new Duo c...

The long-term friendship between Anne-Sophie Mutter and Krzysztof Penderecki has not only produced the second violin concerto ('Metamorphoses') and the second sonata for violin, but also the new Duo c...

Penderecki's demanding and thrilling String Quartet No. 3 is now available in a version with double-bass. The instruments are of equal importance, the performers have to master both brilliant virtuoso...

Edition Schott reflects a wide variety of music and offers a comprehensive music library suitable for students, amateur and professional musicians.Edition Schott ranges from Renaissance to Contemporar...

per viola sola Transkription der Originalfassung für Violoncello solo

This edition replaces and completes the edition CB 158 of the Divertimento per violoncello solo. The movements have been arranged in a new order. To four of the movements Boris Pergamenshikov has adde...

In this second Sonata Krzysztof Penderecki shows the fruits of almost five decades of continuing artistic development. While the first Sonata by the 20 year-old student was already a remarkable stylis...

This charming little piece was written as a present for a young violin pupil. It is well suited as an encore piece. The imploring and archaic-daring dance offers the performers all sorts of effective...

In his choice of the title La Follia, Krzysztof Penderecki recalls the tradition of virtuosic variations on a Sarabande originating from the Baroque period. The theme is introduced first in pizzicato,...

Sopran, Tenor, Bass, gemischter Chor und Orchester

Penderecki's St. Luke's Passion is one of the most important chorals works of the 20th century. It is the first convincing piece that combines avant-garde techniques with liturgical content. At one mo...

Agnus Dei from the Polish Requiem for eight-part choir was written after the death of the Primate of the Polish Catolic Church Stefan Wyszynski. It is slow in tempo, supplicatory in nature and quasi-t...

Penderecki's opera 'Ubu Rex' contains a small wind band functioning as King Ubu's 'military band'. Therefore the idea to arrange parts of the opera for large concert orchestra readily presented itself...

This piece requires a smaller woodwind-brass ensemble without percussion. Penderecki composed the Fanfare for a parish fair in Poland. This short effective piece will be a pleasure to rehearse and per...

Penderecki dedicated the last composed part of Polish Requiem to his contemporary Pope John Paul II. After several arrangements, the version for six violoncellos premiered in 2015 is now published as...