Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven repeatedly explored the genre of the cello sonata between 1796 and 1817. From the early works dedicated to King Frederick William II of Prussia to the two late sonatas in C major...

The two Sonatas op. 5 were written in 1796 expressly for the young Beethoven's performance with the cello virtuoso Jean Louis Duport at the Berlin court. That he wasn't eclipsed by the latter was ensu...

Beethoven composed his Clarinet Trios op. 11 and 38 in 1798 and 1802/03. The op. 11 was given the nickname 'Gassenhauer Trio' because its third movement is a set of variations on a theme from Joseph W...

In two private performances for Prince Lobkowitz in the spring of 1804, two new works by Beethoven were played for the first time: his Third Symphony op. 55 and the Triple Concerto op. 56 for piano, v...

Even though the majority of Beethoven's wind chamber music works were composed for specific occasions with prescribed scorings, their importance is not limited by their functional nature. Beethoven al...

Bei der Bearbeitung handelt es sich um die berühmte Frühlingssonate von Beethoven. Oberstes Gebot war bei dieser Bearbeitung, den Notentext so wenig wie nötig zu verändern, den instrumentenspezifische...

This beautiful arrangement of the second movement from Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 should be in every orchestra's repertoire. With its serene and solemn dignity, it has been likened to a procession thr...

This theme and variations from Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is one of the most famous slow movements in the entire symphonic repertoire. Because of its somber minor key and quiet rhythmic pulse, it ha...

- Many wholly new corrections in the solo and orchestral parts - Piano reduction with a separate solo part, as was customary in Beethoven's day - With Beethoven's continuo figures for the first time i...

Die Ode ist mehr als die Europa-Hymne: Die ganze Schönheit und Genialität dieser klassischen Melodie erschliesst sich erst im Zusammenhang mit ihrer variationsreichen Verarbeitung im Finalsatz der 9....

For practicing Beethoven's 'Augengläserduo' (BP 430), this is a technically easy piece.

String quartet - Urtext edition; set of parts

When it came to the genre of the string quartet, Beethoven was a relative latecomer. He was already 28 years old when he obtained the contract for the composition of the Quartets opp. 18 from Prince L...

As the opus numbers suggest, the five string trios are relatively early works. Beethoven had sent opus 3 to print in early 1796, and in the same year, he began his compositional work on the Serenade o...

A must for all ambitious string ensembles! Because due to recent source discoveries, the musical text of this classic in the Henle catalog could be optimized in numerous details. The thoroughly revise...

We have now come full circle - this edition concludes our Urtext series of the complete Beethoven string quartets. The ending of this highly expressive work, at whose centre is the famous 'Cavatina',...

Attention, string quartet players: the long wait is over! Henle launches its series of late Beethoven quartets with op. 131 in c sharp minor and op. 132 in a minor, using the definitive urtext from th...

Attention, string quartet players: the long wait is over! Henle launches its series of late Beethoven quartets with op. 131 in c sharp minor and op. 132 in a minor, using the definitive urtext from th...

As heard in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech, one of Beethoven's most beloved movements accompanied the dramatic moments of this monumental film. Robert Longfield's accessible adaptation for...